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      12-31-2013, 07:36 AM   #102
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Originally Posted by ovekvam View Post
One of the cars I imported from Germany had Dunlop Wintersport 3D tyres. I briefly tested them on ice and snow, and concluded that they were summer tyres. Hardly any grip at all. Quickly replaced them with real winter tyres (I think it was Conti VikingContact or Gislaved SoftFrost back then). Now I stick to Michelin X-Ice Xi3.
Different country, different conditions. For the UK, on my BMW, they were the best of the bunch.

They've come out well in numerous UK and Euro winter tests, but as your in Norway you have whole different defn of winter !!!

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