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Why Snow Tires?

April 26, 2017snow tires

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Why Snow Tires?

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First, a few words on why you should buy snow tires at all. Snow tires make the single biggest difference in bad weather traction, period. As I have long stated, there is no substitute for a good snow tire. I will recommend a RWD car with snow tires over a 4WD/AWD car with “all-season” tires, every time. One prominent auto magazine a few years ago ran a snow driving comparison with a RWD Porsche wearing snow tires versus an Audi with all-season tires. The Porsche won hands down, owing entirely to the tire choice. When a freak Nor’easter caught us last December during evening rush hour, I was stuck in the worst traffic jam I have ever seen — for FOUR HOURS on what should have been a 30-min trip — simply because nobody bothered to buy snow tires. There is no excuse for not having a proper winter tire.