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Originally Posted by KneeDragr
Sounds like you guys are recommending the more dedicated studless snow and ice variety. Have any of you tried the ' performance winter/snow ' variety?
Those have the advantage of good treadwear on cold dry pavement so you can just slap them on for winter and not on/off every time it snows.
I imagine they give up some snow traction but I am wondering how much.
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The ContiProContact DWS does pretty well as a all-around performer, but it's relatively expensive, and the "S" wears off of the tread (which means it's no longer snow-rated) in as little as 20,000 miles while the DW stays around for 50k. So basically if you want to use them as snow tires, you're going to have to replace them every 20k miles.
They still don't deal with loose snow traction quite as well as a dedicated studless snow/ice variety. When I lived in Michigan I just drove with such tires during the entire winter, and they lasted plenty long for me treadwear-wise.