Live here in Dallas,Texas. I have the Michelin Hydroedge. Hot summers and cool winters. we can go a month without rain and then when it does, the road surface is covered in oil so the road is very slippery as the water causes the oil to bead up. During the winter we don't regularly get snow so for the few times we do, or when we get our usual ice storm, just don't drive. I don't. Texans with luxury cars and trucks think they can drive in ice. So for the few days that the ice is on the roads, we just stay home.

Dave

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1970 220D, owned 1980-1990
1980 240D, owned 1990-1992
1982 300TD, owned 1992-1993
1986 300SDL, owned 1993-2004
1999 E300, owned 1999-2003
1982 300TD, 213,880mi, owned since Nov 18, 1991- Aug 4, 2010 SOLD
1988 560SL, 100,000mi, owned since 1995
1965 Mustang Fastback Mileage Unknown(My sons)
1983 240D, 176,000mi (My daughers) owned since 2004
2007 Honda Accord EX-L I4 auto, the new daily driver
1985 300D 264,000mi Son's new daily driver.(sold)
2008 Hyundai Tiberon. Daughters new car