Originally Posted by
zhao
I'd disagree. your numbers are way too nannyish.
performance tires are actually more grippy right up until there is icing on the road. -5 out and no frosting or moisture at all = RE71R's > winter tires for cornering and stopping (I run multiple cars and routinely have one with summers that I drive right up until it becomes deadly to do so, and that car has crazy grip right up until one morning I wake up and the roads have a coating of thin ice and it now is full retard to drive that car) Just like slicks are better for grip in the rain until the moment you start to hydroplane (which actually takes a fair bit of rain to do so. I always run slicks in the rain in alberta for racing and i haven't had an issue with wet grip since one weekend in 2010). Not running performance summers under 15C is overkill too. when temps get close to 0 is when i'd say they are no longer wise.
As far as winters being run all year..... well, not every winter tire is the same as another, nor is every vehicle the same as another. I'm running blizzaks all year around on my truck. I see zero problem running performance winters on anything year round either. The downside to winters in summer is if you are time attacking the street you are going to wear your tires out very quickly, plus with high profiles turn in and handling is rather delayed and squishy if you run something squishy like a blizzak.... but I wouldn't call it dangerous.