Any winter driving advice with the factory tires?

Mine have 72000 km on them, not too much tread left, wondering if I should change them for winter....

any cheaper alternatives to fit the stock rims?

have fun....mine had about 7,000 miles on them and it was scary when we had a decent amount of snow on the roads...it was interesting turning the steering wheel and continueing to go straight. i got winter rims and tires just because i hated driving with them last year.

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Pioneer Nav/Magnaflow Catback/E-Cutout/Poly MM/CAI/160*/TBS/STB F&R/Wrapped X-Over & 3'' DP/Flip Paint/XP5243 Atl. Plugs/10.4mm Taylor Wires/SSC

256HP/341TQ
14.05 @ 100.4 2.24 60'

The OEM potenzas are summer only tires. They SUCK in winter. I just put on a set of Potenza RE960AS (all season). Happy so far. Tire rack has great feedback/reviews of them.

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08 GXP, Magnaflow Cat back, CAI, K40 Calibre w/ laser diff, Hamburger TBS, SLP 1.85 rockers, Heat soak kit, Inferno CF hood
13.779 @ 100.26

They are summer only tires however I have been driving on them for almost two months on snow/ice with very little issue, it is -25c today and i got here with no issues..

I have never been a snow tire kind of guy, I drive on snow/ice for 8 months of the year so maybe I am jsut used to it and dont need them.

On very sheer Ice they will lose grip, so if you do alot of freeway driving or w/e and there is sheer ice or black ice i would say dont take the chance

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2006 Pontiac Grand Prix
Sunroof, K&N Drop-In, Silverstar Ultras.
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ive said this about 1000 times, the tires and rims i got off fusion are amazing

there General Exclaims, i tried flooring it on light slush yesterday and i was fine. wet roads im fine i need some actual snow to see how good they are, but after those 2 test think ill be fine

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you can get around with the stock tires but you gotta be really careful. Some good all season tires at least would be great.

I put this in another post, but my factory tires have 28,000 miles on them, and they bad, bad, bad in the snow. I was having problems just going up small hills with these tires. I had to turn off the traction control and spin and pray to make it up the hill. I'm getting new tires in a week or two.

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2008 Grand Prix GXP