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Tire Rack and Discount Tire usually run deals where you can get a set of blizzaks on steel wheels for a discount. This is a good way to go because even with good winter tires you might hit glare ice and smack a curb. Much better to do that to a cheap steelie than on your good wheels.
As long as you can afford the tires, there really aren't any drawbacks, and there are lots of advantages. Remember that it takes a very different tread pattern and composition to excel in dry handling than it does to excel in ice/snow handling. So an all season tire by definition is going to be below the best in both situations. That's not to say they're all horrible -they're not - but a blizzak (winter) or a falken azeni/yokohama ES100 (summer) will outgrip any allseason tire.
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