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- Subject: Re: snow tires
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.184952.27401@oneb.almanac.bc.ca>
- From: kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca (Ken Mcvay)
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 18:49:52 GMT
- References: <184554@pyramid.pyramid.com> <1g983kINNbv9@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Dec11.173221.5904@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec11.173221.5904@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> dlc@ddsdx2.jhuapl.edu (Dave Collard x7468) writes:
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- >SNOW tires are for SNOW. They do not help on ice, in fact I believe
- >that they are WORSE on ice than all-season tires. I read that somewhere
- >recently...anyone that can confirm/deny?
-
- Some rubber compounds perform far better on ice than others. Here in B.C.,
- where snow isn't unusual, I've had superior performance from Pirelli's MS
- tires, and have stuck with them for fifteen years because of that. (They
- consistently perform well on glare ice as well as snow.)
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