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Originally Posted by G05xG30
I was in this same situation and was debating just trying to drive when the temps are above 40 and so on.. I ended up buying a winter set. It's just not worth risking you're life or anybody else's because of a couple dollars ( couple thousand  ) |
Yeah, it's one thing if you're on the west coast out of the snow line where night temps might get down to 40 at the lowest and daytime temps are in 60s ...
In that scenario M+S tires aren't gonna do well (arguably even a bit dangerous!) and one is probably better off with "all weather" tires like Nokian WRs or all-season if you really wanna be a stickler ... personally in that scenario I'd skip it for sure in the US.
And it should noted in Europe, even in Germany, and even
von O bis O, you can drive in, say, Munich all winter long w/o M+S ... you just can't go into the mountains or anywhere with ice, snow, or below 40 temps. I wouldn't try it in Zurich though.