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Originally Posted by RhoXS

I had to make a 45 mile or so trip last Wednesday afternoon from Oswego, NY to Syracuse and then back. I81 was closed south of Syracuse. Area had a lot of snow and, to my surprise the major north-south divided highway was almost unplowed, unsalted, and unsanded. Probably would not have made the trip had I known the roads were not being attended to. Mostly, traffic remained in one lane varying between 40 - 45 mph with respectable distances between cars and just following each others tire tracks. Every so often a car would pass at a much higher rate of speed using the mostly unused left lane and I am sure these cars contributed to the half dozen or so cars I saw spun out in the median or off the shoulders. My X3 with the factory Goodyear RFTs did well but I could easily feel how slippery it was and see how I could easily lose control by being stupid. A few times I felt the onset of a sensation similar to hydroplaning in really slushy conditions or when taking curves. Just a reminder to go a little slower. Bottom line, by driving reasonably for the crappy conditions I had no problem but the margin of safety was certainly substantially reduced.

Never felt the GY RFTs performed very well in snow. Had 1 incident where they actually performed quite poorly and only getting 30K miles out of them made me go with Pirelli RFTs 3 months ago. Took long trip to Vermont in snow and ice and was quite pleased. So far so good.