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Originally Posted by Pangloss
Which raises an interesting question: Why is this called a "summer tire"? I mean, half the tread width is given up to water channels.
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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!