Bulley wrote: > Just curious- > > Are these the type of snow tires one keep in their garage on a spare set of > rims, and puts on when ol' man winter howls, and takes off at Easter? Or > are they everyday tires as well? The rubber compound is way too soft for driving in summer temperatures, and they will wear rapidly in like 10k miles. Literally every car here in Norway, and I am sure in Sweden and Finland too, have two sets of tires, one set of summer tires (usually with some fine alloys and low profile tires) and one set of winter tires (usually stock steel wheels w/ hubcaps). One can get all-season tires too (I know they are popular in the US) but they are not recommended by the tire dealers, they say the tire is not optimal for either summer nor winter. PerL 87 Syncro 112i w/ Hankook studless winter tires |
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