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Originally Posted by ckelly78z View Post
In all fairness, a good set of tires makes ALL the difference in wet conditions. My Mustang mentioned earlier has about 1/3 tread of new tires, therefore a handful in the wet.
Absolutely, high performance, summer tires grip better in dry and wet weather than other tires. The only thing you MIGHT have to worry about with max performance summer tires is increased propensity to hydro-plane, but that'll vary quite a bit by tire model.
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