Thread: Winter Tires
View Single Post
Old 10-20-2018, 09:17 AM   #21
stephane4985
 
Drives: Dodge Grand Caravan
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Quebec, Canada
Posts: 20
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snrub View Post
I just picked up a car that came with 2 of the WP71s. I have no experience to report (yet), but I will say tires with bigger voids dig into the snow better. There's a C&D article from '09 where a Michelin engineer suggested the tread pattern matters impacts 2/3rds of snow performance, while the compound impacts 2/3rds of ice performance. These look like they might dig in snow fairly well and effectively channel away water too.

My first impeession was that they look like to be good tires. They get good reviews. But the fact that in 20 inch they are less than half the prices of the others makes me cautious about their quality.
stephane4985 is offline   Reply With Quote