20 Best Suvs For Snow And Ice Driving (2023 Updated)

Best studded tires! If you don’t drive on ice/snow roads a lot, mostly on pavement, they will wear faster than other brands. If you are on snow covered roads all season, these are the best.

I bought this tires(two) for only one reason: to safety drive for Christmas Holidays to Michigan to my daughter. In Michigan Nissan dealership informed me that metal studded tires are prohibited by Law and I can face a big fine(more then $1,000) They also presented me with an extract from document from tirebuyer.

com, certifying that metals studs are prohibited in most of the states. I would never have bought them if the seller(Walmart) informed me ahead in his on-line web page. Today I returned them to Walmart store and I hope they will be refund me the full amount of the tires.

Great tire for a great price. Ride well for studded tires!

I have a 1990 Miata and these were some of the only few tires that were available for 14″ rims that were a name brand tire. That’s not to shame on cheaper brands, they can be very surprising in terms of value.

I ADORE these tires, especially for my rear wheel drive car. I’ve had them on for this season and last season as my dedicated winter tires. my others are performance summers. My dimensions are 185/60r14.

These tires first and foremost have amazing grip in slush and ice, similar to Bridgestone Blizzaks and Nokian Hakkapolitta 7’s, though those tires I’ve tried on other cars, as they aren’t available with a 14 inch diameter.

They have a great sense of road feel and your limits with grip, even in icy conditions, which comes in handy for controlling oversteer. They also do not have a tendency to “plow” or understeer in heavy snow.

On dry pavement they have soft sidewalls which is to be expected, however are decent in cornering grip, for a snow tire anyways. They perform flawlessly at any cold temperature and only start to get very soft around 60 degrees, which is to be expected.

They also have tend to have a “floaty” feel at higher speeds and you might find yourself swaying slightly and needing to correct. For reference, my alignment specifically my toe settings are within spec.

The tires have some noise especially on wet tarmac however they’re MUCH quieter than Blizzaks. I took a trip last year from New Hampshire to Ontario, down to Kentucky and then back. Different weather and temperatures, road conditions, and lots of highway and they were sturdy, straight, and decently quiet.

I’ve put 18,000 miles on these and they have plenty of life left. Overall these are wonderful, and less expensive than some other snow tires while offering huge value and performance. I’m very happy with these tires and they come in many different sizes and widths.

I worry about Michelin continuing to offer these tires. Nobody has 15 inch tires anymore, nevermind me with my tiny 14’s. If the company is reading this please continue to offer them in this size! You’ll absolutely have at least one customer (me!) for a long time to come.

Bought these in Dec 2018 after I slid with my previous set of 4-yr old Blizzaks against a curb while making a left turn at low speed, causing $1500K damage and prompting me for an upgrade. I decided to purchase these new Michelins.

The Michelin tires are phenomenal on dry pavement – noise level and road handling is similar to a performance tire and better than our Conti summer tires. First couple of years, I thought the tires were excellent on snow+ice as well.

This fall (3rd season with the Michlines, ~15000 km driving on the winter tires) I got stuck in a snow drift of about ~25 cm depth. Never thought I could get stuck with a 4-wheel drive and 2. 5-year old Michelin winter tires that still show good tread but it’s got to a first time for everything.

Today, I drove up a snow/slush/ice covered hill and was sliding half a lane sideways while inching forward – as if I was driving well-used all seasons. Tires weren’t doing this when they were new and we are considering upgrading to another brand now.

This will be second time we are replacing Michelin winter tires earlier than expected.

There’s an issue with these tires. With the way they let you drive the same as you would in the summer, can get frustrating being stuck behind people who can’t 😉 I have 5 years experience in the tire industry.

From that experience, can tell you that Michelin X-Ice seem to have longer life expectancies than all the common alternatives. Something to be aware of though. From my experience in the tire industry, Michelin gets more treadware warranty claims than all the other brands combined.

So when you get your tires changed, I recommend you ask the mechanic to check and record the tread depth each time. See if the tread is wearing out faster than it should.

So far these tires perform tremendously in the snow and slush. Only had them a month so we’ll see how the rest of the winter goes, but I have no doubt they will work perfectly for my needs.

Great except the black nut covers I got were too small for my vehicle. Would still order from them again any day – but will order extras elsewhere 😉

One of the best tires Ive ever had, they go great in Snow & Ice they are also very quiet going down the black top as well. Highly recommended for the $.

Shopping was easy but too soon to leave a review on the tires.

Find out next winter I have a tire stud kit so that should work THANKS

Very good product and excellent service

Follow up: location change meant that warmer winters, and more exposure to wet/dry patches, and less high-speed scenarios (people are generally non-aggressive, glacially slow drivers in Vancouver, plus the roads here are designed to ensure that) coupled with my inability to find this tire on a decent promotion, involved me gambling with keeping these tires for an extra couple winters.

It was a little saddening not to be able to do really high speed corners, but it’s a fact of life out here that you basically can’t do that anyway, so I know the tires wouldn’t have permitted it as much as they aged, but I couldn’t do that here anyway.

However, these tires just kept on going quite well in overall performance, and I put them on earlier and took them off later. I got down to 4mm depth before finally pitching them, but I have web alerts all over the place for a good sale price – glad to see Canadian Tire can order them now.

I miss these, as the best winters I have ever owned, and I’m not a teenager. However, I used them on a Subaru AWD. I feel awful for the Montreal Audi driver that had a bad experience with this tire – I hope my review wasn’t the only reason for his or her choice.

I never received any compensation for my earlier review, and I will say that I still stand by it, 100%. Even on its last legs, these tires were still great for acceleration and all the hills/mountain highways, and pretty good in the wet corners, and not bad in the dry, and still amazing in the warm conditions.

They were getting a bit feeble for hard breaking in very cold and slush conditions, and so the cars traction control became more of a factor in efficient stopping. Feedback on sharp higher speed turns was weaker as they got older and when it was cold, and sometimes I understeered a little without warning.

However, compared to the prior Michelins (total opposite story), I still was impressed with this tire.

Awful. Pirelli Sottozero winter tires are the worst tires I have ever had on a car and this is a REAL review with 3 Quebec winters on a 2011 A4 Quattro. I am glad to get rid of them. Very close tread pattern prone to spin with ROUND EDGES (look at photo) prone to understeer in any depth of snow.

You will be taking any snowy corner at walking speed. Noisy and wear out like butter (saw the tread bars in less than 20KM). Ice grip is no better than our all season summer tires (I tried both on the same day).

Pirelli Sottozero winter tires are the worst tires I have ever had on a car and this is a REAL review with 3 Quebec winters on a 2011 A4 Quattro. I am glad to get rid of them. Very close tread pattern prone to spin with ROUND EDGES (look at photo) prone to understeer in any depth of snow.

You will be taking any snowy corner at walking speed. Noisy and wear out like butter (saw the tread bars in less than 20KM). Ice grip is no better than our all season summer tires (I tried both on the same day).

Last year we bought a C300 4Matic and got the Continental Conti Winter Contact. Much much better tire. After 1 winter driving, no understeer, no spin, and quieter. I will have to see how they wear.

I have these tires on our 2014 Volkswagen Jetta GLI (225/45R17 94T) and I love them! Even in the low to the ground and front wheel drive Jetta, I constantly pass stuck SUV’s and trucks in snowstorms.

Amazing grip in snow, ice and slush. I always feel in control. They ride well and they are quiet enough. I’m really impressed with these tires, they are now part of my recommendations!.

Came on a 2WD 91 Ranger I bought in 2007. I live in the country and often need a little extra traction. These have given me great traction on snow, mud and ice. I’ve had good tire wear. I’ll be buying new ipikes when I’m ready to replace them.

I have used Hankook iPike snow tires for many years now and have never had an issue with them. They have incredible performance in all road conditions and wear quite well. I have recommended them to many friends and family members who were all also very impressed with them.

I drive pretty spiritedly and I average about 30-35k miles per set and run them year round without rotating them. They can be studded, but I have never had the need for it as they grip very well without.

I live in upstate NY in the Finger Lakes region and don’t have enough ice roads to warrant studs, these tires simply grip well enough without. I drive a 2000 Saturn LS1. Also these tires are rated for a heavier load, so they would be good for a light truck or SUV.

These tires are what kept me from having any issues while traveling home for the holidays in western ND where 30 degree temps and freezing rain left the roads covered in fresh glare ice. the tires kept my 21 durango on the road firmly planted and i made it to my family without incident.

other travelers sharing the road with me kept me slowing down. but i am a believer. thanks priority tire for selling a brand that i will definitely purchase from again for my other vehicles.

Nice looking tires, rubber feels flexible enough to take on cold weather and not become hard as wood as temp drops. Medium-angry thread by choice as I do a lot of highway driving. If there is an option – would be nice to come back and leave feedback about how did these took balance (i.

e. amount weights needed to balance = uniform of manufacturing process) and actually handle winter. It is end of Sept and I just got them. Took about 2 weeks to receive so if you think you’d place the order and get the goodies in couple of days – I would not count on it, my advice – dont make installation appointment till you actually receive the order.

I put these on my 2017 Audi Q7, which rode about as smooth as any car I’ve ever been in. until these went on that is. Now it has a vibration. I went back to the shop to have them re-balanced and they all balanced out great.

Not sure what the issue is. They went on the same wheels as the summer tires, so nothing has changed with the car. I am going to give it a week and see if it somehow improves after I drive for a while but if not, these are coming back off.