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Originally Posted by ZionsWrath
Are you really calling people who decide to get winter tires over allseason or summer, even though they are not [more] expensive "stupid". 
Always elitists no matter what you do. We should call all 86 owners stupid because they didn't buy C7 vettes or Porsches. |
Nope, it's like calling out those who bought some other coupe (i.e. the said Civic) for the twins' money. I repeat, Altimaxes look good for the money for someone who never had any winter tires. In absolute sense they suck donkey butt. They utilize ancient technology and are targeted exactly at the crowd that doesn't know enough about winter tires. I'm not entirely against them, since people typically buy something better as their next set, but the initial stage of conversion from all-seasons to seasonal tires, aka buying Altimaxes, is entirely avoidable.
If you don't care about good ice grip, for the money you're better off with latest-generation performance winter tires.
I cannot honestly recommend those Altimaxes to anyone. These are 10-year old design, meant to be used as studded. Using them w/o studs is questionable at best. If you can use them w/studs, they are okay.
For _the same money_ you can buy good winter tires for your preferences.