Normal vs Slippery Mode

[Adam CW]

I posted a thread some time ago about my experience with Bridgestone Blizzak DMV2 winter tires on my Badlands compared to my 2019 Escape Titanium AWD (2.0 Ecoboost).

The Escape was excellent with the Blizzak DMV2s. They inspired confidence in all situations.

My experience with the Badlands hasn’t been as good. I have experienced a good amount of fishtailing and slipping in general. Quite disappointing.

I had been using slippery mode to drive on snow and ice. The car behaves noticeably different in this mode compared to normal.

We had a good amount of snow overnight so on my way to work I decided to try driving in normal mode to compare it to slippery.

Normal was noticeably better and much more similar to the performance of the Escape. No fishtailing or slipping.

I know this isn’t scientific but it’s what I noticed.

Any ideas why this might be the case?

It is possible my current set of Blizzaks just aren’t as good as the last set for some reason.

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[Dude]

Have you tried turning off traction and stability control and turning off lane centering / lane keeping options?

 

[tjbronco]

I have used Blizzaks over the years on multiple cars. They always work pretty well, but I have noticed some cars work much better than others with them. I actually may lean toward your last statement and add there may be different flavors of Blizzak and some work better than others. I never really paid attention to the exact model of Blizzak I was buying - only that it fit the car. I had an Acura Integra that was helpless in snow with the stock tires, but was unstoppable with Blizzaks, but a Honda Insight that was better with Blizzaks, but not as confidence inspiring as the Integra. Have had them on multiple Hondas and Saabs, but have not tried them on the Bronco yet. This winter, really haven't needed them, it has been amazingly lacking in snow...

 

[Escape2Bronco]

I posted a thread some time ago about my experience with Bridgestone Blizzak DMV2 winter tires on my Badlands compared to my 2019 Escape Titanium AWD (2.0 Ecoboost).

The Escape was excellent with the Blizzak DMV2s. They inspired confidence in all situations.

My experience with the Badlands hasn’t been as good. I have experienced a good amount of fishtailing and slipping in general. Quite disappointing.

I had been using slippery mode to drive on snow and ice. The car behaves noticeably different in this mode compared to normal.

We had a good amount of snow overnight so on my way to work I decided to try driving in normal mode to compare it to slippery.

Normal was noticeably better and much more similar to the performance of the Escape. No fishtailing or slipping.

I know this isn’t scientific but it’s what I noticed.

Any ideas why this might be the case?

It is possible my current set of Blizzaks just aren’t as good as the last set for some reason.

I tried slippery mode once and found it unnerving as it removed all throttle control. We got 8 inches of snow overnight and in normal mode and the optional WildPeaks, it just handles great.

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