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Originally Posted by bcj
Take a look at your sidewalls. Some places, the 86 came stock with Bridgestone All Season tires.
Those may be slightly better for slippery driving.
If you have those and are still having problems, you might want to consider real snow tires.
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correct, mine came stock with the bridgestone all seasons, which are actually pretty decent in the cold dry and wet too (which is 95% of our winter here in central/south NJ) but it's the 5% time when the roads are still snowed/partially cleared that concerned me. For e.g. this Tue evening, when the snow was just winding up and they hadn't started clearing up the roads, even with the bridgestones I had a really bad experience driving just 2-3 miles on local roads because there was still snow on the roads. I figured once I got onto the highway I would have been fine, it's on the local roads before you get to the major roads that are the worst. You could also just drive at 5-10 mph like I did and limp by, but even taking a left merging onto a busy road was scary on the bridgestones.
Now if I had the option to simply not drive or could use another car during these 5% times, I would just keep the Bridgestones and call it a day. But I don't so it's like insurance, even for the maaaaybe 5% time I figured I need to have dedicated winter tires. Lorip713 since you don't have that luxury either, I'd go with dedicated winter tires.
Good luck with your decision.