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Old 01-15-2013, 11:24 AM   #23
BrDb
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Originally Posted by IdahoDoug View Post
To chime in on the winter specific tires. I have not driven a vehicle in winter without winter tires for 20 years as of 2013. To hold the position that tires don't make much of a difference is to admit that you have not driven on a modern winter tire. They're incredible and make a huge difference. I know the post was praising the Impreza's stability on its stock tires on ice, but I could not let that go uncorrected in case others don't feel its worth doing as a result.

DougM
That's why at the end I added, "That's not to say I don't think tires make a difference." If you live in a place where it snows often, I don't know why you wouldn't want snow tires, but it seems a lot of people aren't fans of the stock Yokos so I just thought I'd throw out my experience with them.
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