I purchased a fully loaded (my first) Titan LT, the dealer had replaced the standard wheels with some really nice chrome wheels with 20" Cooper Discoverer STT R20LT M+S tires.
I live in Oregon and we have been recently getting 5+ inches of snow every day and some ice conditions. I have a lot of experience in snow/ice but I have to tell you, this Titan loves to slide while in 4 wheel drive. I'm going like 10 miles an hour and it slides. It's ridiculous.
I have a pretty average driveway for the area, 20% slope. With 1 inch of snow today, in 4WD, 4-LOW, I tapped the brakes to try and take just a little speed off the decent and the car started to slide down my driveway.
My Acura AWD with stock wheels does better than the Titan with these Cooper Discoverer STT.
Ok, so here is the question. Should I dump these tires and just take the hit or should I try getting them siped? After reading about these tires on Cooper's web site, even though they are rated M+S, it appears they are really designed for rock climbing.
I'm an avid skier and purchased this truck to drive back and forth to Mt. Bachelor every day and the truck as it is equipped right now is so squirly, I just don't feel safe at any speed above 20.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
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Edited, it's STT not SST (sorry), but it does indeed have M+S on the tire.
I live in Oregon and we have been recently getting 5+ inches of snow every day and some ice conditions. I have a lot of experience in snow/ice but I have to tell you, this Titan loves to slide while in 4 wheel drive. I'm going like 10 miles an hour and it slides. It's ridiculous.
I have a pretty average driveway for the area, 20% slope. With 1 inch of snow today, in 4WD, 4-LOW, I tapped the brakes to try and take just a little speed off the decent and the car started to slide down my driveway.
My Acura AWD with stock wheels does better than the Titan with these Cooper Discoverer STT.
Ok, so here is the question. Should I dump these tires and just take the hit or should I try getting them siped? After reading about these tires on Cooper's web site, even though they are rated M+S, it appears they are really designed for rock climbing.
I'm an avid skier and purchased this truck to drive back and forth to Mt. Bachelor every day and the truck as it is equipped right now is so squirly, I just don't feel safe at any speed above 20.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
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Edited, it's STT not SST (sorry), but it does indeed have M+S on the tire.