because I'm retired and do not have to drive in all kinds of weather to a job, I can pick the time when I will drive some where in the winter months...I don't have my Venue yet to see how good the tries are on it from the factory...I now they say they are mud and snow which could be good enough for winter...I've always used Michelin all season tires on my daily driver, and as well my daily driver is a standard where I have much better control than an automatic in the snow and ice, and a standard gives you better braking if you do it right...the Venue I'm getting is the Ultimate model in Canada and is the Limited in the US, and they are automatics...when I have to make a tire change I'm seriously thinking of getting the tires that can be used year round and they also have the winter rating...as of now I know of 2 tire manufactures that make these kind of tires, which are Michelin Crossclimate2 tires, and Firestone Weathergrip tires...here in Canada tires that are for winter will have the snow flake marking on them, and both of these 2 tires I mention have the snow flake marking, so they are recognized as winter tires as well as the other 3 seasons...if you have ever seen these or want to look them up you'll see a different tread on them and as well the material that they are made of will be different then the standard non winter tire.
so my question is, have any of you that will have some winter driving to do have ever gotten these type of tires or know anyone who has, and if they do the job...here in Canada some provinces make it mandatory that in winter you have to have snow tires that have the snow flake...because of the cost of owning 2 sets of tires is not what I want to do, so one set is good enough for me and especially because I don't have to drive in snowy conditions...I know these type of tires are fairly new so there probably is not many people that have them, and as well by the time I wear out my tires that will come with the car, the manufactures will have more of these and more then likely have made them better as well.
so my question is, have any of you that will have some winter driving to do have ever gotten these type of tires or know anyone who has, and if they do the job...here in Canada some provinces make it mandatory that in winter you have to have snow tires that have the snow flake...because of the cost of owning 2 sets of tires is not what I want to do, so one set is good enough for me and especially because I don't have to drive in snowy conditions...I know these type of tires are fairly new so there probably is not many people that have them, and as well by the time I wear out my tires that will come with the car, the manufactures will have more of these and more then likely have made them better as well.