quattro digest, Vol 1 #1192 - 9 msgs

[Paul R Luevano]

> I don't mean to sound like an a**, but you should get snow tires for
> snow and summer tires for the other three seasons. You'll never get
> comparable snow and ice traction with an all-season. Especially up
> where you are, I would definitely have a dedicated set of winter wheels
> and tires.

It really depends where you live.  In the Boston area, there is rarely more than
a half a dozen days where there is snow/slush/ice on the roads and snow tires
would give you an advantage.  Even this winter, which has been one of the
snowiest in recent history, I have had no problems without snow tires.

You have to balance the increased traction snow tires give you in their element
vs. the lack of traction they provide in the dry.  For me, the dry days far
outweigh the snow days, so I stick with the all seasons, and they work fine.

I do keep a careful eye on the roads, and play with ABS regularly to determine
which gives me better stopping, ABS or no ABS.  Most of the time, ABS off offers
better stopping in the snow/slush.

Just an data point.
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