All year round tires with winter approval
Two of my family's vehicles need new tires. One is a car...a Chevy Cobalt 4 dr. sedan. The other is a 2008 Chevy Colorado light truck with the Z 71 off road package. It's 2WD with a Eaton G 80 locking...
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I just did a bunch of research on snow tires, all-season tires and 4-season tires and here's what I learned:
There is no thing as a tire that will work great in all 4 seasons and wear well in all 4 seasons.
You can get soft rubber winter tires that are great in winter and wear quickly in summer. Or, you can go with all-season tires that wear great but are good in 3 seasons and marginal at best in snow. Or, the new "4 season" tires are somewhere in between. They wear more quickly than all-season but grip better in winter.
IMO, you're best bet is two sets with two sets of rims to save mounting/dis-mounting costs twice a year.
Tirerack is a great resource and has great prices. I actually have a set on order to be shipped to my local Sears store for install. The guy at Sears encouraged me to go this route. He conceded that he can't touch their prices and I'm best off to just buy them from Tirerack and pay him the $60 to install them.
There is no thing as a tire that will work great in all 4 seasons and wear well in all 4 seasons.
You can get soft rubber winter tires that are great in winter and wear quickly in summer. Or, you can go with all-season tires that wear great but are good in 3 seasons and marginal at best in snow. Or, the new "4 season" tires are somewhere in between. They wear more quickly than all-season but grip better in winter.
IMO, you're best bet is two sets with two sets of rims to save mounting/dis-mounting costs twice a year.
Tirerack is a great resource and has great prices. I actually have a set on order to be shipped to my local Sears store for install. The guy at Sears encouraged me to go this route. He conceded that he can't touch their prices and I'm best off to just buy them from Tirerack and pay him the $60 to install them.
