I am wanting to put new tires on my car for winter snow and ice. I was looking online and there are snow tires but also all season tires. What's the difference? Are you only supposed to have snow tires during winter? Do you have to change your tires when summer comes? Thanks!
Snow tires have a more aggressive tread.
more agressive tread on snow tires than on all season tires and you should take the snow tires off in the summer where with the all season tire you leave them on all year, you should be able to do fine with the all season tire.
Snow tires are designed with traction in winter as the main factor. Therefore the tread pattern is deeper and grips the snow better than an all-weather tire. All-weather tires are just that,tires designed with a multitude of driving conditions in mind. I think that a good all-weather tire would be your best bet if you are driving a front-wheel drive car. Otherwise I would use snow tires on a rear-wheel drive car.
