This is a follow up to a thread I started about the Continental Extreme Contact DWS:
https://my350z.com/forum/wheels-and-...ntact-dws.html

In that thread I promised to report back comparing the Continental Extreme Contact DWS to my Dunlop Graspic DS-2 studless snow tires when winter arrived. We just got hit with 10 inches of snow, so I was able to run the test yesterday.

I drove around on the Continental Extreme Contact DWS’s for about 2 hours. Not all roads had been plowed yet.

Although I was able to drive in these conditions with the DWS tires, they certainly are not as good as my winter tire/wheel setup (Dunlop Graspic DS-2 studless tires). There’s no reason to continue the experiment (the Graspic DS-2 studless tires are considerably better in snow and on ice), so my studless snow tires go on sometime this week.

I was hoping to get by with the DWS's, but it's apparent that studless snow tires have a significant advantage.

--Spike

 

Sounds realistic. Consumer Reports rates no all-season tire better than average in snow.

 

^^ David, you are correct. It was only that I liked my Continental Extreme Contact DWS’s so well (it’s very quiet and comfortable, and still handles very well) when driving on wet roadways this spring and on dry roads this summer and fall that I was actually hoping this A/S tire was a year-around solution, even in extreme winter conditions.

But… it’s not quite there for winter driving (my hopeful expectation proves not to be realistic). So… my studless snow tires go back onto the car this week.

--Spike

 

I just got a set of Michelin X-Ice 2's still waiting on snow!!