2022 Bronco sport review

[ArlyA]

Got snow tires and plain steel rims sitting at the tire shop for this auto. Will post pics when they go on. NOAA says we'll have a near normal winter here now. I drive the bronco when its available to me.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

A question from an ignorant southerner... The winter tires I hear about from the north, how do they differ from an all terrain type tire? Again I'm asking out of ignorance, but in my mind it would seem there would be benefit to having a tire that would work in all seasons, is something like that not available? It seems like it would be cheaper to have keep a single set of tires that works well vs separate tires for each season. I guess if you snow tires are studded that would make sense though.

 

[NoTrespassing]

A question from an ignorant southerner... The winter tires I hear about from the north, how do they differ from an all terrain type tire? Again I'm asking out of ignorance, but in my mind it would seem there would be benefit to having a tire that would work in all seasons, is something like that not available? It seems like it would be cheaper to have keep a single set of tires that works well vs separate tires for each season. I guess if you snow tires are studded that would make sense though.

Different rubber compound designed to be used in cold temperatures. Different tread pattern that makes them better in icy conditions.

 

[ArlyA]

A question from an ignorant southerner... The winter tires I hear about from the north, how do they differ from an all terrain type tire? Again I'm asking out of ignorance, but in my mind it would seem there would be benefit to having a tire that would work in all seasons, is something like that not available? It seems like it would be cheaper to have keep a single set of tires that works well vs separate tires for each season. I guess if you snow tires are studded that would make sense though.

All-season are a compromise on all the seasons. Winter tires are made for just that, lower temps and softer rubbers that do MUCH better on snow or ice. Treads are commonly as seen below and note the little cuts in the rubber. Gosh, they do quite well on snow what we usually see for three or more months. Most folks up north don't see all that much snow. Top photo what taken in our town. This shows a normal day here for months on end.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

They just turn off our state when we get that... Although we normally just get ice. Typically freezing rain and sleet. We do get the occasional snow but usually the temperatures aren't cold enough for it to stay snow. It will quickly turn to slush then freeze hard overnight and stay that way until it melts and evaporates.

I feel like our tires do just fine but I'm seeing it from southern eyes. There is no traffic during all that so it's ok if we just time our braking so we just slide to a stop at the stop sign. Or keep up momentum and opt out of stop signs or lights when headed up hill...

 

[NoTrespassing]

They just turn off our state when we get that... Although we normally just get ice. Typically freezing rain and sleet. We do get the occasional snow but usually the temperatures aren't cold enough for it to stay snow. It will quickly turn to slush then freeze hard overnight and stay that way until it melts and evaporates.

I feel like our tires do just fine but I'm seeing it from southern eyes. There is no traffic during all that so it's ok if we just time our braking so we just slide to a stop at the stop sign. Or keep up momentum and opt out of stop signs or lights when headed up hill...

I had all terrain tires on a 2 different Broncos. They didn't have near the traction on snow and ice compared to several of my cars with snow tires. This is just my experience.

 

[ArlyA]

25 years ago we had 2 vehicles and the one I normally drove had them. One day I happened to take by spouses car without snows and drove it into a snow bank within the 2 block from home. Ya, those snow tires do grip better and subsequently got an extra set of steel rims with snows for every vehical we've owned since and we replace all 4 tires/rims with snows. Staying on the road is more fun.

 

[Runner]

I did the same thing, bought a tire and wheel package from Tire Rack.
From November to April I run the knobbiest snow tires I could find on all four wheels of my front drive car and it make a world of difference over the all seasons on snow. They are noisy and handling is kind of squirrelly in the dry, but it's worth it to know I can actually drive it in snow and not worry about getting stuck.

 

[ArlyA]

I did the same thing, bought a tire and wheel package from Tire Rack.
From November to April I run the knobbiest snow tires I could find on all four wheels of my front drive car and it make a world of difference over the all seasons on snow. They are noisy and handling is kind of squirrelly in the dry, but it's worth it to know I can actually drive it in snow and not worry about getting stuck.

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The snows we get are not noisy or knobby.

 

[Milo]

..... in my mind it would seem there would be benefit to having a tire that would work in all seasons, is something like that not available? It seems like it would be cheaper to have keep a single set of tires that works well vs separate tires for each season.

Actually it's not much money (in the long run) to have a separate set of snow tires mounted on wheels. Fewer miles on both sets each year vs more miles on one. A mounted set is easy enough to change back and forth yourself. And if you sell your vehicle you'll generally recoup some of the cost of the extra set, if not they'll sell quickly on Craigslist.
Having said this my Ridgeline does very well in snow so I just use the all-seasons. Ridgeline's problem would be in deep snow because it doesn't have a lot of clearance and even with the best tires in the world once the lower bumper starts pushing snow it piles up and stops you.