Potenza RE910 Tires Snow = Danger

[bsevic]

Subaru Friends,

 

First experence with snow in my daughter 98 Legacy L Auto Sedan. I would STRONGLY recommend that you stay away from the above tires for winter driving. The car was a handfull to stay pointed. Back-end would fishtail without even touching the gas going around a corner. I was worried to even let my daughter drive the car here in Western Michigan. Note these tires were brand new in June so they only had about 3000 miles on them

 

I drive around 40,000 miles a year and consider myself a experenced driver in all conditions, and even I was considering putting in the fuse and making this a FWD car. I even put 150 pounds of sand in the trunk (going back to my RWD days).

 

Puts some Michillin X-ICE on the Subaru yesterday. What a difference. Strongly recommend these tires. This cars is what I would expect from an AWD.

[Manarius]

I think it's been decided that the Bridgestone RE9xx series sucks at everything.

[Setright]

Is RE910 meant for winter use at all ?

[bsevic]

Is RE910 meant for winter use at all ?

I was under the impression that they were all season tires but now I'm questioning if they are now?

[Virrdog]

Well if you mosy on over to the Bridgestone website you'll find the RE910 under the Performance section where it says...

 

The Potenza RE910 with UNI-T is designed to deliver outstanding wet performance, especially wet stopping, while still providing excellent dry performance.

 

NOT a snow tire. That would explain the loosey goosey grip.