{"id":7171,"date":"2017-11-03T18:01:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2017-10-25T18:01:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T18:01:14","slug":"linked-winter-tires-are-they-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/11\/03\/linked-winter-tires-are-they-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Winter Tires \u2013 Are They Worth It?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2443,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thetruthaboutcars.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/winter-tires-worth&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20241014030502\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.thetruthaboutcars.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/winter-tires-worth\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 00:11:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-21 14:27:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-16 09:09:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-25 07:31:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 20:38:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 04:36:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 04:36:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthaboutcars.com\/2017\/10\/winter-tires-worth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via TTAC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>THE RESULTS<br \/>\nStopping from 20mph in a CUV with winter tires on ice = 88.6 feet.<br \/>\nStopping from 20mph in a CUV with all-season tires on ice = 121 feet.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s a very handy map that tells you quickly if you should be running Winter tires. In New Hampshire, it\u2019s not even a question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via TTAC: THE RESULTS Stopping from 20mph in a CUV with winter tires on ice = 88.6 feet.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-11-03T18:01:16Z","apple_news_api_id":"9047ec54-4e21-4c59-b5fb-45d5bd5bb68a","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-11-03T18:01:19Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AkEfsVE4hTFm1-0XVvVu2ig","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1RF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3285,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/11\/16\/why-did-i-wait-to-long-to-get-performance-tires-for-my-car\/","url_meta":{"origin":7171,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Why did I wait to long to get performance tires for my car?","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Internet is LOADED with tons of resources about tires and what you need to buy for your car. 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