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Originally Posted by spetsnazos
all season as a marketing term was coined by goodyear. Ever since then, Americans have been obsessed with the idea. They expect solid dry, wet and SNOW/ICE performance which is beyond absurd. The hysteresis of the summer tire is drastically different from a snow tire. The tread depth and block pattern alone should be a dead giveaway for non tire nerds.
People in EMEA figured this out and drive on summer/winter sets of tire respectively.
Americans, were suckers for the all season marketing sale.
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We call them no-season tires. I hate them.
Summer tires for Summer, and Winter tires for Winter (if you get ice and snow).