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Originally Posted by kev0
Great info. I'm also in Chicago. I can't afford both a set of winters/summers so i'm hoping that the MPSS/MPS4S would be a good investment. I don't drive like an idiot in the snow so hopefully my new set of tires will treat me well.
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You can afford winters more than the accident you
will have if you try to drive all winter on summer tires. Note, all season tires aren't worth a whole lot more, but they are worth some more. You can get a passable winter package for a reasonable price with new wheels and everything, new... and every year people have used stuff available.
I AutoX'd on PSS yesterday in that same 35 degree spitting little balls of ice or maybe rain and windy as heck did I mention cold... While there are complicating factors limiting my driving, they do reasonably well as long as you're very attentive to smooth input. Cold + wet was a mess though (also, folks that drove later had a very clear advantage... more of the surface was only damp, not lakes...) One slightly happy throttle application saw the car simply lose traction all around and slide sideways for a bit - no control, nothing I could do for a half second but get ready for when traction returned (front tires since I pointed them right...)
Anyhow, you can drive PSS hard in the cold/wet, but they're definitely not at their best. Forget it on snow.
C