Years ago, I got my first car with fat 16" tires. It was a 1991 Plymouth Laser RS (2.0L)
This one actually, (It's a Mitsubishi Eclipse under the logo)
It had the fancy Goodyear tires that could pull 0.9 Gees on the skid plate.
The thing handled like it was on rails (as they used to say).
But, when it snowed or rained (or the combo), good control went out the window.
Those fat tires were like toboggans.. Did not want to respond to the steering wheel.
If you got in a truck ruck, you had to go where the truck was going!
Since the small engine version of the Laser used 14" tires, I was able to pick up some of those tiny rims for my car..
I put narrow GoodYear F-32 snow tires on those wheels, and found they were
great for almost any wet or snowy driving conditions.
My buddy liked how well they worked and got the same setup for his Dodge Sheath.
Before getting the F-32s, he was too terrified to drive in snow..
Later on, I found my hot-rod 16" Goodyear tires really liked to hydroplane
during a real heavy rain storm. (Like in central Texas).
I became a fan of the 'Rain Tire' and later the HydroEdge..
Anyways, my experience says, in snowy areas, avoid Toboggan tires..
Living in this snowy area is one reason that I like to keep my tires up around 44 PSI.
Let them get too low, and they start putting down a big foot print, just like a freakin Toboggan..
