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Old 06-26-2014, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh->Milwaukee
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I just did a winter in Pittsburgh on the stock all seasons on a Mazda3, which is a ~2800 lb FWD car. Pittsburgh is REALLY hilly, and I only had issues on steep hills. In a flat city like MKE, you should be fine on all seasons with reasonable tread depth remaining. My family drove on all seasons in Chicago for years and did fine. I had a lowered E36 M3 on snow tires in a Chicago winter and it was so competent as to be boring...until the snow got truly deep and it bottomed out. I have a decent amount of track day and autocross experience so I'm probably a little better driver than the average joe, but certainly no pro. I'm moving to MKE this summer, and will probably only get snows if I end up with a RWD daily driver, as starting from a stop can be pretty obnoxious in a RWD car on all seasons.
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Old 06-26-2014, 08:29 PM
 
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You'll pick up driving in the snow quick then. The biggest thing with driving in the snow is being patient. Keep the speed down, don't tailgate, don't be over confident. don't break or accelerate hard etc. You probably know this already.

Another factor is what all-seasons you have already. I know Tirerack rates performance for categories such as dry, snow or ice for many tires.
That is a really good point! I just looked up a few tests on the Pirelli Pzero Nero A/S and they seemed to contradict themselves. It seems to have gotten good performance in the snow in two of their tests and average in one. All for the same tire! It was uniformly poor in the wet / slush though.
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Old 06-27-2014, 08:01 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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I looked that tire up on consumer reports & they gave it a good rating for snow traction and ice breaking. Sounds like a good tire for winter.
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Old 06-30-2014, 12:11 PM
 
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I went to the Michelin X-Ice two winters ago and I'm not going back to all season tires between December-March. Plowing and salting are generally very good, but there are too many times when snow or ice hits right at commute time (or when you're out running weekend errands, for example) and you'll be on a road before it has been plowed or salted.
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