Yes You Need Snow Tires

[Tjf1967]

What is the 250 for? How much is the high speed balancing? When I had snows I bought another set of rims, total waste of money.

To change tires over twice per year. They have a machine for that. Take like 10 minutes or tire. Campi what's the cost to get tires changed over??
I pay 125.00

 

[Harvey]

The two times when I did it, it never cost me that much. I included high speed balancing because I'm all highway miles. I think I paid $60. (3,2,1 here it comes....)

 

[Tjf1967]

The two times when I did it, it never cost me that much. I included high speed balancing because I'm all highway miles. I think I paid $60. (3,2,1 here it comes....)

I take the tires off the factory rims and have the snows put on. And go back and forth. So I get 4 years out of my two sets of tires.

 

[Harvey]

Yea if you do the work yourself,
or have a pickup to move your rims back and forth to the shop where they do the work,
and have a place to keep another set of rims,
and you don't buy a new car very often,
or always buy a new car with the same rim size and lug configuration,
and you don't mind the low pressure tire light on all winter long,
and of course don't drive thousand of miles each year on dry interstate,
it makes sense.

PITA.

I had four CRVs, I kept each for six years ~ 100,000 miles. (They would rust fast because I did't drive much during the week.) Each time I bought one the rim size or config changed, so each car required a new set of spare rims. The time I did it I bought some "cheap" steel rims with no sensor for low tire pressure. The OEM rims were $500 PER WHEEL.

Whatever. Been doing it my way for 20 years, not changing until 2024.

BACK to my original question > Does anyone have experience with ALL WEATHER tires, and what is you impression of them vs ALL SEASON TIRES.

 

[Campgottagopee]

To change tires over twice per year. They have a machine for that. Take like 10 minutes or tire. Campi what's the cost to get tires changed over??
I pay 125.00

That's the going rate
That said, if I owned a truck I'd run studded snows on dedicated wheels for winter

 

[Campgottagopee]

I know it's kind of cheesy to start a snow tires thread. But I think we do "need" one.

Are these "all weather" tires farther along the continuum towards legit snow tires than all seasons? Anyone have any experience with any of these?

Best All-Weather Tires - Consumer Reports

All weather tires rival snow tires in winter, but don't require seasonal tire changes. Consumer Reports' tests reveal the best.

www.consumerreports.org

If you give me grief for not having two sets of rims I'll probably ignore you. I may argue, but ultimately I will ignore your wise advice.

I've always thought all season and all weather tires were the same.

 

[Tjf1967]

Yea if you do the work yourself,
or have a pickup to move your rims back and forth to the shop where they do the work,
and have a place to keep another set of rims,
and you don't buy a new car very often,
or always buy a new car with the same rim size and lug configuration,
and you don't mind the low pressure tire light on all winter long,
and of course don't drive thousand of miles each year on dry interstate,
it makes sense.

PITA.

I had four CRVs, i kept each for six years ~ 100,000 miles. (They would rust fast because I did't drive much during the week.) Each time I bought one the rim size or config changed, so each car required a new set of spare rims. The time I did it I bought some "cheap" steel rims with no sensor for low tire pressure. The OEM rims were $500 PER WHEEL.

Whatever. Been doing it my way for 20 years, not changing until 2024.

I don't but new rims. I change tires on the rims the car came with. People tell me to buy steel rims. My answer I'm not putting cheap rims on a 50k car for four months per year.

 

[Harvey]

I've always thought all season and all weather tires were the same.

Me too. That article kind of acts like they are a new invention.

 

[Harvey]

I don't but new rims. I change tires on the rims the car came with. People tell me to buy steel rims. My answer I'm not putting cheap rims on a 50k car for four months per year.

So you have to store and transport your tires or whatever. I need mine high speed balanced.

 

[Tjf1967]

So you have to store and transport your tires or whatever. I need mine high speed balanced.

Yes. I time it with an oil change. The balance every tire when they change them and I have the align the steering to