Everyone says when they see my car that I should change my tires.
When I bought my car it had Dunlop Graspic Winter tires allready fitted,(healthy amount of tread still left.)

I live in Tokyo where it only snows perhaps once or twice a year.

Do these tires have a bad repuation or more prone to problems?

Im wondering if I should keep these tires untill I ship it back to Australia.

Any advice..appreciated...

 

Good for snow. Not so good (low grip, probably noisy) otherwise.

-Max

 

winter snow tires are useless when there is no snow on the ground.

 

Snow tires have a very soft tread compound that stays soft at low temperatures. It gives the feel of "riding on pillows", with lots of tread squirm. Replace them with a set of performance tires and you'll immediately understand the difference.