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…watch "Why Gamble With Winter Tire Selection When Four of a Kind Always Beats Two Pair?" The front-wheel drive car experiences oversteer as the front wheels turn, while the rear wheels want to keep going straight. On a rear-wheel drive car, with snow tires on the rear only, the results are…
…approach. Using a rear-wheel drive BMW on hard-packed snow and a front-wheel drive Honda Civic on ice, we tested the benefits of using four winter / snow tires compared to only two. The Honda when equipped with both winter / snow tires and all-seasons was as follows: * Front - Bridgestone Blizzak…
…on ice from 12 mph to a dead stop. The all-season tire needed over 53 feet to scrub off the speed. The Studless Ice and Snow WS70 needed just a bit more than 35 feet to get to zero. This is over a car length better and this is from only 12 mph! Watch "Are Front-Wheel Drive and All-Season Tires…
…a corner at speeds over 5 mph your best tires could go on front. But since most of us turn, have on/off ramps and sweeping corners in our commutes, when replacing two tires they need to go on the back. It's all based on physics. Three things give your tire traction. They are not all equal. Remaining…
…All-Season and On-/Off-Road All-Terrain light truck tires. We've also confirmed the importance of matched tires on all four corners. Our tests have shown that a rear wheel drive vehicle equipped with all-season tires on the front and winter tires on the back will require slower cornering speeds and…
…may have used previously. Every one of our tire manufacturers and 7 out of 10 vehicle manufacturers recommend four winter tires be used on rear wheel, front wheel or four wheel drive vehicles. This is because if you use two dissimilar types of tires on your vehicle, you'll have a vehicle that has…
…on them. You%27ll thank yourself when there is snow on the ground. At red lights, other cars struggle to get moving even with front wheel drive, and my car now just pulls right on out. Highly recommend. Driving on dry pavement the road noise is very well controlled for a dedicated winter tire. …
…their rear tires on the goal line. Allowing the vehicle's traction control to help the driver maximize tire grip, the drivers accelerated as fast as their tires would allow and noted the time they took to cover the 60-feet distance to the center of the ice rink. The Studless Ice & Snow tires…
…traction in a wide variety of driving conditions, they can't deliver the excellent traction in slush, snow and on ice that dedicated winter / snow tires can. To see the difference a set of winter tires can make, watch "Are Front-Wheel Drive and All-Season Tires Enough for Winter Driving?"
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Do all-season tires on a front-wheel drive vehicle perform the same as a set of performance winter tires? To find out, we compared a set of Bridgestone Turanza EL400-02 (Standard Touring All-Season) tires with the Bridgestone Blizzak WS70 (Studless Ice and Snow) tires on one of the American market's…
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…We have found in our testing that a winter tire can provide up to a 40% increase in available traction. Just imagine what your high tech traction usage aids can do with that! Still not convinced? Then read "Are Front-Wheel Drive and All-Season Tires Enough for Winter Driving?"
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