supercedar

I also can buy new if any recommendations.
Thank you
Thomas

dr bob

Thomas --

"Driving in snow with snowflakes" winter tires, or just "cold pavement" winter tires? If the latter, I'm pretty happy with the Pilot AS3+. It's good at below-freezing pavement temps without turning into ice bricks on their own. Contrast with the summer-only PS-2's that they replaced, now much better on <40ºF pavement.

I don't drive the car hard especially in cold-cold conditions, and once ODOT decides to put down de-icer (read: salt slurry) the car is in winter hibernation. That de-icer happened here last weekend, so the car is going to get pre-storage serviced and mothballed (literally) this week. In the spring I like to wait for a couple good rains to wash the roads a bit before the 928 comes out. That's really when there's a better chance of driving on frozen asphalt, at least for me around here.

supercedar

I'm planning on driving in the snow just as if I was in Germany this winter. This car is now my DD as I have my sweet 86.5 put away for shows. I would love to add studs and run this car over the passes just for kicks. I will not attempt to put chains on. I look forward to the awesome heater and put this car to the test.
Thank you
Thomas

hlee96

If you have an extra set of wheels, I had used and highly recommend a performance oriented Winter/Snow tires like WinterSport 3D from Dunlop on my 335xi.

However, according to Tirerack's latest performance winter tires testing the Pirelli is the best
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests...y.jsp?ttid=181

For highest performance studless snow tires (giving up come performance advantage for max traction), the Michelin Xi-ice is always the top in customer reviews, and you can't go wrong with Blizzak WS80 (all my DD have them).

dr bob

The Michelin X-Ice is the top candidate for my DD (Honda Pilot) here. They rate pretty well on cold dry, best in class in snow. Look at the Tire Rack ratings and see other options.

supercedar

Tire Rack only shows the Pirelli and it is out of stock for the fronts. Thanks for all the help boys.
Thomas

Adamant1971

The new continental winter contact SI has great reviews so far. Just ordered two sets for the dailes.

I had Yokohama ice ice guards last year and they were horrible. Very very rough on bumps and noisy as hell.

I have had both blizzacks and x-ice in the past and they worked well too.

supercedar

Do you drive your 928 in the snow? if so how do you like it? I vision it to be a blast.

Adamant1971

No the 928 gets parked for the winter. Winter tires on the daily drivers only.

Ninespub

I've ran Blizzaks on my 944 and my 928 years ago, low profile 18"ers (not cheap!) on my supercharged Jaguar sedan for the past 4 years and now on my BMW. Never got stuck and felt confident all the time in any weather. I Would not buy anything else.

supercedar

I have a extra set of stock wheels that I want to fit. Seems quite difficult at this time to locate winter tires.

Ninespub

The problem might be the stock 16" wheel sizes. You might have to move to a 17" rim to get a selection. Strangely, I found that I had to buy winter tires in July because they would be out of inventory in November. I mean, WTF, who thinks about snow in July!!

supercedar

The last thing I want is another set of wheels. You are right about the 16's.
Thank you
Thomas

ammonman

Another thing to consider is rear wheel width. IIRC, the factory "winter wheels" are an inch narrower than standard to reduce contact patch width and prevent the wide rear tires acting like snowshoes.

Mike