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Old 02-04-2020, 11:03 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I've read that some of the fuel economy world records have been set on snow tires, because some of the same compounds that keep the tires soft when it gets cold, also decrease rolling resistance.

Whether that's true I can't say for certain, but I typically don't see much, if any drop from the tires themselves, just from the weather getting cold.
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