Pictured is me currently needing to switch my Tires out on both my Cars because of Age!
I prefer winter tires but you just never change them.
I did this with my first car and got 50,000km off a pair (on a VW Up). Frankly, if you don’t drive a lot like I did and need winter tires where you live, it’s a solid option.
Get Michelin Cross-Climate tires. They’ve got a really different tread design that makes them true All-Weather tires that aren’t dogshit in the snow and rain.
My cross climates are so quiet and worked so much better in the rain than the factory tires.
What the fuck dude
What? Do you not switch your tires like this? /s
What a world we live in where you need a /s on comments like this, lmao
Obviously you change your tires by cutting at the axle instead… rookie mistake.
Hah! Exactly
Also recommend slicks for maximum grip during the winter and summer!
more rubber on the ground = more grip /s
If you have to ask, you should use winter tires. All-seasons are for states south of the Mason-Dixon line.
All weathers are untrustworthy. I simply can’t trust anything that claims to have equal effectiveness to specialist versions in such a wide swing as I deal with in my area. If your tires work well in 30°c they won’t work well at -40°c.
I’ve never seen any claim that winter-rated all-seasons work as well as winter tires (but there’s certainly a lack of making it clear how they’re different and when to use each).
Each manufacturer lists both, and lists the differences (including things like temperature ratings, traction ratings, etc).
It’s pretty clear from the traction ratings alone that a given brand of winter-rated all-seasons are quite different than their winter tire.
This is a great method because your new set will be correctly aligned along that 5 point star! No need to get your tires aligned at the shop. :)
Summers and winters for the SUV. Summers and barn for the nice car. Salt kills and all seasons are a compromise.
Winter/snow tires are really helpful. Get some cheap rims from a junkyard. The switch over of full wheels is much easier and tire shops will do it for free. And both sets of tires will last a longer period of time.
It depends on your location and particularly on how strong the seasons are at your place.
depends on what “winter” means in your area. if you expect snow then separate summer and winter tires. if you don’t expect snow then all-season tires.
where i live we only get a couple days of snow each year it seems like and the toads are cleared quickly so i just run all-seasons on my secondary vehicle with summer tires on my primary vehicle.
Alright but do the toads consent to getting cleaned by random humans?
… Now I’m curious how you change the oil.
Gotta get some use out of my Vacume cleaner somehow…
U can also saw the oil pan off. Drains super quick.
You just keep filling until the old oil pours out.
Pretty sure you have to flip it upside down so the oil dribbles out.
Brilliant!
Couldn’t find the wheel lock?
After switching to winter tires I can never go back. I got some summer tires to replace the all seasons I was using in summer time and they’re also amazing, but not as amazing as the winters in winter time.
Is the difference really this huge?
Well I drive like a dingus and owning a Subaru I love driving out in the snow so to me it’s worth it. If you drive like a normal person and don’t purposefully go out in the snow then (good) all seasons are fine.
The ride is softer on both the summers (Pilot sport 4s) and sooo much softer on the winters (blizzaks) it also probably helps that my winters are on 17s when my summers are 18s. Grip in the snow is unreal with the winters too.
Depends on the winter weather.
If there is a lot of snow, winter tires are far superior to all weather when driving in snow both for starting and stopping. Like being able to stop in half the distancenor move without spinning wheels.
I don’t think there is a huge difference for icy conditions.
I live in Kansas and we don’t get snow that lasts long enough to make winter tires worthwhile in my opinion, but if I lived in Colorado I would definitely get them.
In the deep cold weather? Snow? Ice? Yes, absolutely. This is not opinion, this is fact.
For extra traction during winter I just leave the tires and outer part of the rim off, and it works extremely well.
Best to have one tire of each type so you’re prepared for anything.
So Winter, Summer and all-weather on the first 3 wheels, you reccon a wooden tire would work for the last open wheel or should I just leave that spot open?
Why waste money? Slap the donut on and you’re good.
I dunno… what if really hungry people go by while I go shopping…?
Don’t listen to this idiot, you clearly need an off road tire just in case.
