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Originally Posted by glennQNYC
People have to get real... Snow tires straight up suck in the dry... Plus they are expensive and wear quickly. I think people are getting brainwashed. When you think about how often you drive in snow and ice it seems totally stupid to put snow tires on a car unless you live in a very snowy part of the world.... and if you live where it gets that snowy you probably should have something more hardcore for those conditions anyway.
My solution is switch out the summer tires for Ultra High Performance All Season category tires when things get cold. If it snows really bad I either hibernate or pull out the beater.
If I handled my 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with mismatched tires (no stability or traction control obviously), with some bags of sand in the trunk and without a cell phone back in the day, I can definitely handle my F30 with UHPAS tires in the snow. Jeez people are pussies these days.
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Don't be silly. Snow tires are for cold temps as well as snow. If you think they are only for snow you have no idea what you are talking about...
All seasons are total junk. You're wasting your time and money.