Originally posted by brapple:
no they don't give you perfect traction but they are way better then all-season tires, my father drove his car around the block with all seasons and my mothers cars with snows and he said it was a world of difference
Exactly ... I was trying to explain this to my sister-in-law today. I was explaining it that when you drive in all-season's and you hit that 'edge' where you know it's getting close to break point, if you had snows on it would just be a little further away. I think you have to view the traction/performance difference as a 'safety margin' rather than simple 'better traction'. Viewing it as better traction gives you a false confidence, and sometimes ends up with some kid scratching his head, looking at his car in the ditch saying "But I have snow tires!?!"
I personally never noticed the snow tire advantage until I went the other way ... snows to all-seasons ... that's when you appreciate the better traction.
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