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Old Dec 22, 2019 | 09:18 AM
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Default All season tires and or winter driving

I am looking for suggestions on what tires to buy
for my Z
2020 sport touring model
I live where there is snow and ice
i know how to drive a RWD on snow but haven’t had the same experience with my Z that is comparable to driving a 390 BB fair lane 500 in the snow on all season radials I think it’s because the Z tires are so wide
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Old Dec 22, 2019 | 01:07 PM
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Highly recommend running snow tires on all 4. Am origionally from upstate NY, most all seasons are not good below 36 degress. If you want to protect yourself and car snows are the only way to go. Wether your get studded or not is up to you.
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Old Dec 22, 2019 | 01:40 PM
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Alot of vette guys are running the Michelin as3's
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Old Dec 22, 2019 | 05:39 PM
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I have a 2003 350z that I have run in snow and on ice in Minnesota for 16 years. It is absolutely essential to run the car with four studless snow tires in the winter months. The car handles the most adverse winter driving as long as you have mounted four snow tires.
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Old Dec 22, 2019 | 08:16 PM
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Snow tires....not optional IMO. I ran both Michelin and Bridgestone both are excellent.
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Old Dec 22, 2019 | 08:38 PM
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As a Z owner who runs a set of all-season tires all year long in Colorado, I agree with the previous suggestions! All-seasons are OK to run if it's not snowing or there isn't snow/ice on the road. The Zs near 50/50 weight distribution means you need SNOW TIRES if you DD the car. Mine is not a DD and I have the luxury of keeping the BFGoodrich G-Force A/S 2 shod Z in the garage when it gets slippery out.
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