The difference in grip level on snow and ice between the all weather tires on my previous car and the Continental TS 810's on my Insight is quite large.
I saw a car ahead of me slip off the road with no apparent cause but for the icy snow. When he got going again I waited at the spot where he started his slide, then launched my car trusting the traction control would kick in immediately as it would have insufficient grip on the ice. But it jumped forward almost as if it were on dry tarmac.
Three years onwards, the thread depth halved, I feel there is not as much grip as when they were new. So that remains a point of concern; don't run them down too far or they lose the very property you bought them for.
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2011 Honda Insight + HID, LEDs, tiny PV panel, extra brake pad return springs, neutral wheel alignment, 44/42 PSI (air), PHEV light (inop), tightened wheel nut.
lifetime FE over 0.2 Gigameter or 0.13 Megamile.
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