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Which dunlop tire is the best in light snow and ice? SP9000 or SP8000E

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Old 01-19-2004, 07:05 PM
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Which dunlop tire is the best in light snow and ice? SP9000 or SP8000E
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Default Both of those are high performance summer tires. At cold temperatures, let alone on snow, those will

turn into hockey pucks ... very dangerous.
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Default SP5000 in light snow, not in ice.

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have the 9000 on my bmw and the 8000 on the factory audi wheels. they both suck. get snows
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neither. you'll kill yourself equally in both of them.
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as opposed to killing himself less with one, heh :-p
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neither. SP5000
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