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Originally Posted by cytogenesis
Yikes. So if I understand correctly, the correct path here is to have summer tires 3/4 of the year and all season tires for 1/4? And both of these would fit
my 17x8 oversteers? Or would it be better to have winter tires?
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I highly recommend dedicated wheels too. Every mount and balance is about $50 or so, so cheap stock take offs pay for themselves in 2 years if you can get a set for $200ish, which is very doable, or just run the winters/all seasons on your stock wheels.
Edit: After looking at that table, I'd be confident running a decent all season on your stock wheels, and a proper summer tire on your Oversteers. Those are very mild temps. Since you may get the occasional snow, If you can get a set of Nokian WR3's, and run them as if they were a winter tire I think you'd enjoy the confidence you'd get when the weather does get bad. That said, I have never even been to Tennessee so my tire recommendations may be off. Where I live we average about 3 feet of snow each February, and the temp average is ~13*f, so I hope you understand why I err on the side of caution wrt having the proper tire for the climate! The hotter and more brutal it is in the summer the more you will appreciate a proper dedicated summer tire.
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