It was my 4th nissan and I can tell you that the tires make a difference for the conditions. A ture winter tire will make the world of difference in winter conditions. Now if you go offroad the General Grabbers do alright. On slick icy and snowy roads they are not good what so ever.
Wow. It was ugly. Glad you are OK. But people in this thread have different opinion about General Grabber tires.For winter conditions on the road those would be a terrible choice. These pictures are from my 1992 Pathfinder with General Grabbers and rhe winter performance sucked.
If you want objective ratings, go to tire rack and see what they rate them at. Hint: it’s not even close between true winter tires and all-seasons. Winter tires rate between 9-10 on snow and ice, all-seasons would be lucky to rate above a 7, most good ones are at a 6.5. You have four points of contact on the ground-don’t skimp on tires. Besides, if it saves one fender bender they pay for themselves(similar cost as most deductibles).
Nothing against your experience, but here is rating from tire rack.
It says 6 on the link you provided. You are looking at consumer ratings. I don’t trust those. They are also only comparing to other all-seasons. Again, it’s not even close when it comes to winter driving.
never buying or renting a nissan ever again. never. don't care what tires they won't stop the constant seal leaks, sticking shifter, piss poor gas mileage, bed falling off, check engine light never went off, replaced gas tank, fuel sender 3x, every EVAP valve/solenoid/sensor, knock sensor, timing belt, replaced transistor for heater fan 2x, bed fell off, never got over 15MPG- the hearse gets 14 in the winter- cruise control was a pain to set and then it never kept speed, my foot got stuck under the brake pedal many times... that caused a couple situations, bed fell off, spare tire rotted through the rim, i know I'm missing something, check out www.nissan.com . the truck was retired at 105,000 miles They are junk
Being in Ohio and the fact that you're talking about the bed coming off tells me you never took care of your vehicles by washing them off from the salt on the roads. That is a entirely different subject that does not belong on this thread.
Agreed. I have the Michelin Ice-X on our Subaru Outback. The only bad thing I can say about these tires is that they breed overconfidence on snow and ice because they are so amazingly effective. Over the years I have had only a few instances where they car got anything close to squirrelly, and that was on pure sheet ice that is only encountered very rarely.
