Snow tires for the S60?

I'm in Eastern PA, and I leave the MXV4s on all winter. They seem to work out pretty well. I haven't gotten stuck in during the two winters that I've owned my S60.

Charlie

That's what I've done for years now with other cars, but the manual and my neighbor said I would need snows. I would love to avoid getting the snows. Maybe I'll hold off and see how it behaves in snow (I was trying to avoid the 1st snow rush).

Thanks, Paul

I put Blizzak's on my 2000 S40 and I am very glad I did. I live in NW Indiana so our winters aren't too bad, but we tend to get some pretty heavy lake effect snow. The car handles much better in snow compared to all season tires. The big plus for me is that you can now get the full life out of your tires. The first winter I had the car, I had to replace the MXV's even though they had about 25% tread left because I couldn't get up the hill in my subdivision with 6" of snow on the ground. I basically wasted 1/4 of the tire. What I did was put the snows on the 15" Volvo rims and got a nice set of aftermarket 16" rims and tires for summer.

Good way to go. Unfortunately my MXVs are in good shape, and I'm not sure how long I'm going to keep the car. But if the first snow convinces me I need snows, I'll keep this strategy in mind.

Paul

Going All-Season would be my first inclination under those circumstances. But the quandary is that my MXVs are still quite good. Thanks for the input.

Paul