Best tires for winter for XC70
Hi Guys,
By looking at previous posts I found some answers but I am still not sure what to buy and I need to hear it once more from you guys.
I have owned a 1998 S40 T4, a 2000 V40 2.0T and recently I bought a 2001 XC70 2.5T for my wife. My question is which winter tires I should buy for the following purposes
1) Winter maximum 3 months here. Jan-Feb-March
2) Average Temp about 7 C or 44F
3) About 15 days out of the 3 months we get snow. it's never colder than -5C or 23F
4) We get alot of rain
5) There is a nice skiing resort and I want to drive there too.
So I want some tires which I could use in such winter conditions (not so very cold and mostly rain than snow)
However when the snow starts suddenly, I don't want to get stuck on the roads and I wanna drive freely on any snow.
Also my wheels should be good enought to take me to a skiing resort just two hours away and I don't wanna have any problems climbing on the road to the mountain.
And when there is no snow, I want to be able to use them in dry weather or rain.
Any suggestiosn guys ?
BTW . At the moment I have 215 65 16 Michelin 4x4 syncrone tires on.
Regards
Also recommend the Nokian WRs
I have been running them year round since last Nov. and they are great. Good on dry, wet and snow. They are the only year round tire I know with a "snow tire" rating. While not as good as true snow tires like the Blizzaks I used to have on my 240 they have worked great for me with the XC. We've made several trips up into the Green moutains of VT. during heavy snow storms and they were solid. During the summer they are great tires for dry and rainy weather and are quiet. Don't know what they cost in Turkey but they are pretty expensive in the US... their only big downside in my opinion.