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Originally Posted by Stang70Fastback
Much softer compound, coupled with taller tread blocks, coupled with those taller tread blocks being more sliced apart with sipes and whatnot. All of that leads to a lot of tread squirm which in turn results in very vague steering, and a flobbery, wandering, imprecise feel. This will be further exacerbated if you went to a smaller wheel with a taller sidewall, and/or a skinnier tire.
I basically treat the car as being in "luxury mode" in the winter months, since the tires suck at being sporty, lol. On my winter tires, I can trigger the stability control while driving in a straight line due to the delayed turn-in response.
This video is back when I ran 16" steelies with 205/55 tires. I'm on stock wheels and stock size tires now, so it isn't QUITE this bad, but it's still similar.
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^^^100% this. Softer compound makes a huge difference.
When the temps are sub 30F, you'll find it gets a little better, but when above 30F, the tires are very soft and supple giving you that "wandering" feel.