Switch to All seasons or not worth it?

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I plan on driving the car all winter (northeast) as long as there is no snow falling or on the ground. Will drive if I get caught in the rain though.

I have summer tires on and was thinking of switching to all season but traction may not really be that much different in the cold?
 

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I would say it depends on the tire, some UHP tires state not to drive in less than 40*, Michelin has a tire they say not to move if the temps are in the 20s IIRC
 

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If you're going to switch, probably better off with dedicated winter tires depending on what temps you'll be seeing. If it's below 45 degrees on a regular basis, winter tire compounds will work better.

If you're set on all-seasons, the Continental Extreme Contact DWS (and new version DWS06) or Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 would be the ones to look at. Still fun to drive on the nicer warm days, but decent grip when it gets nastier too.


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That's the thing though the weather is very inconsistent here and don't want full dedicated winter tires as I have an suv for those terrible days.

Just wanna drive be Mustang more.

And new set of tires ain't cheap.

Here is the chart I was looking, below 44 degrees both the summer and all seasons are useless:

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I switch to full winter, but I don't have another ride. My buddy ran his Z and now runs his (slammed w/ 450ish HP) 335i on summers all winter long. Just like you plan, as long as it isn't actively snowing. He has a Jeep for the actual snow days.
 

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I understand if the mustang is your only car. I wouldn't hesitate to switch to winter either if that was the case. Safety first.
 

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Grab some Conti DWS' !! Best all season tire IMO, or for a dedicated winter tire you cannot beat the Blizzak !
 

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I've had blizzaks when I had a focus zx3 as a daily I was doing circles around wrx's and their so called symmetrical awd lol

But for me winters is overkill on the Mustang.
 

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Nitto 555 work pretty well for me. I've used a number of summer tires for NW winter driving and they have been the best. The worst were Goodyear Eagle Supercar. They flat out sucked all year around here.

Winter temps are generally in the high 30's low 40's but it will get below 20 at times. I've driven the 555 at below 20 degrees and done just fine. Never driven them in the snow on purpose. Got caught in accumulating snowfall one time and made it home.
 

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Grab some Conti DWS' !! Best all season tire IMO, or for a dedicated winter tire you cannot beat the Blizzak !

I have this tire on my Focus already for the winter, the girlfriend's Camaro is getting mounted with them this weekend, and I have a barely used set of American Muscle 18x9 Bullitt Wheels (deep dish) Black shod with Continental ExtremeContact DWS tires. These were on my 2007 Mustang GT/CS last winter , maybe 2000 miles on set. cost $1350 new, sell for $750 if you want to come get them--I'm in MD. they won't fit my other car due to a big brake kit going on shortly...
 

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i put on my winter tires, a continental dws-06. after driving in the rain, i will swear by these tires. they are amazing in the rain. dry grip is so-so, but the rain...omg i will never have to worry about driving in the rain.
 

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i hate pzero nero all seasons......

i LOVE my new dws-06's.


Really?? I read so many good reviews.

I think they came as stock tires on my 17" but that was years ago and can't remember anything about them.
 

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I swap from Nitto NT-555's (285-40-18) in summer...to Nitto Motivo's (235-50-18) for the winter. I'm not so much worried about the cold wx, but a better rain tire during the fall / winter. The motivo is far superior to the NT-555 in the rain. They will be swapped in the next few days....then swapped back in the last week of april.
 
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Since I drove mine year round, I stayed with all-seasons after the stock ones burned up. Did fine in the snow as long as you aren't buried in it from parking. Bridgestone Pole Position Potenza's are good, and BFGoodrich is supposed to have a good all season coming out in November. Continental DWS all-seasons were my next choice if I wasn't able to hold out for the BFGs.
 

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Do you just swap the rears or all four corners?

All 4 x corners. I have chrome bullitt wheels with the wider tires, (10" rear, 9" front). You don't want chrome rims in the winter /rain anyway.
The nitto 235-50-18 motivo's are mounted on oem 8" wide rims. Then all 4 corners are tucked inside the wheel wells. The wider tires are right to the edge of the wheel wells. ( 45mm et rear..and 30mm et fronts..and -1 deg camber on fronts)
 

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I would like to also add, I was driving in this on Hankook Ventus Noble 2's, and it was 30-20* in this weather, so All-Seasons aren't completely useless in that kind of weather (the below 44 you refer to in the chart). You just need to know how to drive in the snow (requires patience).

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This was when it melted up a bit, but had more pile on the next day:

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I made the trip to work and back during that weather (about 80 miles total) for about 3 days straight:

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Never got stuck, but around here, you would be surprised how many people get stuck and/or wreck their cars when it is only sprinkling outside.
 
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