When do you need winter tires? The truth!

I always waited until it snowed! Okanagan Car Care In Kelowna gave us the facts! I had no idea.
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[genie0390]

funny how it is! People pushing winter tires are those that are selling winter tires

actually, now these same people are saying that you should buy all four new rims, as taking off your old tires is BAD for them! OH goodie

BTW, are "all season" tires now obsolete?

[JCVdude]

This information is in BC and by law; after a certain date if you leave your town/city I believe you are now required to have winter tires on your vehicle.

[pimpninja1985]

SHNOW TIRES

[MaverickXeo]

@JCVdude What? I am glad I dont live in BC... I lived in northern Alberta, but now in central alberta and Ive NEVER once needed winter tires. Heck, I took my 300zx out last winter on SUMMER tires (NOT all seasons) and I didnt even spin the rear tires. I also commute to and from work on the busiest highway in Alberta.

[halflife103]

@genie0390 You use "All Seasons" in winter, your retarded. "All Season" was just a name to boost tire sales.

Half way through November you should have winter tires.

[stiv625]

Errrrr thats a little early for winter tires, you'd have them on for like 6 months! Granted some climates might require that, but I'd go ahead and wait until its consistently freezing temps at night. Personally I don't notice much of a difference unless your car sucks, anyways.

[sirk242]

@pimpninja1985 lol

[sparkygl0s]

@QuoteformeUK

Your link comes back with age not found.

[genie0390]

@andyass3

seeing as how tire companies now claim that all seasons are unsafe for winter driving, that means that for about 40 yrs they have been putting people at risk by pushing all seasons. "All Season" M+S means just that

further, there are a lot of foolish inexperienced drivers that are taking far more risks because ads are telling them how much quicker cars can stop, which is BS & that slowing down a bit achieves same results! Driving is becoming more dangerous because of such promotion

[genie0390]

@andyass3

truth is that such exotic tires running a couple inches from the rim have very bad traction on snow/ice, so winter tires likely do work much better

then again I wouldn't run such a car in bad conditions in winter in the first place

[genie0390]

@andyass3

makes you wonder how people managed driving in winter several decades ago, before the advent of front wheel drive, ABS, traction control and AWD

a few yrs back I drove a Lincoln TC with all seasons all winter long, sheer ice on streets, drove it to Banff once a wk at least, drove the high pass between Washington and Idaho, never any problems

now the ads have me unsafe with ABS,AWD, couple fancy traction control systems, BS!

have to be able to know marketing cons when u see them

[andyass3]

the beads on lower profile tires also get ruined very quickly when you remove them, if you have a 70 profile tire on a 14 inch rim than you can easily remove the tires without damaging the beads. On a bmw 245 /35 r 18 with runflats you can easily ruin the bead by removing it once from the rim unless you have sufficient lube on the bead