Originally Posted by evolution
Where do Pilot Alpins rank against those tires?
Direct competitor as well. I picked the LM-25 because the M3 doesn't come in my size and the Pilot Alpin was more expensive and the resident tirerack guy on miata.net said they have a little less snow traction but better wear than the LM-25 and I don't drive enough to really care about slightly better wear. I could also have picked the Pirelli Wintersport 210 but apparently if you drive those in the dry a lot they lose their snow traction ability.
Originally Posted by reno96teg
agreed, oldman. the wintersport M3 defintely don't feel like a snow tire in the dry. not at all.
I dunno, I've driven Dweezel's Focus SVT on both his summer Continental ContiSportContact2 and winter Dunlop M3, and yeah, they felt like snow tires.
Maybe I just pay more attention to it? :dunno:
I could say something like how the Miata has lots of steering feel so maybe it's more noticeable to me, but then again I've noticed the same feel of snow tires on pretty much every car I've tried them on.
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