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If I had the cash id do it now, but I cant justify wasting perfectly good KO3s. Maybe when I get to 35~40k on the KO3s I can convince myself and my wife that they are close enough to "justify replacement" :LOL:
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I'd love to see a test with tires at say, 20k miles.
KO2s & KO3s start offfine, but more than any brand I've run (since the mid 70s I've had a lot of tires) they get "hard" and totally lose traction, even in the dry.

My favorite brand for 10-15 years now has been Nokian. All weather, AT, dedicated winter, trucks, cars, they have been super!
 

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If you're in sunny California, AT4W's dry performance and durability may be more important than wet grip and clearly no snow there, so it might make for a good option for some people.
The Sierra Nevada can get 300 to 500 inches of snow a year. If you’re in San Diego, no snow is a safe bet. I need good snow traction from my tires. It rarely rains here so the wet traction is of little concern to me.

Although I live in Carson City, it’s a half-hour drive to Lake Tahoe.
 

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Nokians or XTM's will do well in snow. KO3's are pretty good too, but I think the Nokians and XTM's edge the KO3's out in the snow. XTM's dominate everything in the wet.
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