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I live in Kansas City which gets around 15-20 inches of snow a year. Snow removal is pretty good and most snow cleared within 2 to 6 hours of snow fall. I own a 2011 Cayman 6MT and installed AS4s on it and I run them all year round. I installed them in January of this year and drove in 20 degree weather and on wet and slightly snow and slush covered roads. The Cayman is shockingly good in the snow. I wouldn't intentionally go out in the snow because I love the car too much and 987.2 Cayman Base 6MTs are pretty hard to find.
I outfitted the car with these tires for three reasons:
1) To be able to drive in all weather conditions, especially cold temps. I simply love the car too much to keep it tucked away in the winter.
2) I wanted to learn the handling characteristics and limits of the car and running these AS4s allows for a bit more slip and a little less grip than something like PS4s.
3) My days of swapping wheels for winter are over.
My other car is a 2016 M235 6MT and the OEM wheels have had AS4s for 3 years now. Those tires are mounted on the OEM wheels and used for winter purposes and I've gone through 2-3" snow with them. They aren't winter tires, but I did fine. I've got 15K miles on those tires. The summer setup on the M235 are PS4s. There is not a massive handling and braking difference between the PS4 and AS4. I'd say 10-15% when it comes to grip in ideal handling conditions. Below 65 degrees, the AS4s are by far the better tire.
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