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Old 10-26-2004, 12:54 PM
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Originally posted by SVXer95
For anyone who has never had an AWD car in the snow before, make sure you still have a decent set of tires. AWD is not a replacement for good all season or snow tires. You can check my locker to see what can happen when you use summer tires (bald ones at that) even with AWD. Not only can't you go anywhere with tires like that, but stopping is an issue too.
Very, very true. AWD (or 4WD for that matter) is definitely no replacement for some good all-season tires.

My M+S Bridgestone tires still have over 60% tread life left in them so I should be fine.

-Chike
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