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Should you bother with All Season tyres?

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The UK enjoys some early November snow Despite being on a similar latitude to much of Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, thanks to something called the Gulf Stream, the UK's weather is somewhat mild and temperate for much of the year. The warm water that holiday makers are frolicking around in in the gulf of Mexico, makes its way all the way across the Atlantic ocean to the shores of Great Britain, keeping us - at least relatively - toasty warm in the winter. While Sweden or Estonia are enjoying their -20℃ winters, it rarely gets much below 0℃ here.  For that reason - despite what Charles Dickens would have had you believe - the UK is conspicuously absent from snow and ice for much of its winter. Ask your average Brit - whom I will name Bob from now on - what they do with their tyres over winter, and they will look at you blankly. What do you mean what do I do with them? They stay attached to my car thankyouverymuch.  Bob might be surprised to hear that in Sweden, Finland, the B