Thread: SVX in Snow
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Old 01-23-2014, 12:58 PM
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Re: SVX in Snow

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Originally Posted by 92 SVX View Post
sipping really does help, however I would still take a blizzak over any all season sipped tire.

The sipping does not soften the compound which is really where the magic happens.

as in my hockey puck example the all season is still hard as a rock in the cold.
Pretty much sums it up. Winter tires are designed to stay soft at low temps. Summer tires will turn into rocks below about 35 degrees and all seasons will be rocks at about 10. Regardless, the all seasons just don't have aggressive enough tread for the snow and is a huge problem.
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