New Blizzak LM-80 V rated Non-RF Snow Tire
10-12-2014, 03:55 PM
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Thanks Pete, I agree. A high performance snow tire is what I am leaning to. I think the Blizzak may be a bit better in deeper snow than some of the other high performance snow tires.
10-14-2014, 06:48 AM
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Winter Tire Selection..
Pete,
Once and a while, a post really sums up reality so well - for me. Your sentence :
The Q5 is a frigging truck afterall, not a sports car, so I'm OK with that tradeoff. really sums it up well. Last winter upon TireRack's and positive feedback from AW members, I bought the Blizzaks and am happy with them for the NJ winter conditions. Now, I did happen to buy late into the season, so some tires were out of stock but again I am happy with my selection. I never push the Q5 anyhow - with a speeding ticket already on my license and NJS troopers on the major parkways here, but I can tell the handling difference with my OEM tires (Michelin's) and the Blizzaks but they are snow tires and do what they are supposed to do and I do what I am supposed to do in snowy/icy conditions and that is to reduce speed and drive with extra caution. With snow tires, I'll error on the side of grip rather than performance.
Bob
Once and a while, a post really sums up reality so well - for me. Your sentence :
The Q5 is a frigging truck afterall, not a sports car, so I'm OK with that tradeoff. really sums it up well. Last winter upon TireRack's and positive feedback from AW members, I bought the Blizzaks and am happy with them for the NJ winter conditions. Now, I did happen to buy late into the season, so some tires were out of stock but again I am happy with my selection. I never push the Q5 anyhow - with a speeding ticket already on my license and NJS troopers on the major parkways here, but I can tell the handling difference with my OEM tires (Michelin's) and the Blizzaks but they are snow tires and do what they are supposed to do and I do what I am supposed to do in snowy/icy conditions and that is to reduce speed and drive with extra caution. With snow tires, I'll error on the side of grip rather than performance.
Bob
Will be happy to report back our opionions in January after some winter road time and experience.
Blizzaks DM-V1 are plenty good for our audi "truck" 
10-16-2014, 10:43 AM
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I have a set of the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V1's and they're great. Not noisy. Awesome in in ice/slush/deep snow. Important to remember that all winter-specific tires use softer rubber compounds so that in the cold temps, the rubber stays soft and grippier. The desire of wanting high-performance winter tire, while I get the "want", is kind of counter to what a winter tire needs to be to do its job in the bad conditions.
10-17-2014, 11:11 AM
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The desire of wanting high-performance winter tire, while I get the "want", is kind of counter to what a winter tire needs to be to do its job in the bad conditions.
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10-18-2014, 04:32 AM
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It's true that winter tires aren't meant for just snow. Temperature range is the key. Need proof? My RS4 turned one of the quickest 60' times at the dragstrip in the RS4 community. It was a cold spring day, 40 degrees. I purposely had snow tires mounted on all four corners. I was the only car there with snow tires and the only car that had traction. When the lights turned green, everybody else's tires went up in smoke 
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11-22-2014, 01:20 AM
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I disagree. For a performance oriented vehicle in an area which regularly sees cold temperatures but rarely sees much snow a high performance winter tire makes sense. I live in DC- we rarely get much snow sticking on the ground and when we do work is called off anyways, however temperatures colder than what an All Season performs well in are a regular occurrence - so what im after in a winter tire is high performance levels of grip in the cold with the capability to get me safely through the rare bout of snow. Seems rational, no?
I disagree. For a performance oriented vehicle in an area which regularly sees cold temperatures but rarely sees much snow a high performance winter tire makes sense. I live in DC- we rarely get much snow sticking on the ground and when we do work is called off anyways, however temperatures colder than what an All Season performs well in are a regular occurrence - so what im after in a winter tire is high performance levels of grip in the cold with the capability to get me safely through the rare bout of snow. Seems rational, no?
11-22-2014, 01:36 PM
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yeah i went back and forth on the uhp all seasons and ended up with pirelli scorpions. i wanted dunlop 3ds but they were sold out...kinda felt silly with the idea of having summers and all seasons as opposed to summers and 'performance' winters - though in hindsight if i had done the research perhaps there is a uhp all season with good cold weather performance and better dry road handling than these pirellis will give. oh well.