[Shotimes] snow tires vs all season

[bobsteig@att.net]

Ian, 
I use the Conti Extreme Contacts. They cost me $83 ea. 
They're great in rain and on dry days they are grippy 
enough to still be fun to drive. Ron Porter is correct, 
(IMHO) we don't get enough snow around here to 
justify a full snow tire, and the wear factor on snows 
would make them not cheap (besides the crappy ride). 
The Extreme's are an all season tire, so they should last 
you many seasons. Even if the Farmer's Almanac is 
right about all the snow we're supposed to get this 
winter, the Extreme's will get you through the day or 
two immediately after the snow-fall that the roads'll be 
at their sloppiest. 

Or you can be like me and not take your SHO out in 
crapola weather except in the most dire of emergencies.

Bob, (BB-NYC '89)