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A performance snow tire is best this area, IMO. You're going to spend more time driving on cold dry pavement than you are on snow/ice. LM60 is still going to

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Old 10-15-2012, 07:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A performance snow tire is best this area, IMO. You're going to spend more time driving on cold dry pavement than you are on snow/ice.

LM60 is still going to perform well on ice but should be a better choice for 90% of your winter driving which will be on cold but dry asphalt. So that would be my choice.

FWIW, I use Dunlop Wintersport M3s on my 5.0 and they've been great. I live in NOVA.
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A performance snow tire is best this area, IMO. You're going to spend more time driving on cold dry pavement than you are on snow/ice.

LM60 is still going to perform well on ice but should be a better choice for 90% of your winter driving which will be on cold but dry asphalt. So that would be my choice.

FWIW, I use Dunlop Wintersport M3s on my 5.0 and they've been great. I live in NOVA.
Great input! TY

Thank you everybody, keep em coming! It's interesting to see everyone's opinions in the area and their reasoning. It will definitely help with my purchase!
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