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Old 12-31-2021, 09:07 AM   #1954
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Can you guys comment on the average lifespan of winter tires these days?

My set of Blizzak ws80s are on their 4th winter now. Purchased in Nov 2018. We spend a lot of time in Whistler and so they've seen quite a bit of true winter roads since new. Visibly they still look okay, still lots of siping left. But this is the first year i've noticed far less traction when cornering. You can feel the car slide when taking low speed turns especially. Stopping and starting on hills is still no problem at all. I'm guessing i've put 15k - 20k kms on them since Nov 2018. I'm just curious what the actual lifespan of tires is these days and how much longer I should expect out of them. Thanks
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