Originally Posted By: Mykl
Originally Posted By: Miller88
Originally Posted By: Mykl
....or they're sold to people who don't have the room to store an entire extra set of wheels/tires year round and need something that does a passable job in bad weather on all-seasons.
Not all of us have a garage, or even a garage big enough for that. A Subaru on all-seasons does a fine job in snow.
How about this. You take a Subaru on all seasons up here for a snow storm. I'll put my FWD focus on snow tires against it.
I'll outperform you in EVERY situation.
Yeah, and that being true doesn't change the fact that not everyone has room to store an entire extra set of wheels and tires year round. That the best option for those people, or anybody who doesn't want to bother with it, is to just go with a good AWD vehicle equipped with quality all season tires.
Not only that, but I know people who are physically incapable of doing the physical work of actually changing out a set of wheels/tires... like my 84 year old grandfather who lives in an apartment and relies on his Subaru to get food in the winter. Should these people just remain trapped in their home at the first sign of snow and pray that they've stored enough provisions to make it through? ...or should they drive your FWD car with snow tires on it during the summer?
It's great that your garage is apparently equipped to reconfigure your car for every possible weather condition, but not everyone has that luxury.
Yes, while your grandmother did manage to get out of her apartment complex to get snow ... I did watch her slide down Brighton Ave in Syracuse last month.
AWD helps you get moving. I will give you that. But it does not help you stop. There are people that think AWD with bald tires is safer than anything with snow tires.
We don't need to get into that argument. I believe 100% in snow tires and believe that, from a safety stand point, they are much safer than AWD.