FF - Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 snow report.

I was talking about driving my FF in snow on another thread, but thought I would start a new one because a lot of folks were interested in how these touted tires would do. 3” snow, hard pack, -5 F, windchill - 15 F. Snow mode, manual shifting.

Yes, car enjoys a heated garage at home.

I live in a very hilly neighborhood. Photo is bottom of hill that levels off for about 200 yards, 20 yards level, then even a steeper hill for another 100 yards. I did dead start stops at bottom of both hills. Went up just fine. Only sensed slight slippage once,

I have noticed the car gets going and rear wheel drive slips for maybe half a second, and then the PTU noticeably kicks in and away she goes. Steady smart driving = no issue. I had an Audi A8 last year in all seasons, this did just as good.

I recommend these tires. Now, if I lived somewhere where snow is around most of the winter along with sub 30 F temps, get dedicated winters.

Why try all seasons. Well, typical Kansas City, it supposed to get up to 54 F next week.

P.S. in the winter, we are lucky these cars run hot. Heater gets going.
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For places that don't have a harsh winter for a number of months, these are great alternative to swapping out tires. This is a GT car. These tires doe just fine in the summer as well. Would having dedicated winter tires be better in the winter and dedicated summer tires better in the summer? Sure. But, that is not this post's point. A good all season option is available.

 

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