Originally posted by MrFatbooty
Winter tires are designed to pack snow/ice/slush (basically any frozen stuff) into the tread because frozen stuff is actually better at sticking to other frozen stuff than rubber is.
Werd. It's cohesion I guess.
My car has Kumho 712s on it and I can get around OK in the snow but its really the ice that kills me because my wheels spin and its just rubber on ice and there is no grip. I bet with snow or some crap packed on them it would be a lot better.