Tittle says my question, I would think an all season or sports car tire be better?
Tittle says my question, I would think an all season or sports car tire be better?
Softer rubber compound = better grip.Originally Posted by lake_carl
21 years Army (retired)
...been everywhere, seen everything, done almost everything.
IBA 80537
I'm sure all grip very well and is not cause for worry.
From Edmunds:
Dry Test Results
Home sweet home. We're back at our usual test ground at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, for some good old dry asphalt. This is the surface we're all familiar with, so we figure we can predict the finishing order with ease: summer, all-season, then snow.
And so it is. The summer tires (actually you could also think of them as three-season tires) top the charts in acceleration (8.7 seconds), stopping distance (120 feet) and lateral acceleration (0.86g). OK, this acceleration figure isn't the best we've ever achieved with a Civic Si, but for the sake of consistency we're still using traction control for these launches.
Our all-season tire ties for top honors in the 0-60 test with another 8.7-second run, but its stopping distance and lateral grip figures sag in comparison to the summer tire, with marks of 131 feet and 0.84g, respectively. Not bad, but still second-best.
Pity the poor snow tires, as they are well and truly out of their element here. They manage a competitive 8.9-second acceleration pass to 60 mph, but the 155-foot braking runs and 0.81g lateral acceleration laps take a visible toll on the tread, which might not make it to the car's next oil change if we keep this up. And the noise they make when cruising straight and level reminds us of a lifted off-road pickup.
Those results would be what I expect, my deeper siping snow tires put less rubber on road. Road tires use rubber to adhear to road, off road tires use siping tread to attempt to grip loose surfaces
What tire would you rather have on a wet road?
21 years Army (retired)
...been everywhere, seen everything, done almost everything.
IBA 80537
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