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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:25:13 -0500
From: Bob  <uctraingNOSPAMnopsamanet.com>
Subject: Re: buy snow tires or not?


On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:53:40 GMT, hohnopsamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) wrote: >In article <1fp5bsz.uz5b511uobjcyN%tangennopsamcom>, >Leif Tangen <tangennopsamcom> wrote: > >> What exactly do you mean by "all season radials"? > >It is a con pulled by tyre/tire manufacturers in the US. They make a >tyre/tire that is poor in summer and poor in winter and call it an >"all season tire". Well, I'll admit that it's a compromise, but it's not as bad as you indicate. There are some very high performance all season tires that do well in most all conditions. To the previous poster: All season tires are halfway between a performance and a winter tire. They give good snow performance on a reasonable car (ie FWD or AWD). They also perform well in the rain and in dry conditions. They don't give you the upper edge of a summer tire but I don't think 99.9% of the drivers out there could tell my W-rated all seasons from a performance tire. They do not have the aggressive snow pattern of a true snow but will pull you through a good sized storm (6" or so). As I mentioned in my previous post, they do a good job of clearing roads here in the USA. In most places the highways are down to clear pavement within a day. The phrase "snow packed road" is not often used. If you live in a very rural area or in the mountains you might encounter snow packed roads and may want the snow tires - along with the 4wd/AWD vehicle. Bob

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