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Originally Posted by vstolpner
perhaps something not so extreme which will continue to handle great in dry conditions and when the temperature get above freezing.
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You can't have your cake and eat it too if your looking for a dedicated winter tire. Any severe winter rated tire is going to get eaten up with aggressive driving above ~40-50 degree's.
Then your going to compromise with an all season, which pared with xdrive honestly I don't see as being that terrible.
It's a bit off a toss up. I always run a dedicated winter tire, but mainly for extra sidewall on potholes (i step down to 17's), keep my summer wheels free of salt, we have a large period of time the temp does not get above freezing, and the off chance (live in the city) that the roads are bad.
However, I've never owned an AWD car before so this is going to be new territory for myself. But again my reasons my be different than yours.