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Originally Posted by Gforce
How about you first since you're the one with the ego issue? Don't make stuff up, I can tell. Or you could just give up, of course.
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Please indicate the points where ego issues came up on my end. You are the one saying that only "real drivers" such as yourself know the car is no good in the snow or wet. You are the one making repeated claims to have far more experience in driving than I when you have no clue about me. I have not reputed that claim since I have no clue what your driving history is. Yu are the one bursting with ego but not willing to answer a single question with more than "I know more than you". My ego is fully intact and although I may be making myself look like fool arguing with a nimrod that can't even give a straight answer beyond "you don't know what you are talking about" I am willing to do that to prevent the impressionable guys here to believe your shit. If you wish to continue to make claims about your mad skills let's see some info to back it up.
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Originally Posted by Gforce
Your bafflement surprised me not at all. A roots type Supercharger, such as the Eaton currently on my car, creates boost pressure in the intake by pumping more air in than the engine can accept. It does not compress the air inside the Supercharger, it just pumps. A turbocharger creates boost inside the compressor housing. These are completely different ways of increasing engine power and you can tell which is which by driving them back to back. I can tell without needing to compare them directly having driven so many boosted cars.
My point about All Season tires is that they are no longer no season tires as we used to call them. They are now so good they work very well as summer tires. In real world street driving these new all season tires are better than higher performance summer only tires because they do not need to warm up to be effective. To warm up your expensive Supersports to the same grip level as the A/S3 achieves right from cold is just not feasible on the street. In fact, if you try to warm up those expensive ultra high performance tires to their proper level will likely lose your license if you try to do this in any urban setting.
Bonus, those all season tires won't leave you stuck if it snows between the time you drive to work and evening rush hour.
The Michelin A/S 3+ is not as good a snow tire as the DWS but then as others have noted the DWS is a bit too soft for aggressive driving in the heat.
What is really surprising is you made the same tire decision as I did. I know why I bought my all season tires.
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What do those videos have to do with it? That was what baffled me (you can read right?) and I thought that was clear. You are so far out in left field on your supercharger theory that you can't even see the ball park. I agree the AS abilities to a point. The point I was making all along was they do not replace winter tires which you maintained they were just as good. I have said it about 20 times so far so if you want to back pedal on what you said I can simply go back and quote the comments if it will help.