Re: Do I need all-season?

[Khan Klatt <khan@mediaaccess.com>]

At 1:21 PM -0800 03/25/2000, John A. Kilpatrick wrote:
>So I've ordered P7000 summers.  I live here in Northern California...
>I'm not screwing myself over by going with a summer tire, right?  I mean
>these things HAVE to be better in the wet than the GAs...or at least
>I hope.  By the time the rains come around again, I suppose I can afford a
>set of all-seasons, but for those that are in the area, is this really
>necessary?

You should be fine... According to Tire Rack, some Summer Tires grip 
better in the wet than all season tires do..

Their support for that statement is to say that typically, all season 
tires are designed to handle snow to a certain degree. Since everyone 
agrees (I hope) that the best solution for snow are dedicated snow 
tires, you should be set.

If you don't ever get snow, you should be fine with the tires you 
ordered. I ordered all season, because I don't want to take off my 
tires until the snow gets heavy, and that's when my dedicated winter 
tires will go on.

-Khan


Khan Klatt                                         khan@mediaaccess.com

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