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This guy does the best reviews on tires. Really interesting one on the temperature performance changes in wet/dry on the different types of tires. He also uses a Golf for most of his tests.
Been looking for this data forever, awesome someone finally tested it. I've left my summers on so far this winter as it's barely gotten down to freezing, but wow they sure are dangerous in the wet.
Close to an ultimate tire review. These guys are doing a great job and thanks OP for posting this!
I'm surprised to see the little gap a hardcore winter tire makes on the packaged snow over the other winter (performance?) tire and the two all seasons. Could this be due packaged and possibly artificial snow?
And for all those hardcore street racers out there with their upgraded summer rubber trashing A/S tire as a no season tire ... okay! LOL
The real question is, how would Blizzak WS80, Michelin Xi3, Continental WinterContact Si for example compare to these Hakka R3's in the wet and dry braking? I'd assume these studless winter tires in US would fall within the "nordic" category whereas the "winter" category from this video would represent a performance winter tire. C&D tested studless winter competition (Hakka R2, Xice3, Si, WS80) back in '15 .. https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15102773/best-snow-tires-for-winter/
So unless you're running performance oriented winter tires or the awesome all-seasons (like OEM p7s ), you can find yourself in far worse position in wet and/or dry on a hardcore studless/nordic winter tire vs summer rubber.
Not any more dangerous in wet than a traditional/hardcore non-studded winter tire.