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Originally Posted by chris s
Sylvan, curious what tires you are running on your oem 214 winter setup?
Anyone have experience with conti dws in 275/315 in the winter? How do they do?
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On the diesel I have nokian happilatta 275/40 all around and on my M I have Conti DWS 275/315. The traction with the nokians is far superior as you would expect from a dedicated winter tire. Next year I want 275/315 winters for my M we have had a horrible winter in Alberta this year December had record snow fall, January was super warm so we fought deep snow now we are dealing with icy roads. I get by but Friday on my aprox 120mile hi way drive I saw 4 vehicles in the ditch on their sides or roofs and 5 other accidents with 2 ambulances still on site. I did feel my "tail wag" a couple times with the DWS and I have never felt that with the Nokians. That being said DWS are great in the snow for an all season, our winters are about 6months long with more snow than most other places so 9 out of 10 people would be satisfied with DWS in the winter. I thought they were awesome until I got a set of studded Nokians for our diesel
(Edit I just got a smoking deal on some Toyo GO-2 winter tires in 274/315 20 so I will run them on my M next winter)
My M winter set up with DWS
The diesel with nokian 275/40 20 all around, the wheels are replica 20x9.5/20x10.5 so the 275mm fit pretty good all around
A typical winter road here...
