Of course. Thats why I suggested all seasons even for Floridians.
No you did not . You only referenced snow.
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When I moved to Dallas Texas in the 90s and I needed to replace my all seasons on my car from Chicago the new tire dealer put summer only tires on the car as they said I didnāt need all seasons there.
That was fine until I drove to Colorado in winter. Very bad advice they gave me.
Back in Chicago my 2014 Ford Focus ST came from the factory with summer only tires. I replaced them with all seasons at the first snows as I didnāt have room in an apartment to store four extra tires.
I have family in Calif Texas and Nevada. Many of them do not have all season tires on their cars. Even though I recommend them. Say they donāt need them. God only knows where they must get their tires then if only a very small % of tires are not all seasons as you say. Nor what they do in the rare snows they get. Or if they travel up north.
FYI I donāt think southerners talk funny. Iām quite used to accents from all over the world. Iāve worked in dozens of states and dozens of countries as an auditor for global firms. Iām in Florida right now. Didnāt even notice it.
According to Consumer Reports surveys 85% of tires sales are all seasons. Interesting.
Being the dogged gritty type I am, I checked out a tire store for the top ten tires recommended for Florida. 5 were summer tires and 5 were all seasons. Interesting.
You can deny all you want, but, ask the folks out on Cape Canaveral about below freezing temps. as far back as Jan. 1986.
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I used to work there and while temperatures dipped into the 30s overnight, it was rare. Even the 40s is rare enough that locals complain when itās that cold. Iāve heard that freezing weather is possible as far south as Alligator Alley.
My brother reported that, when he was serving in Vietnam, the locals would don heavy coats if the temp dropped into the low 70s. I guess it all depends on what one gets used to.
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The Seattle area was under a heat advisory a few weeks ago with unusually high temps. Meanwhile the guy that was here from Las Vegas came back from lunch wearing a hoodie because he was a little chilly.
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They should have told you to stay in Texas.
Most āAll Seasonā tires that I see on customers vehicles are not suitable for winter driving, they are designed for reduced noise and fuel efficiency. I consider them to be 3 season tires.
Here is an example:
People living down south donāt get RAIN? I guess if you live in Arizona or Texas then summer tires are a good choice. Not so much in Florida.
Not gonna look. My number one criteria is wet traction. OEMs were all season, very poor wet traction.
A 3 season tire will loose a ton of grip in the cold weather, nothing to do with snow or not, I ran a set of 3 seasons on the old Civic years ago, they loose grip around the 40-45 degree mark, my buddy ran a 3 season tire on his fun car for a while, he would do a burn out to heat the rear tires up in order for them to grip better in the coldā¦
Just because it is an all season tire (good in all temps both dry/wet) does not mean it is an all weather tire (good in snow/ice)ā¦
BTW those 3 season tires I ran were great in the rain alsoā¦
My wife has been driving in All-Season FWD vehicles here in the North-East for DECADES and NEVER EVER had a problem. Never got stuck. Never had a problem with her commute to work even during a snow storm.
#1 rule in driving in snow - KNOWING HOW TO DRIVE IN SNOW. Knowledge is king.
#2 rule - SLOW DOWN.
#3 rule - SLOW DOWN.
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Agreed, although the most snow we have had in the last 25 years has only been 9", I drove home in both of them, with some crappy all season tires with no issues in one, and the other in my 2006 Corolla with a set of all season FR710ās with only 6/32 of tread left and drove faster in areas than other vehicles with zero issues, most of our snows that last over a day (lol) are 4-6"ā¦ But even back when I 1st started driving, I got out and drove everywhere to learn how to drive in it, and when my daughter was just 15, I had her out in the snow as well making her drive in it while I randomly pulled the e-brake to make her start sliding just to get her used to correcting the car.. She now drives in it whenever at just 24yoā¦ My older son was done the same wayā¦ And basically we are mostly all hills and curves in my areaā¦
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Same here. We live on a hill that isnāt paved.
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I used to laugh at the locals wearing coats, hats and gloves at 60 degrees when I moved from Ohio to Florida. I donāt anymore. At 70 I am wearing long pants and socks with my hoodie. At 60, the hoodie becomes a coat.
But I donāt feel hot at 85 F and 70% humidityā¦.
I am running summer tires on my Mustang that perform really well in the rain and good at track days. Prior summer tire selections have had poor rain performance but they were faster on track.
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My 2002 Outback came from the factory with Bridgestone Potenza RE-92 tires, and we had a light snowfall the day after I picked it up from the dealership. Those tires performed so badly on a wintery road surface that I ordered my first set of winter tires, and I was very pleased with those Michelin Arctic Alpines.
In the spring, I remounted the RE-92s, and soon discovered that they were not particularly good on rainy days, either. Because the tread life was so short, I switched to Michelin all-season tires (I donāt recall which model) after just 3 years of driving, and the improvement over the RE-92s was really amazing.
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I witnessed that too in Hanoi but it was colder than the 70s. Maybe upper 50s or 60. But it was a remarkably damp chill. Most buildings didnāt have heat so after a while even me a Chicagoan felt cold. Fortunately my hotel did.
It rains every day in Florida in summer (I was just there for a week) and tire dealers sell lots of summer tires. If the summer tire has an AA or A traction rating that is a wet rating. My Focus ST had GY Eagle summers and they were AA. Great in rain. Trash in snow.