Very few people actually find the limit of dry traction for any tire. I would put wet traction ahead of that for sure.
Yeah that’s why I selected the Cross Climate + for a family members vehicle. I put rain over ultimate snow performance too, since they avoid driving in snow like the plague and usually can.Very few people actually find the limit of dry traction for any tire. I would put wet traction ahead of that for sure.
Are they stamped 3PMSF?I have BFG g-Force Comp-2 A/S on my BMW X1. They are the highest rated UHP tire in snow performance in Tirerack.com reviews and the only UHP tire rated above average in snow by Consumer Reports. This is the second set of these I have had on the X1. Great tire.
No.Are they stamped 3PMSF?
On my x2M35i , I piece milled a spare tire kit together. If I have a front tire issue, I will have to move a rear tire forward and put the spare on the rear. The spare will not fit over the M big brake kit. There is a guy on the bimmerpost , that used a mercedes spare that fits over the big brakes on the front.
I imagine the big brakes are the same. I know that there are some people that are using 18" wheels with the proper offset that clear the brake caliper (barely). My winter tire combo is a 19 inchI hadn't thought about the front brakes being an issue; maybe on the X3 M40i it isn't. I hope I don't have to put this knowledge to use, but at least I now know what to do. On the other hand, I'm too old to want to be changing tires on the side of the road. That's what a AAA membership is for.
That's why I put up that video review in post #145. Word on the street generally puts the DWS 06 at the top of the heap of all season offerings in the snow. I've watched many of the Tyre Reviews guy's videos and he seems very accomplished. So it got my attention when he found that the PSAS4 beat the DWS 06, by no small margin.to @cosmoliu's observation, I have the Conti DWS06s on 3 cars, and the Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4s on a fourth (all awd Audis). In snow the DWS06 outperforms the PSAS4, but in all other conditions the Michelin is better. BTW, I'm not getting nearly the tread life on the DWS06s as advertised.
As comparatively good as the DWS06 is in the snow, it sure ain't no snow tire and I would never take a car equipped with those on ski trip. For that its an SQ5 with Nokian Hakkapelliita (or however you spell them) tires.
@cosmoliu, when our 2014 X3 was reaching the end of its life, we cross-shopped the X3 M40i and the Audi SQ5. I liked the BMW, she liked the Audi. She won. We're happy.
I just got the BFG Advantage TA Sport LT in the original posters list. I will report back once I have some time on them.
@cosmoliuFor a planned drive to Snowbird week after next, I took my car in to have the tires rotated this morning. Checking the tread depth, I was dismayed to find 4-5/32" on my Continental DWS 06s, installed 14,000 miles ago (my Monday AM/Friday PM commute takes me on very windy roads that really scrub the rubber off quickly). I'd consider driving up to Mammoth on them, but no way I'd venture up SR 210 to Snowbird. I decided that there's no better time than the present to check out the CrossClimate 2s. A brief consultation with the store manager confirmed that substituting the 235/55-19s for the OEM 245/50-19s should be just fine. Looking forward to a real world test of these tires. BTW, the -S- of the DWS was still present when I looked 3 weeks ago. It has since disappeared from 3 of the 4 tires.