Good Morning,
don't shoot me, I am new here!
I know the tires topic have been covered a lot. I have searched and searched but all I can find is opinions on studded tires, no real experience.
I live in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, with icy roads, snowy roads, hilly roads. I drive 3-4 times a week to Montreal, the commute being around 170 km (110 mi) one way. The road is, you would guess, icy, snowy during the wintertime.
We use to have a Merc ML 350, and never had problems. We also have a VW Passat TDI, to which we installed Nokian Haka 8 with studddddddds! The car war performing better than the ML. I loooooove these tires.
Now, pretty soon, it will be my first winter with my S85. I love the car. Never owned anything like it. But I am worried about winter driving. In the summertime, I get go both ways Sherbrooke-Montreal-Sherbrooke on one charge. Now, I know I will not be able to do that un the winter time, with humidity and minus 30 degrees celsius temps. What I want to know is:
anybody out there with EXPERIENCE with studded tires in extreme winter condition? How is the traction? How is the car's behaviour? How much range do you loose? Is the noise killing you, since the car is so heavy? Any other thoughts?
I would really love to equip my S with studded tires - gives me a feeling of security with our crazy roads here... But i am also open to fresh suggestions BASED ON EXPERIENCE... even better if you live in Quebec!
Cheers - Merci for your comments and inputs!!! I already drove 20,000 miles in 5 months... now I want to get ready for winter - even if it is plus 30 here today!!!
Frederik
don't shoot me, I am new here!
I know the tires topic have been covered a lot. I have searched and searched but all I can find is opinions on studded tires, no real experience.
I live in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, with icy roads, snowy roads, hilly roads. I drive 3-4 times a week to Montreal, the commute being around 170 km (110 mi) one way. The road is, you would guess, icy, snowy during the wintertime.
We use to have a Merc ML 350, and never had problems. We also have a VW Passat TDI, to which we installed Nokian Haka 8 with studddddddds! The car war performing better than the ML. I loooooove these tires.
Now, pretty soon, it will be my first winter with my S85. I love the car. Never owned anything like it. But I am worried about winter driving. In the summertime, I get go both ways Sherbrooke-Montreal-Sherbrooke on one charge. Now, I know I will not be able to do that un the winter time, with humidity and minus 30 degrees celsius temps. What I want to know is:
anybody out there with EXPERIENCE with studded tires in extreme winter condition? How is the traction? How is the car's behaviour? How much range do you loose? Is the noise killing you, since the car is so heavy? Any other thoughts?
I would really love to equip my S with studded tires - gives me a feeling of security with our crazy roads here... But i am also open to fresh suggestions BASED ON EXPERIENCE... even better if you live in Quebec!
Cheers - Merci for your comments and inputs!!! I already drove 20,000 miles in 5 months... now I want to get ready for winter - even if it is plus 30 here today!!!
Frederik