[s-cars] Wot Winter Tires??

[John Cunningham]

Good call Taka. When I lived in VT as an addicted ski nazi my studded Hakkas were the best. When I lived in DC I could enjoy my summer performance tires 99% of the calendar and a waste of time to swap anything else.  Living in between geographically when I still skied a lot, major unstudded but hard core snows made a lot of sense for regular roadies, but now that i dont the fact that I carry 2 full sets of A-max in the family seems overkill... I'm actually prob running all seasons only on a RWD this winter (... Well... also still a Quattro in the driveway... For now...) 

But as you say what the goal is makes all the difference. FWIW Altimax are great as snows but weak in sidewall compared to more road-oriented and advanced tire tech... Depends on what one needs...

JC

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On Oct 16, 2012, at 23:30, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Snow tire recommendations are really only valid if you state your driving
> conditions and your priorities for a snow tire.
> 
> Where I live, the roads are usually plowed and I have to worry more about
> how the tire does in slush and black ice. Rarely
> do I ever encounter deep, fresh snow. Also, there are long periods where
> the roads are dry and I'm just driving on cold, dry roads.
> 
> Therefore, my priorities would be radically different than someone that
> lived in a rural area, had to deal with lots of unplowed, fresh snow
> and hardpack in a climate where it never got warm enough to melt the snow.
> 
> Everyone will give you a recommendation based on their needs; without
> knowing what those are, any recommendations are next to useless.
> 
> Taka
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