Snow Tires vs. All Season Tires vs. Performance Tires

It's a three-way competition for the clueless vehicle owner: performance tires which allows you to drive fast in summer roadtrips; snow tires which help you drive safely in winter season; or all-season tires which has a little bit of both?

A look at each of the three will help one decide.

Snow Tires

Snow tires provide you the the maximum amount of safety needed for wet and icy terrain. Snow tires have thick threads and are manufactured using hard rubber.  In addition to this, the treads are designed specifically to cut through ice and snow and to create friction, preventing the vehicle from sliding.  Snow tires are for people who care more about reaching home safely in a snowstorm than driving fast on roadtrips during summer.

Performance Tires

Although performance tires allow you a dose of adrenalin and speed with its maximum road grip, performance tires have very little tread and despite enhanced features, can actually become very dangerous.  Low tread wearing score means that these tires wear and fade easily since they are made with softer rubber.

All-Season Tire

If you've heard of the line, "Jock of all trades, master of none" in a person, then you'd probably want to apply the analogy on this tire.  The all season tire is simply a misnomer, a poor attempt at compromising the best of both snow and performance tires resulting to a poor eclectic tire dubbed as the all season tire.  In any case, a clueless vehicle owner out to purchase new tires would probably be better of choosing either snow tires or performance tires - never the all season tires.