Snow Tire and Winter Driving Suggestions for a 2006 Pony

Oct 18, 2006 3 Replies
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Well, winter is on its way and as much as I hate it, my new 2006 V6 Pony Pack equipped Mustang is my only vehicle. It's going to have to commute 60 miles a day up here in New Hampshire. This means snow tires! The driving will be town roads and a trip down Rt.3. The Pony Pack included the



235/55WR17

P Zero Nero M+S tires which I suspect will not get me through the winter up here with out a lot of fish-tailing and possibly worse. I have looked on Tirerack.com and come up with a winter package as follows (they suggest going with 16" tires rather than 17") - Bridgestone Blizzak REVO 1 (215/65-16) on alloy wheels. Total cost with shipping $818.96.



My Questions:


1) What are folks thoughts on snow tire brands and models such as Michelin X-Ice, Michelin Pilot Alpin PA2, Pirelli Scorpion Ice & Snow, Pirelli Winter Carving, Dunlop Winter Sport M3 etc.?


2) Alloy vs. Steel rims?


3) How do I protect the nose from all the salt and sand that will be kicked up. My 2000 Accord looks like it was hit with a sandblaster from the 6 years of highway winter driving.

Any suggestions and experiences would be a great help!



Thanks,



Al


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Last year, I did the same thing and went for Blizzakk snow tires on 16" steel rims for my 2002 gt, which normally has 17" rims. I went with black steel rims on my red car and that made it look like something out of Mad Max. No biggie to me as I am not out to impress people with my ride.

The tires are quite sticky.

I had no problems at all in the snow and the car worked well. Just go easy on the gas. My car is an automatic.

I didn't do anything about the road salt and such, except to make sure I went through the car wash on a regular basis.

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Thank you for the input. This was very helpful. My pony is an automatic also. There is only a $108 difference between the steel rims with hub caps and a set of alloy rims. I thinl I'll go with the alloy. Thanks again for the reply, Al

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