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Originally Posted by dem00n
Dry performance should be just acceptable for a snow tire. It should perform well in snow and wet. Ice on non studded? Not going to expect a lot...
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Well yeah, but it's POOR for many, and IIRC at least one winter tire effectively failed wet conditions - granted, it may still have outperformed winter tires from 5 or 6 years ago, so it's tough to know. Some good data is out there for the finding - independent testing both in EU and CA from this year's batch of tires.
I'm intentionally going for "acceptable" to "fair" on ice/snow for better wet/dry, since I just won't drive if there's a lot of snow - not everyone can actually do that, and at our old house I'd have been in a very different tire for the winter.
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