Michelin Pilot Sport AS/3

[Perfectlap]

I was just thinking about this debate when I saw all those hundreds of stranded cars in Atlanta, dozens of accidents.... in a whopping 2 inches of snow. My guess is that nearly all were on all season tires.


A-all seasons in snow require a driver to have some skill, a job that would be a piece of cake in winter tires
B- all season tires are only marginally better than summer rubber once you hit ice patches. It's not really about the snow.
C- the Atlanta debacle underlines how quickly conditions can get away from what an all season can handle. A matter of minutes.

[Mark_T]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

My guess is that nearly all were on all season tires.

My guess is that they were all crappy drivers with no clue about how to drive in icy conditions, and even winter tires aren't going to help most of them.

Winter tires are a relatively new thing, and we all got by just fine on all-seasons for decades before they came along. I have no doubt they have better grip under the right conditions, but are they necessary? Not at all, and I'm not about to buy (and store) a second set of wheels for the slight advantage they may give.

I have the Michelin all season tires on my car, and they have worked well in dry, wet, and snowy conditions. Great tires. The only problem I'm having is that they are now about 5 years 40k km old and they have gotten quite hard, even though there is lots of tread left. They really went over the cliff in the last year but before that they were excellent. I could still get another season out of them if I wanted to, just need to go a little lighter on the throttle coming out of corners.