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Originally Posted by sstarrx3
I understand it. Its a pain in the azz to deal with two sets if tires. I lived in Oregon and we got 400 inches a year in the mountains. I never had problems on AW tires the 10 years I lived there. That being said I drove like I did not have AWD on bad roads. I gave myself plenty of distance between cars and slowed the hell down. If you drive like you have a brain you dont need winter tires.
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Until some bonehead without a brain does something stupid in front of you and you need to turn or stop. Yes, you can "get by" without appropriate tires. If I wanted to "get by" I would run winter tires all year round, because winter tires in the summer are WORLDS better than no-season tires in the winter. They just wear out faster. Certainly AWD is NOT a substitute for have the right rubber on the road. And with appropriate winter tires, you can run higher performance tires the rest of the year. A few feet of decreased stopping distance is the difference between a cold sweat shower and an insurance claim.