I put a set of these snow tires on my wife's 1992 LS400 in 205-65x15 a few weeks ago, just in time for the snows of Michigan to come calling.
She had been using a set of 225-60x15 BFG Touring T/A's (all season tires) that were about 1/2 worn and these were getting to be quite thrilling in snow.
The car has, of course, traction control. Here are first impressions with the tires (set of four).
They are just a little bit squirrelly on dry pavement. You get the feeling through the steering wheel that minute oscillations are constantly occurring and you are constantly making very small steering corrections. I think this is because of the numerous sipes cut into the thread blocks. These are meant to grab snow for traction, but make the thread blocks a bit unstable in the dry. The ride on dry pavement is not cushy like it was with the oem Goodyear GA's, but certainly good enough (except for the wiggliness already mentioned).
On light to heavy snow the tires are great, however. My wife described them as a revelation compared to the BFG all-seasons on which she had spun quite a few times. I drove the car to church this evening with some 4-6" of snow on the ground and she's right. You can break them loose, but they don't slip much and lock up as soon as you back off the gas. No thrilling moments. Good cornering grip, too.
A nice snow tire at $300 for a set of four, mounted, at Discount Tire. Don't know if they are as good as Blizaaks, but can't imagine those can be much better and they cost a lot more.
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