Spending a 1000.00 for a set of studded set of snow tires is not in my budget, im making a move from WA to TX next month any experiences with having your tires siped for added bite? Im going to try and avoid ice and snow conditions the best i can.

 

honestly, I can see "siping" helping on wet roads... but not on ice and snow.

 

Siping helps a lot on ice and snow, that is why every winter specific tire I've ever seen is siped.

Question is - you're moving to TX, why in the world are you worried about ice and snow? I sure wouldn't bother with special tires for a one way trip from WA to TX

 

Just worried about getting in the middle of it.

 

Just drive careful and watch the weather reports. Problem with siping the tires is that they wear out a lot faster when used on dry pavement.

 

More tires are coming with sipes. With warranties of 55k miles and up.

Sipes are good for any terrain.

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/tireSiping.dos

Sipes, providing thousands of gripping edges for better traction and stopping power. Wear-robbing heat and hydroplaning are also minimized.

 

hahaha i was gonna say the same thing but figured someone from the great state would chime in.

the majority of texas has a short winter.

 

I'm into my third winter with the OE HPs. Winters here go five months or more and despite the negative rep this tire has, they has served me well through some 10 months of ice and snow. Keep your foot out of it and drive to conditions and I suspect you'll be fine on the way to TX.

 

here in the DFW area the discount tire co. have stop tire sipping some years back . I had some done a long time ago , could not tell the difference ?

 

Tell the difference on what? You live in TX. Siping is for ice and snow.