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What I've discovered..... Posted by Herb Hirsch [Email] (#114) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Herb Hirsch) on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:19:28 In Reply to: 2011 Aero/tires, DE [Profile/Gallery] , Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:12:16 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
.....by Googling all-season verus snow tires.
There is a lot of information regarding all-season versus snow tires available on line.
The salient points are as follows:
1. All-season tires on an AWD car perform better than a FWD car with
snow tires.
2. Snow tires on an AWD car perform notably better than all-season
tires.
3. Snow tires on a FWD car perform better (start, stop and turn) than
all-season tires.
And yet another point:
1. Studded tires are absolutely spectacular on ice or very
hard-packed snow.
2. Studded tires on dry and wet pavement perform poorly, much more so
than non-studded tires. See research/tests performed by WSDOT
(Washington State DOT).
3. Again, a little time spent Googling "studded tires on dry or wet
pavement" will yield some useful information.
4. Northern Sweden and Alaska might be two locales where studded
tires make sense; there might be a third in northern Siberia.
Personally, I use a set of snow tires on my car and my wife's (both 9-5's). The extra traction makes this worthwhile. I started this habit when my work required that I go to MA every other week; a switch from all-season to snow tires made a worthwhile difference; a lot of independent testing confirms this.
Herb Hirsch
South Brunswick, NJ
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