I am a native Angeleno, born and raised apart from two years in Boston where I didn’t drive much, so I had never really driven on snow until I was recently invited to the Bridgestone Winter Driving School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Thankfully the weather was in the high 40s to low 50s during the … Read more
I recently returned from a trip to snowy Montana where I had the privilege of driving several different vehicles on both regular tires and dedicated winter tires. Obviously, since we were driving on snow, the winter tires performed significantly better than the all-seasons or summer tires used on the control vehicles. That wasn’t really ever … Read more
A few weeks ago, I learned that most trucks get hopelessly stuck when they encounter snow, especially if they aren’t equipped with dedicated snow tires. As someone who has driven all kinds of cars, equipped with all kinds of tires in some pretty serious snow for decades, this came as something of a surprise. But, … Read more
Winter tires perform better in cold weather than all-seasons. That’s just a fact. Are all-season tires better than they have been in the past when it comes to handling cooler temperatures? Absolutely. Do you necessarily need a dedicated set of winter tires if you live in an area that doesn’t get much colder than 40 … Read more
If you live in some of the more northern latitudes of the Earth, you’ve likely dealt with some snow recently. If you’re unfamiliar, “snow” is that wet white stuff that falls from the sky and makes everyone around you forget how to drive — the same stuff that the erudite among us buy snow tires … Read more
Hyundai has previewed a new tire design that has snow chains built right in, which would improve traction in snowy conditions without the inconvenience of manually installing tire chains in the winter. The snow chains would deploy at the press of a button, like something out of Speed Racer, by making use of what Hyundai … Read more