I had my first Subaru in the snow the day after I bought it. It had 24k miles on its original all-seasons. It was terrible. The wipers were shot too, and the wiper fluid was crap that lacked antifreeze, so while the snow was falling I had my left hand on windshield wiping duty (gloved), with only my right hand available for steering + shifting, all while sliding all over the place on those terrible tires.Oh no! As a visitor you would get a pass but our law requires real snow tires from December 1st till somewhere in March. I would definitively not recommend all seasons in our climate, let alone pure summer tires. I had pure summers on my WRX and when weather would dip under 7C (44F) and wet the front wheels would slip when I backed out of my driveway. Not comforting.
That was the last real storm of that season, but for the next winter I put on real snow tires and never looked back. And new wipers and proper washer fluid of course.
There are climates where I would use all-seasons as winter tires, but for anyplace that gets serious snow and ice regularly, I learned that real winter/snow tires are the bee's knees from those experiences with my Subarus.
Last edited: