Tire Rack - Winter Testing at the Arctic Circle: Ultra High Performance All-Season Tires

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Our three-part Arctic Circle winter series from January of 2009 concludes with this evaluation of the effectiveness of Ultra High Performance All-Season tires -- during the height of the winter season -- in Northern Sweden.

These tires' three-season focus usually comes at some expense in the fourth season's wintertime traction levels. Our test revealed just how much, or little, snow traction is provided in these all-season designs by comparing the Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position, Continental ExtremeContact DWS, Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season, Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus and Yokohama Avid W4s.

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[moterdude1959]

I am waiting for my Continental DWS tires to arrive. I like there good snow ratings.

[oDTheTruth]

Dear Tire Rack, I am interested in purchasing Track and Competition DOT tires. I was wondering if I could get a review of some of the tires like the Pzero Corsa, the Hoosier A6, the BFGoodrich g-Force R1 and other tires! Thumbs up if you agree. Thanks!

[mfitz1969]

I have driven the DWS on RWD, FWD and AWD vehicles in the snow and while yes, they are better than any other UHP-AS tire they are still not by any stretch a substitute for proper winter tires. Their strong showing probably has more to do with the generally appalling ability of UHP-AS tires in general than anything else. If TR had thrown Conti's own Ext. Winter Contact into this test I think the gap between it and the DWS would have been at least as large as the one between the DWS and Yokohama

[ricky041878]

just got the continental dws installed now, where is the snow

[Quailallstar1]

I got DWS's for my MKVI Golf TDI 6-Speed and can't wait to slap these on! Bundled them with 18 inch Sparco Pista wheels from Tire Rack DOT Com.

[NjunThatCould]

My bridgestones just came in today and now i feel like a dumbass, even though the snow is not tooooo bad where I live.

[Eng8492]

C'mon 85 dollars to ship tires 21 miles from Windsor, CT to Litchfield, CT? And taxes too?

[TroutFink]

One thumbs down?.....must have bought the Jokeahama Avid

[AudiophileTubes]

Thank you for these videos 'Tire Rack'! This is WHY I order from your fine company.

[popchilito]

i just got mine in the mail today, can't wait to mount them on my audi s4