mostolf

I'm looking for snow tires for my car (2003 c320 coupe). I'm looking at both Michelin and Bridgestone/Blizzak. The one things that's throwing me is that both companies offer two types or categories of snow tires:

"Performance Winter" (Michelin Pilot Alpin PA2 and Blizzak LM25)
"Studdless Ice and Snow" (Michelin X-Ice and Blizzak Revo 1)

Can anyone offer some advice on the above? It looks like the Studless have better snow/ice traction than the Performance. This is my first time buying snow tires and I would like some good snow traction, but don't want totally crappy performance or tons of noise. On the other hand, we get hit by snow storms at times driving in NH. Should I stick with the "Performance"?

Also, any advice on whether one of the above four tires is better for me?

More background if helpful: I live in the city. I do not commute to work, so the car is mainly for errands and visiting friends and family. My driving is 1/2 highway and 1/2 slow driving around town. I would estimate that there is only snow on the ground maybe 25% of the winter months (New England).

Thank you!

Luke@tirerack

here's a link for you to use


The high performance winter tires would be better suited for your car as the flexibility of the studdless tires has been known to cause issues with advanced traction control programs

mostolf

Thank you, Luke. My search didn't turn up that thread, so this is helpful.