Well that's your problem right there, they're pretty much rubberbands I'd imagine.

If I ever get around to it before winter starts Im gonna give the kumhos a try. Probably in a bigger tire, like 215/45/16 or maybe 40 since Im lowered now.

 

2 years ago they started charging people in Ontario for driving in the snow with low profile tires. I'm running 35 series on 18s, and its a bumpy ride, but I don't mind. But I avoid driving in the rain just in case. I had to pull the car out onto the driveway once in the snow, and it took almost 45 minutes to get it back in the garage.

But from the sounds of the first post, its basically a stock rim, so it all depends on the size of the tire.

 

i too have the ziex ze-512 and all of my friends have them too. really really great tire. they were rated #1 somewhere. i've had them for a month or so and no complaints here.

 

well after narrowing it all down i ended up with the g-force sports and the exclaim UHP's

the yoko's looked real good but there tread wear was pretty bad

the g-force tyres weight 20 pounds each but the exclaim's are only 17lbs, 3lbs per wheel is quite abit isint it?

and the kumho sort of fall in the middle of the 2

 

that will make a difference - yup.
you will be glad you took treadwear into consideration.

 

I've got the Kumho Ecsta SPTs on stock rims and although they are fairly grippy, I find them to be really noisy. They are however, a directional tire so that's to be expected, I'm sure. And treadlife has been disappointing as I've only got around 27k on them and they are down to the wear bars already.

 

You live in calgary man...buy 2 winer tires now and some all seasons in April