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I've driven to and from work in temps as low as 3-5 degrees over the past few weeks and noticed no difference in handling or braking performance and I'm running the 19" 309s with conti sport contact 3 summer tyres. No science, no stats and no facts to give proof except personal experience.
Granted in snow I'll probably struggle more than those with but I should do a damn sight better than I did in my previous 3 series that ran on summers all the time. The tyre companies and the manufacturers in the uk are taking advantage of last years bad weather in December with their strong marketing campaigns to switch to winter rubber. Granted I can't argue with BMWs youtube that shows the difference between winter and summer tyres however, look where it was filmed...on the side of a mountain...certainly not a motorway that's been pre salted and ploughed.
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