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Originally Posted by Suberman
You are trying to compare apples to oranges. The Altimax is designed for studs so won't compare to studless tires. It does excel in its category:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=123
Note it outperforms other stud intended tires even when not studded.
You'll get longer tread life and greater bare road stability from a winter tire designed to be studded, if no studs are fitted, than you will from a studless rubber design. Your choice depends on what you expect and what you need.
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Like I said , if you care about winter dry grip - get performance winter rubber, which will be better in the dry and comparable in snow/ice.
Altimax is owned by Continental and reuses Conti's decade-old designs. Gislaved NF3 was a top studded tire 10+ years ago.
Tirerack's 'studded' category doesn't include ANY good studded tire. It's literally all junk. Nothing from Nokian/Michelin/Conti/etc. There are TONS of studded tire tests in European mags. None of tirerack's list are any good.