Except for a short time in San Francisco, all of my driving experience has been in snowy areas including four winters in Winnipeg, Manitoba where ice covers the roads for most of the winter. It doesn’t take long to realize that the most important aspect for safe winter driving is not ground clearance or AWD, but good winter tires. While in Calgary I even experimented with studded tires on my wife’s RWD G35 coupe. We put the Nokian Haakapeliitta 8 tires on the car and it was amazing on hard snow and icy roads. This winter, I want to use the Discovery both around town and when we visit the mountains, so I started looking for the best winter tire option.
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