Not good for the pavement either. Here in Vermont some people drive on their studded tires all year. In their defense, they be among the many dirt poor folks here who can only afford one set of tires and usually wear the work uniforms 24/7.

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> On Dec 4, 2015, at 11:44 AM, don spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET> wrote:
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> Studs are all well and good in actual winter conditions as in snow or ice covered roads. But... in my experoence studs are like hobnailed boots on dry pavement. Like driving on ball bearings as the contact patch is very small, hard metal stilts.  
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> YMMV
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> Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone...
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>> On 2015-12-03, at 10:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: Snow Tire Recommendation