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I've seen Subarus with all-seasons climb the steep hills that my FWD with winters (including at that time, Nokian Hakka RSI tires) could not. That's when I had to chain up to make it up the steep hill that gets me to my house. Getting back down to the main road, even with top of the line winter studless tires at that time, it was scary going down the steep hill (even the township plows crash), which tire chains gave the control needed to not poop my pants.
I passed Subarus on mountain passes here in CO with my VW CC equipped with Bridgestone LM-60. Not sure how their tires were, but they were slower. I remember once driving thru blizzard over pass that leads to WInter Park, when they shut down I70, and only AWD with snows were faster.
But, yeah, good all seasons, and AWD should be better going forward. Problem is: what goes up, needs to come down! 99% of accidents happen not because someone could not go forward, but because they lost control in the curve or could not brake.
I've seen Subarus with all-seasons climb the steep hills that my FWD with winters (including at that time, Nokian Hakka RSI tires) could not. That's when I had to chain up to make it up the steep hill that gets me to my house. Getting back down to the main road, even with top of the line winter studless tires at that time, it was scary going down the steep hill (even the township plows crash), which tire chains gave the control needed to not poop my pants.
I passed Subarus on mountain passes here in CO with my VW CC equipped with Bridgestone LM-60. Not sure how their tires were, but they were slower. I remember once driving thru blizzard over pass that leads to WInter Park, when they shut down I70, and only AWD with snows were faster.
But, yeah, good all seasons, and AWD should be better going forward. Problem is: what goes up, needs to come down! 99% of accidents happen not because someone could not go forward, but because they lost control in the curve or could not brake.