I'm going to be purchasing my first set of snow tires for my 2007 MC Cabio. We live in NE Ohio and get quite a bit of snow. It has the Sidewalk package which came with the 16 inch runflats. I know, many will say that I should dump the runflats, but I'm and "old goat" and don't want to worry about a flat with no spare. So, do any of you have experience with runflat snow tires. I was looking at an on-line source that was offering Continental Winter Contact, Dunlap SP Winter Sport, Goodyear Eagle Ultra Grip and Pirelli Winter 210 Sotiozero. Thoughts????

Also, a set of wheels seems to run from $400-$600. It seems like it would take quite a few tire changes before I'd spend that kind of money. Is that wrong-headed???

Thanks!!!!

 

Check the tire rack winter tire/wheel deals. To buy runflat tires and yet worry about the cost of wheels is illogical. If I were going to tolerate runflats at all I suppose it would be for winter tires . . . who wants to fix a frozen tire on the road? Nevertheless, I think waiting a short while for AAA is tolerable enough since I've had a road flat once every 40 years of driving.

 

For winter tires that are run flats, try these

Nokian WR, they have runflat option in a few sizes.

 

Not exactly what you want to hear but here is what I did with my 07 MCS. I too live in NE Ohio. I bought 17" wheels from Tirerack mounted with All season Bridgestones. Non Run flats. I'll run these till late December. I also ordered a set of Dunlop winter tires 16" and mounted them on the stock wheels. I sold the runflats on ebay for what the winter tires cost. I also bought a Continental comfort kit and a Dynaplug tool to carry with me so I can do a repair if I have to. The ride is much better than the runflats even with the 17" wheels. FYI

 

I am thinking of buying the Pirelli Winter 240 Non RFT mounted on 17 inch wheels from Tire Rack. I wanted to keep the sizes of my regulars and snows the same even though I am using separate rims. My stock tires on the custom 17 inch web spoke rims are Pirelli Euforia RFT (I am fine with them)
What do you think of the Pirelli Winter 240 Snow Sports? Decent tires?