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A.J. · 03-27-2012, 01:30 PM

In Quebec, winter tires (with the mountain and snowflake symbol http://www.snowtyres.com.au/wordpres...SE_450x300.jpg) are mandatory from December 15 to March 15; all-season tires are not allowed. I drive about 3000-3500 miles/year, 50/50 city/highway. I don't want to drive in summer on winter tires because it seems unsafe to me, in addition to being inefficient (high roll-resistance) and winter tires wear faster in summer.

Hankook released a new tire, the Hankook Optimo 4S, which it calls an all-WEATHER tire. This means it's legal in winter, and can be driven year round.
("Allows you to have only one set of tires year round - both a summer tire and RAC approved winter tire. Lower rolling resistance than winter tires helps to save fuel. Outperforms our best selling all-season tire on ice.")

This could save me about 400$ (I won't have to buy new LRR summer/all-season tires) which I could never recoup in gas savings (I spend 400$ on gas PER YEAR!)

Has anyone bought these?
Do you think those tires are safe year-round?
Do you think they'll kill my summer highway mileage?

03-27-2012, 01:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
A.J. EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Posts: 57 The Countess - '03 Mazda Protege LX 2.0 90 day: 25.66 mpg (US) Thanks: 15 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	All-WEATHER(!) tires In Quebec, winter tires (with the mountain and snowflake symbol http://www.snowtyres.com.au/wordpres...SE_450x300.jpg) are mandatory from December 15 to March 15; all-season tires are not allowed. I drive about 3000-3500 miles/year, 50/50 city/highway. I don't want to drive in summer on winter tires because it seems unsafe to me, in addition to being inefficient (high roll-resistance) and winter tires wear faster in summer. Hankook released a new tire, the Hankook Optimo 4S, which it calls an all-WEATHER tire. This means it's legal in winter, and can be driven year round. ("Allows you to have only one set of tires year round - both a summer tire and RAC approved winter tire. Lower rolling resistance than winter tires helps to save fuel. Outperforms our best selling all-season tire on ice.") This could save me about 400$ (I won't have to buy new LRR summer/all-season tires) which I could never recoup in gas savings (I spend 400$ on gas PER YEAR!) Has anyone bought these? Do you think those tires are safe year-round? Do you think they'll kill my summer highway mileage? __________________ Last edited by A.J.; 03-27-2012 at 02:07 PM..