Wow you’re stubborn. I don’t need to look at any videos because (as I pointed out) I’ve actually worked directly with the manufacturers on this very thing. ABS will (sometimes) kick in sooner because it detects the variation in speed in the rear on the unloaded tires because of the amount of weight transfer that will…

Again you’re missing the point.

I lived up in Telluride for thirty years and the locals just laughed when some knuckle head that had a 4WD thought they were invincible with all season tires. They ended up in the river or sliding backwards down a hill. I had Blizzak tires on my Focus Wagon and could stop on anything. It’s all about the tires. CHP had…

Neither have I. Because I drive winter tires on my cars in harsh Ottawa winters.

I hope your luck continues, for the sake of all of us. But, sometimes it’s best to keep your bad ideas to yourself. My Uncle smoked his whole life and lived on nothing but deep fried bacon, he died in a bus accident at 92*...Should we all smoke and eat nothing but deep fried bacon?

I have been driving in Ottawa winters my whole life too, and I feel the exact opposite. AWD isnt necessary at all, but winter tires are a MUST. Quebec even has it by LAW in winter. You must have them. My RWD IS300 with winters gets through the bad stuff so much better than the idiots with all seasons, even if they…

All very good points.

Good for you. Surely you can understand how nearly 100% of the morons in the ditch, or crashing into your rear bumper, slowing your commute were on all-season tires, and not snow tires.

You have completely missed the point of this post

Wrong. As someone who has been driving in Ottawa, Canada winters for 20 years...salting roads only marginally helps on the main roads, and it takes sometimes a day to take effect. That doesnt help you on side roads, urban side roads, offramps, and anything else the salt trucks dont salt often. Also, with bad…

I don’t “need” winter tires. Even in MN. But I still have them. Why? Because the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. If I park on the street and get plowed in, I can get out without having to get my work clothes covered in snow shoveling myself out. When everyone is tailgating during a snowstorm because they’re all…

This. You can get some basic yokohama ice guards on new steel wheels for well under a grand for almost every car. They will last you for 4-5 seasons of supreme winter traction, easy. Meanwhile your summer tires last twice as long and your nice alloy wheels dont get corroded. People just dont fucking get it. I even…

This was done in the overflow lot at Copper Mountain. The roads I took to get there were at least as bad as the lot in not a bit worse in spots

I have AWD, this is unexplainable! Unexplainable! 

And it’s never their fault when they drive into a guard rail, or the back of somebody.

I find that most folks who beat the anti winter tire drum have never actually used them.

I love that the team dominating the sport is also the one pushing the boundaries and trying to go even further. They aren’t just satisfied with last year, they are trying to win even more convincingly this season.

It amazes me that Nintendo continues to not understand the internet.

I understand the gravity behind the situation, I think. But isn’t fielding an exclusively female team the definition of a gimmick?

Man, this “article” is badly written. Were no journalists available?