<story><title>Automatic snow tires throw chains at your wheels [video]</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2IQNsLuikw</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>analog31</author><text>Granted a passenger car is not a heavy truck or bus, but living in the upper Midwest, I&amp;#x27;ve learned that snow tires make a huge difference for winter driving. I&amp;#x27;d heard the folklore that snow tires are more important than all wheel drive for handling on both snow and ice, and having used them for a few years now, I&amp;#x27;m a believer. So called &amp;quot;all season&amp;quot; tires are not snow tires.&lt;p&gt;You can get a complete set of snow tires, mounted and balanced on rims, delivered to your door by Tire Rack (no relationship, just a happy customer). If you don&amp;#x27;t want to change the tires yourself, there are shops that will change them out and store them for you.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sandworm101</author><text>It is not folklore.  Take it from someone who lives in the actual north.  My car doesnt see bare pavement for months.  A two wheel drive car, with snow tires, will run rings around a 4x4 with summer tires.  Chains are great, but have speed and distance limitations.  We drive at 50mph&amp;#x2F;80kph on snow, on highways even faster.  (Drive on snow every day and you get used to it.)  No chain set will last long at such speeds.  They are tools for short term issues like getting through a mountain pass.&lt;p&gt;A less understood aspect of snow tires is their flexibility in cold.  A summer tire will stiffen up below -30.  Park it overnight and it will have a flat spot the next morning.  It will bounce the car until enough heat builds up in the tire for it to soften.  The higher silicon content of proper winter tires prevents this.&lt;p&gt;This type of driving, except whitehorse is much warmer than where i am (our rivers&amp;#x2F;lakes remain frozen): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;a_hmPxBUZvc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;a_hmPxBUZvc&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Automatic snow tires throw chains at your wheels [video]</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2IQNsLuikw</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>analog31</author><text>Granted a passenger car is not a heavy truck or bus, but living in the upper Midwest, I&amp;#x27;ve learned that snow tires make a huge difference for winter driving. I&amp;#x27;d heard the folklore that snow tires are more important than all wheel drive for handling on both snow and ice, and having used them for a few years now, I&amp;#x27;m a believer. So called &amp;quot;all season&amp;quot; tires are not snow tires.&lt;p&gt;You can get a complete set of snow tires, mounted and balanced on rims, delivered to your door by Tire Rack (no relationship, just a happy customer). If you don&amp;#x27;t want to change the tires yourself, there are shops that will change them out and store them for you.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throwaway892238</author><text>FYI there is a new category of tire called &amp;quot;all weather&amp;quot;, which have the little mountain-snowflake symbol used for snow tires. They&amp;#x27;re basically all-seasons rated for snow. I haven&amp;#x27;t seen a comparison against pure snow tires, but they do perform much better than all-seasons in snow.</text></comment>