Thank you all for valued input. All points are very knowledgeable with great references. Pirelli states officially
"Peace of mind and safety in all conditions", guess this "all conditions" will cover any insurers' concerns.
My current decisions:
- Take public transportation when it snows/is dark iced
- Be extremely cautious by an extra mile in wet and/or icy condition
- Change the front Verdes to SF2 All-Seasons in the next opportunity (either a good discount, or tread down to 5mm in maybe another 20k miles)
Just did a quick check on
Pirelli official website, it seems they have similar dry/wet ratings, Verde is one tick better in wet handling.
The EU label is more puzzling showing the Verde with "B" and the All Season SF2 with "A" rating in wet?
Are these ratings
See below figures
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