gbaker

The reason I'm asking is that this will be my first winter in my B5 S4. I currently have Pilot Sport A/S tires on the car and have been searching for some used winter tires without much luck. I am now wondering if it's even necssary to put dedicated winters on since quattro should help a lot.

Any comments from those who've gone through past winters??

Jerry D

Quattro helps you go. It does nothing to help you stop!

In my humble opinion, stopping is much more important that going.

Get snow tires.

Jerry D

afretes

2nd that!

dtompsett

They're designed to grip in the cold/ice/snow... like Jerry said, quattro makes you go, doesn't make you stop.

DeMOROlized

Keep in mind the following facts:

- What Jerry D mentioned already.
- All season tires harden up & loses traction capability at a significantly warmer temperature than winter tires.

If I have to choose between a 2WD/snow tire car & a AWD/all season tire car, I'll take the 2WD.

Tanner

You need all the grip you can get when turning and braking. Especially with a quattro as our cars are heavier than a non-quattro, mind you, both are just heavy in general!

Had the ContiSport all seasons for a while (while I was in the process of getting snows) and boy to they suck. Braking was mediocre along with turning. Of course, you do need to use a bit of common sense when it comes to winter driving and also a good understanding in what your tires can do and cannot do in winter (ie.: go to an empty snow-covered parking lot and play around with it while avoiding things like light posts, sidewalks, dividers, etc.!)

RippleChip

The price of a set of rims/tires is much less than fixing a front end or suspension after sliding into something or a curb.

jason in toronto

you may be able to accelerate with quattro, but you won't be able to stop without snows.

Carmine_S4

...but you're leaving alot of its capabilities on the table.

I thought Visti had snows he wanted to get rid of.

Visti

I still do