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Originally Posted by Suberman
Bridgestone winter tires aren't very good. I'd be interested to know what ambient temperatures tire rack tested those two bridgestone winters in dry braking.
Regardless, no Bridgestone winter tire will ever get onto my cars, they are hopeless winter tires sold with marketing hype to customers who don't know any better.
As for tire width it seems you just argued against yourself there.
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No offense, but your comments are clearly based on a bias you have with certain brands and tire types. Bridgestone make one of the best winter tires in the biz and considering I've actually run on a good chunk of their line-up in winter time, I'd say I have a good sample behind me to make that claim. The WS70 has equal sipe count to a Nokian, but without the cost. And they are easier to find, so if you ever needed a replacement, you don't need to go on a scavenger hunt to find a spare.
Now his comments about the width are 100% correct. Unlike summer driving, winter tires have a balance point where too wide is bad and too narrow is bad. Your ideal is to be a little narrower than stock or stock. You want enough tread width so that you can still make an emergency stop on dry pavement (and not exceed stock braking distance by much) but you want it just narrow enough that the tire isn't trying to run over the snow, but rather cut into it.
Many people will argue about which type, brand, etc on winter tires, far more than any other tire type. Just do your homework and be prepared to live with the consequences. Ask yourself, do you want a winter tire that performs best in the worst the winter can throw at you or do you want a tire that offers a moderate improvement in winter and a mild compromise in dry? If you answered "yes" to the second part, a Performance Winter is probably for you. But to me, a Performance Winter is like an all-season tire. A tire that is basically useless at anything it does.