Share your experience with Coopers tires and explained how studded tires has helped you in two close calls while driving.
Coopers have a VERY spotty track record.  I drove them at work and they were phenomenal. Got a set for my personal vehicle, they were (and still are) utter junk.  Especially once the studs disappeared. So I've already paid the "tax" in the form of a $400 set of what are actually summer tires.  BTW - Studs have literally saved my life on at least two occasions when stupid drivers tried to kill me.  The slide I performed in the first case would not have been possible with non studded tires, nor the drag style launch to keep a 70's era Olds from steamrolling my Pinto.