Although the Michelin Cross-Terrains are far better than the stock Goodyears on ice, I wanted better for winter conditions here in Calgary and for mountain driving especially. So I got 4 Latitude X-Ice at Costco with ugly black steel rims, not wanting to fork out for nicer wheels.
The Latitudes are fantastic. We had a good wet snow last night and this morning the roads were sheet ice, I could hardly make them slip, they brake super and although I used to be able to easily pull 180s with a crank of the wheel and hit the gas, but I really had to give 'er in a parking lot to get one this morning. No drift on hard corners, I'm impressed. Still need to get some deep snow to see how they do in that but for why I got them they're great.
The steel rims may have to go sometime later. I got some not bad mag-looking wheel covers that were creaking like crazy until I figured out it was the wheel weights flexing with the tire, then flexing the wheel covers. I slapped some lithium grease on the wheel weights, put the covers back on, and problem solved for now.
The Latitudes are fantastic. We had a good wet snow last night and this morning the roads were sheet ice, I could hardly make them slip, they brake super and although I used to be able to easily pull 180s with a crank of the wheel and hit the gas, but I really had to give 'er in a parking lot to get one this morning. No drift on hard corners, I'm impressed. Still need to get some deep snow to see how they do in that but for why I got them they're great.
The steel rims may have to go sometime later. I got some not bad mag-looking wheel covers that were creaking like crazy until I figured out it was the wheel weights flexing with the tire, then flexing the wheel covers. I slapped some lithium grease on the wheel weights, put the covers back on, and problem solved for now.
