Greetings,

I'm looking for advice on snow tires.

I have a 93 Accord LX.

I live in New England, we get mostly snow but there will be some ice and slick conditions.

I travel about 100 miles a day round trip, 90% highway. Often, the roads will not be plowed or only partially plowed.

I'm looking for an aggressive snow tire with decent gas mileage (yes, I know, a contradiction! lol). Any suggestions?

Also, should I get two or four snow tires?

Thanks for the help!

 

In the past I've used the Michelin X-Ice product line here in New England; they had great traction and I didn't notice a difference in fuel economy.

 

A lot of the drop of MPG's are not the snow tires, just it's harder to push a car in the cold. A couple of weeks ago my 32 mile commute I was getting 35-38, now it's 31-34. Same factory stock tires but the temp is much colder.

 

I too live in northern NE. I travel around 1,000 miles a week and have had great luck with the Toyo Observes II which are studless, however, the tread has a blend containing walnut shells for added traction. They wear very well on my cars including my 95 Accord. Otherwise the blizacks are good too but don't wear as well.

 

Northeast Ohio
I've used Blizzaks & found them to be excellent in snow & ice but soft & mushy on dry pavement. Today there's several different versions of Blizzak so this probably doesn't apply to ALL of them.

Have used Dunlop WinterSport on a couple different cars & like them. "SP WinterSport 3D" for my car at the moment. Less good in very-deep snow but not so mushy on dry pavement. Good compromise FOR ME - maybe not for you.

On a 95 Integra I used all-season tires in the narrower stock size, and a less "sporty/performance" tire and that worked well. The car was pretty good in snow to begin with.

Conti "PureContact" tires on my wife's car right now. For an all-season tire they are pretty good in snow.

 

I have the Blizzaks, I like them. Check on tirerack.com

 

Appreciate all the responses!

Looks like I'm going with the Michelins. Apparently, the Blizzaks and the Toyo's aren't available around here for my car, couldn't find them online, either.
Plus, the Michelins had the highest customer rating of any of the tires I could find for my car, although they're also the most expensive.

 

I've always used non-studded snow tires, but they are clearly not as good as studded tires, if these latter are allowed in your area.
Reason: I have an older (seasonal use) Subaru that is my winter vehicle. Hard to stop it!