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Originally Posted by why?
They are a bad compromise in every situation. If it is above 60 summer tires will always be better. If it is below winter tires will always be better. It is one thing if you drive an econobox, but on a sports car there is no excuse. You can get a cheap set of wheels and good snow tires for about $800 from tire rack. It takes 20 minutes to swap them.
I have no idea how you can be caught by a surprise snow storm. That makes no sense. If it is october to march it might snow. In some areas those months stretch much further. Once it gets below 50 the snow tires go on, and they stay on until spring.
Winter tires will always have better grip in the snow and ice. I can tell you this from personal experience. I had massively obvious better grip and control of my car in the snow over the cars that had awd and all season tires. And when I say I am usually the slowest car on the road I am not joking.
If your area sees cold weather of any kind winter tires are just wonderful.
But whatever, to each their own. It is more about not settling for no seasons in the summer rather than proper summer tires.
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My excuse is no driveway, garage, or even space to store a spare set of tires :| Living in Manhattan sucks sometimes.
And I've been caught by surprise before, same way the city got caught by surprise, it wasnt predicted in the forecast at all. I still had the stock summers on, and since this car is a weekend toy for me, I figured I'd just leave it parked when the weather gets bad. That one day, the forecast was completely clear, I drove to go eat dinner with friends and by the time I got out there was 3 inches on the ground. None of the roads were salted either because the city didnt expect the storm. Kinda sucked, kept losing traction, got stuck at one point on a hill but eventually inched my way up the hill.
Right now, I'm on Continental DWS, have not tried them in snow yet. NYC gets pretty cold but the roads are normally well plowed and again I can just avoid driving entirely if there's a blizzard. All seasons are alright if you know what compromises they come with and how to adjust your driving depending on the situation.