Has anyone ever had their tires siped?

I just went to get a quote on some winter tires for my car, and the guy was trying to talk me out of buying $1100 worth of tires, and instead he said to get the tires siped for about $40, and the tires would perform good enough in the winter.

Any thoughts?

 

If you have the OEM summer tires on your car, don't do it.

While this might help winter performance, it won't even come close to a decent set of winter tires. Also, siping tires decreases the strength of the tread blocks, degrades performance in warm/dry weather, and causes more tread squirm (movement in the tread).

What you're really talking about is taking an OEM summer tire and making it into a ghetto all-season. The result is the worst of both worlds - unintended use of a summer tire in the winter, and compromised performance when summer rolls around.

 

hahahah. couldnt have said it better myself

 

waste of money

 

Said what? all we have is rain/no rain/surf breaking over the road/lava on da big island/snow at the summit of mauna kea... thats it.

 

Even the rubber compound in summer tires was not designed for winter conditions. Do yourself a favor and buy real winter tires.

 

^^ the rubber on summer tires gets too hard to be useful in the minnesota cold

 

oh, a quick visit to tirerack or tires.com may yield some winter tires in the 130-150 range each