Get your ST ready for winter with tips for prepping and winter tire selection

I guess I did it completely wrong, I went with the stock tire size (205 40 17) on the stock rims and got Pirelli Winter Sottozero tires. I did this mainly because I wanted the handling to be close to stock when the pavement is dry or wet. I haven't driven these in snow yet (supposedly getting an inch or more tomorrow) but they are really solid at high speed in wet and dry conditions. Of course the overall grip is not the same as the stock Bridgestones, but there is plenty of grip and it's predictable if not a bit squirmy. Hopefully the stock tire size/stock rims won't prove to be a poor choice this winter, I'm planning on putting my summer tires onto some new OZ wheels in the spring.

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Yeah, I just moved to upstate NY in July from Arizona, I'm new to all this. I have family in Ohio, so my thinking was I wanted a tire that could handle more situations well. I figure if the weather is good enough on the through way to make the 6.5 hour trip home then I probably won't be dealing with a bunch of deep snow, most likely wet and/or slushy highway. There will most likely be days where I'll leave in steady snow in NY and end up in cold and dry conditions in Ohio. But, like I said...I don't know. Like you said, I'll just have to remember to go slow.