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acurael · 10-20-2014, 09:08 PM

I have ran bridgestone blizzaks in the past and they worked really good initially on my G35. I found they wore down somewhat quickly and basically my car got stuck in the snow third season in. The car did go through tires quickly but it was disappointing since there was a decent amount of tread left on the tires. It was a RWD coupe.

I have blizzaks on an AWD 335xi and been driving them for past two years thru all seasons (summer set got ruined). For some reason they still have plenty of tread left and still work well in the snow? It has been about five years since i bought them. So completely different experience compared to the G35 so must be the car.

If you are RWD i would look closely at the different options of snow tires. I would get dedicated snow tire. Not performance winter tires or all seasons (the blizzaks were the low pro version on the G)

I'm likely going to get conti DWS for the 335 soon and use those year round, but only because its an XI.

10-20-2014, 09:08 PM	#29
acurael Revscene.net has a homepage?! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: surrey Posts: 1,233 Thanked 104 Times in 51 Posts Failed 23 Times in 14 Posts	I have ran bridgestone blizzaks in the past and they worked really good initially on my G35. I found they wore down somewhat quickly and basically my car got stuck in the snow third season in. The car did go through tires quickly but it was disappointing since there was a decent amount of tread left on the tires. It was a RWD coupe. I have blizzaks on an AWD 335xi and been driving them for past two years thru all seasons (summer set got ruined). For some reason they still have plenty of tread left and still work well in the snow? It has been about five years since i bought them. So completely different experience compared to the G35 so must be the car. If you are RWD i would look closely at the different options of snow tires. I would get dedicated snow tire. Not performance winter tires or all seasons (the blizzaks were the low pro version on the G) I'm likely going to get conti DWS for the 335 soon and use those year round, but only because its an XI. __________________ wuzzthat?