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      08-22-2011, 11:47 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Bimmer-Bob View Post
Tires are rated by season for their ability to perform in a given temperature range. The terms "summer," "winter," and "all-season" give no indication of a tire's wet performance - it has to do with how soft or hard a compound the manufacturer has used to make the tire.

In fact, many summer tires offer superior wet traction to all-seasons. Typically, summer tires beat all-seasons in wet and dry above-freezing performance and winter tires beat all-seasons in below freezing temperatures. The advantage of all-seasons is that they can perform adequately (but not superiorly) in both scenarios.

Besides, being in S Fla you should know - summer is the rainy season down there!
Very informative, thank you.

You're certainly right about our rainy season! (Now pardon me while I go put my "summer" hurricane shutters up....)
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