Florence_NC
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I am about to replace the OEMs on my Type R, and I am undecided what to do. I really want to put a set of P4S's on it, but winter is coming. Now keep in mind I live at the NC/SC border, and the coldest day of the year here is a high of 50 and a low of 31. You can usually count the annual number of days that do not exceed freezing on one hand. And the number of nights that go below 20 on the other hand.
Last winter I drove my "Summer-Only" OEMs all season, and while they were not at their best in the cold, they were not terrible except for a couple of really cold nights and a couple of days of rain just above freezing. I even got caught in a light snow and drove about 80 miles through it. I definitely did not have the tire of choice for those occasions, but I respect their limitations and am conscious about their dead-cold tenancies. They were clearly down on traction from warm weather, but I can't say they would be much worse than some A/S tires. Maybe under 20 degrees I might think differently, but we see a temp below 20 on average about 3-5 times a year, and then only at night.
So is there anybody on here that has driven P4S's in mild winter conditions? The OEM Contis are a different tire, and the two tires may react very differently below certain temps. Just because one was manageable doesn't meant he other one will be as well. I know what all the gloom-and-doom lawyer-speak on tire websites says, I am not looking for that info. I want real-world experience.
Last winter I drove my "Summer-Only" OEMs all season, and while they were not at their best in the cold, they were not terrible except for a couple of really cold nights and a couple of days of rain just above freezing. I even got caught in a light snow and drove about 80 miles through it. I definitely did not have the tire of choice for those occasions, but I respect their limitations and am conscious about their dead-cold tenancies. They were clearly down on traction from warm weather, but I can't say they would be much worse than some A/S tires. Maybe under 20 degrees I might think differently, but we see a temp below 20 on average about 3-5 times a year, and then only at night.
So is there anybody on here that has driven P4S's in mild winter conditions? The OEM Contis are a different tire, and the two tires may react very differently below certain temps. Just because one was manageable doesn't meant he other one will be as well. I know what all the gloom-and-doom lawyer-speak on tire websites says, I am not looking for that info. I want real-world experience.
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