Originally Posted by Dougs
Summer tires stick to the road better allowing you to have more traction when cornering. Since they stick to the road so much better they take more revolutions to go, say a mile. Go to tire rack and look at the specs on an A/W tire. Then compare it to a summer tire. You will find the summer tire taking many more revolutions than the A/W tire. I think we call that "pay to play."
OK, as I've said before, I'm no engineer, but are you saying that two tires with equal demensions, (same hight or diameter) the stickier "summer tire" will make more revolutions than the a/w tire over a predetermined length of road?
Again, I have to ask "Why"?