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Originally Posted by kaishang
Plus winter tyres aren't magic; it still takes a long time to stop from 25mph on ice even on winter tyres.
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They aren't magic no but the stopping distance on compacted ice was hugely reduced on winters.
Same stretch of road, I tried my car and the wife's on summers. Hers took about 4 times further to stop with abs fighting to stop the wheels. Mine stopped without any abs coming on at all and I would argue it stopped not that much slower than if it were snow and ice free.
And I'm talking about a road that was pure compacted snow and ice which had been frozen for at least a week at about -10.
But I detected no difference in dry stopping time with winters and the ride was also a million times better. Even though the Bridgestone run flats are hard at the best of times, they behave stupidly when it gets cold. Like hockey pucks, skipping all over the shop.