do i need to get snow tires for baltimore winter driving?

[Anonymous]

Kid has been driving for 3 years but not in cold weather. She is about to face her first winter as a driver. I am wondering if I should get her winter tires. She works at hospital, so she has to go in regardless of the weather. For those of you living or work in Baltimore, what do you think?

[Anonymous]

No you don’t need snow tires

[Anonymous]

No, all-season tires should be fine. We typically only have 5-10 snowy days per year and nobody I know changes tires just for the winter.
Does she have an all-wheel-drive vehicle like a Subaru. Toyota and other auto makes also offer AWD which should be a requirement for anyone who needs to report to work regardless of the weather.

[Anonymous]

All season tires should be fine, I use them on my front wheel drive car and they do okay in up to 3 inches of snow.

[Anonymous]

No. I’ve lived a lot of places and the only time I needed them was when I lived in upstate NY where snow was pretty much constantly on the ground in the winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, all-season tires should be fine. We typically only have 5-10 snowy days per year and nobody I know changes tires just for the winter.
Does she have an all-wheel-drive vehicle like a Subaru. Toyota and other auto makes also offer AWD which should be a requirement for anyone who needs to report to work regardless of the weather.

Yeah, but she doesn't. Just regular front wheel drive with all seasons.

[Anonymous]

I had terrible time with front wheel drive vehicle, even with snow tires. I switched to 4 wheel drive car specifically to have car that did well in winter.

[Anonymous]

No but make sure she at least has front wheel drive.

[Anonymous]

No!

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's going to snow enough to need snow tires, OP.

[Anonymous]

You should buy Michelin CrossClimate 2 tires which are considered all weather tires. Almost as good as winter tires but great all year round. Worth the extra cost. Available at Costco. This is the absolute best thing short of dedicated winter tires. It’s a no brainer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, all-season tires should be fine. We typically only have 5-10 snowy days per year and nobody I know changes tires just for the winter.
Does she have an all-wheel-drive vehicle like a Subaru. Toyota and other auto makes also offer AWD which should be a requirement for anyone who needs to report to work regardless of the weather.

Yeah, but she doesn't. Just regular front wheel drive with all seasons.

FWD is fine. AWD doesn't help you stop.

[Anonymous]

If you can’t drive a rear wheel drive care in snow then you shouldn’t be driving at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you can’t drive a rear wheel drive care in snow then you shouldn’t be driving at all.

If you can’t spell car you shouldn’t be driving one.

[Anonymous]

Not if she already has all season tires. All of my cars run summer tires. If that is the case, and if you want to drive snow or ice covered roads, then get snow tires.

That said, all season tires are TERRIBLE in snow compared to winter tires. All seasons are also terrible not in winter. All seasons are just universally terrible.