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Originally Posted by BRZnut
We didn't have much of a winter in Jersey last year so kept the stock summer tires on. For fun, tried it in the little snow we had and the car had 0 traction. It would not move.
Since we have many clear days in the winter, I put on All Seasons this year. We just had our first snow today! 5 inches! Car moved but the rear end was all over the place. And, unless I turned all the traction controls off, could not go up our driveway.
Why is there less traction up an incline with the Traction Control System on????
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Oddly enough, in loose snow you get slightly more grip from good snow tires with more wheel slip than the TRAC or the VSC allows. It appears the same applies to your all season tires.
Some all season tires are much more like snow tires than others. There is no minimum standard of winter performance for all season tires. Winter tires must meet an industry minimum winter performance standard. Only a very few all season tires actually meet that standard. I know of only one: the Nokian WR series. However, some all seasons are not too bad in winter conditions even if they don't meet the mountain snowflake standard.