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Old 12-09-2016, 10:01 PM   #4403
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Originally Posted by Inaii View Post
Are m+s rated tires any good in this kind of snow? I'm fairly newb to driving in the snow (hence my leaving the car at work/at home), so not sure what the difference is between a m+s rated tire and a winter one.
All season - hamburger
All season M+S - cheeseburger
Winter - Quarter pounder w/ cheese

I drove through Monday's storm on M+S all seasons, and they did rather well. Little to no slipping, went up hills fine, stopped fine. Much better than I expected (tires are for sale btw :P).

Then Wednesday I got X-ice3s and the difference is very noticeable.

TL;DR - they're better than regular All Seasons, but Winters are in a different league.
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