Tire Decisions
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Tire Decisions
I’m picking up an EQS SUV 450 4Matic next week. I was offered a choice of the summer tires or the Pirelli Scorpion all seasons. I live outside of Denver in the foothills and do travel higher into the mountains. Wondering if the all seasons would be good enough for winter conditions in the mountains? Or should I take the car with the summers and purchase additional winter tires? I’m doing a two year lease so would hate to spend the extra money for separate winter tires. But would the Scorpion all seasons do the job for me and keep us safe in the sometimes heavy snow and ice conditions? Thanks.
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I’m picking up an EQS SUV 450 4Matic next week. I was offered a choice of the summer tires or the Pirelli Scorpion all seasons. I live outside of Denver in the foothills and do travel higher into the mountains. Wondering if the all seasons would be good enough for winter conditions in the mountains? Or should I take the car with the summers and purchase additional winter tires? I’m doing a two year lease so would hate to spend the extra money for separate winter tires. But would the Scorpion all seasons do the job for me and keep us safe in the sometimes heavy snow and ice conditions? Thanks.
Vehicles do three things...in descending order of importance....1) Stop, 2) Turn, 3) Go. All of this is dependent on the contact patch traction of the tires. Some (not many) all seasons might get your through for #3. For the safety of #1 and #2, there are no all seasons that are competent as compared to the level of performance needed and provided by dedicated winter or all-weather (with snowflake symbol) tires.
