CTSteve
Senior Member
- First Name
- Steve
- Joined
- May 3, 2019
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- Messages
- 149
- Reaction score
- 103
- Location
- Connecticut USA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2018 Type R
At 50% wear the compound feels like a couple tire classes lower on a car like the R. It definitely at that point is not capable in the snow any longer at all. In fact I believe at 65% ish there is no longer any wet capability either. And that’s by design.
This type of degradation makes it feel like a bait and switch with regard to tires.
most tires will degrade as they get closer to their wear bars but the dsw starts way too early.
“A visible "DWS" indicates the tire has appropriate tread depth for dry conditions, as well as wet roads and snow. After the "S" has worn away, the remaining "DW" indicates the tire only has appropriate tread depth for dry and most wet road conditions. And after the "W" and "S"have both worn away, the remaining "D" indicates the tire has appropriate tread depth for dry conditions only.”
I just can’t recommend these for people that expect consistency through most of the expected lifetime of a tire.
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