The only thing Xice are good for is accelerating and decelerating on a skating rink. Who the hell drives on a skating rink though. Most of the time when there's ice, it's roughened up. They have no lateral grip, so forget about handling and you don't want to be stuck on a windy icy highway with those tires.
The Continental ExtremeWinterContact perform just as well on glare ice as the Xice, but blows the Xice out of the water in every other aspect except noise level. And the Continental are cheaper too.
If you're concerned about ice performance, just buy General Altimax Arctic and get them studded, and if you're serious and have more $$$, pick up a set of Continental IceContacts or Hakka 7's with factory studs. I got skiing quite often, and none of the studless ice tires perform as well as a proper factory studded tire like the IceContacts and Hakka 7's in a wide variety of conditions.
The Continental ExtremeWinterContact perform just as well on glare ice as the Xice, but blows the Xice out of the water in every other aspect except noise level. And the Continental are cheaper too.
If you're concerned about ice performance, just buy General Altimax Arctic and get them studded, and if you're serious and have more $$$, pick up a set of Continental IceContacts or Hakka 7's with factory studs. I got skiing quite often, and none of the studless ice tires perform as well as a proper factory studded tire like the IceContacts and Hakka 7's in a wide variety of conditions.
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