Not completely true, I have gone thru unplowed side streets during the last couple of storms on them no problem, a little tricky but nothing major. But if you are making turns while going normal speed then thats a different story.

The chances of me going thru a snow storm is fairly low, maybe that one time and I do not go skiing in the mountains every weekend, so getting a set of snow tires that will be fully utilized maybe once or twice in 3 years is overkill. I just stay home till the roads gets plowed the next day.

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