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Beautiful Spring Weather - tempted to change wheels

Old Mar 23, 2021 | 04:54 PM
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Smile Beautiful Spring Weather - tempted to change wheels

It has been above 10 C since last week here in southern Ontario and although I am sooo tempted to change to my summers, Toronto usually gets our last snowfall the first weekend or so of April.

Cant wait, as I bought the car in January and never had the summers on it yet!

Praying for "real spring" in TO!
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Old Mar 23, 2021 | 06:45 PM
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I'm an hour west of you and changed my winters off 3 weeks ago. 👍
I promise I won't regret it. 😎. 🌄
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Old Mar 23, 2021 | 07:08 PM
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Just changed to the summer tires last Friday, makes it a guarantee, we have a last big snow coming. Not that I'm going anywhere, and can always use the better half's X1
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Realistically, at what kind of temperature/weather conditions should one consider the use of winter tires?
Down here in Houston, I never considered the need for a "winter" tire. Ofcourse we just had the 100 year freeze event last month, no power for days - a noghtmare. Perhaps some of y'all read about it in the newspapers.
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Originally Posted by MBS E53
Realistically, at what kind of temperature/weather conditions should one consider the use of winter tires?
Down here in Houston, I never considered the need for a "winter" tire. Ofcourse we just had the 100 year freeze event last month, no power for days - a noghtmare. Perhaps some of y'all read about it in the newspapers.
The general rule is if the temperature is below 7C/44F then winter tires will have better grip than all-seasons. IMHO, for a pure summer tire like the PS4 I would push this number up a few degrees to 10C/50F. I also push it up a few degrees for the PS4 because when they are cold in the morning they sound awful (i.e. clunky in the turns) for the first few minutes.

Ivan MacKenzie.
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