When are people swapping to summers?

[Remedys]

Re: When are people swapping to summers?

I swapped mine over a week and a half ago and have not driven it since because of the snow. I've been using the GF's car.

[onepointeightdub]

Re: When are people swapping to summers?

Thread title should be when are people swapping back to winters.. Gotta love this weather.. I have to drive to canmore back and forth for a month so im allowed to be bitter.. just a little bit..

[R_Ethug]

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middle of may for me

[Guysmiley]

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Still rollin on winters on both cars. I think May 1st is the magic date for me.

[darkmanCANADA]

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Still have the W404 Nokians on mine and Conti 4x4 Contact Continentals on the wife's.

[P Arkus]

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im still on my winters.

Rule - May Long to Thanksgiving Weekend..
(basically, when the first ski hill opens, and last one closes, im on my winters)

I like your rule! i'll definately be going by that one when I get wheels I care about!

[thorin33]

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I agree that Hi-Performance Summers (for lack of a better description) kick-a$$ in summer and dedicated winter tires kick a$$ in winter.

I guess the thing for me is that I find I'm not exactly "driving as aggressively" now as I did when I was 17 anymore. As such, when I look at the Hi-Performance F1's on my car (which are still good for a couple seasons or more) I wonder... is all that performance "really" worth it? Besides, anytime I attempt to even consider going fast around a bend/corner/banked curve/etc. in this city... it seems like there are so many ruts/divots/pot holes/undulations/etc. that it's not even pleasant anyways. I mean... if I lived in Las Vegas... I'd probably rock some autocross tires or something ridiculous for everyday use... but for Calgary?... well... I'm starting to think the extra cost of dedicated Hi-Performance summers just isn't for me.

Anyhow... just wondering if anyone else has given this any thought. As pictured above... it would appear that the All-Season's out there these days have definitely kicked it up a notch or two!

Cheers... Deuce.

I went to the High Performance All-Season/Winter approach this year. So far the Pirelli P-Zero Nero have performed great with the freak snow we have had.

[cam_wmh]

Re: When are people swapping to summers?

im still on my winters.

Rule - May Long to Thanksgiving Weekend..
(basically, when the first ski hill opens, and last one closes, im on my winters)

[Lars]

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The yokahamas Advan S.4 are an ultra hi perf all season and they are great especially in wet conditions I went with them cause you never know when it will snow (this is canada) and I drive back to BC and it can snow anytime in the passes also :sad Heres a link http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....+S.4.&x=5&y=10

[R_Ethug]

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i've had hi perf all seasons which basically were just summer tires.. as soon as it hit -5 they turned to hockey pucks

[Deuce]

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Best of both worlds IMO without meandering around in the middle.

I agree that Hi-Performance Summers (for lack of a better description) kick-a$$ in summer and dedicated winter tires kick a$$ in winter.

I guess the thing for me is that I find I'm not exactly "driving as aggressively" now as I did when I was 17 anymore. As such, when I look at the Hi-Performance F1's on my car (which are still good for a couple seasons or more) I wonder... is all that performance "really" worth it? Besides, anytime I attempt to even consider going fast around a bend/corner/banked curve/etc. in this city... it seems like there are so many ruts/divots/pot holes/undulations/etc. that it's not even pleasant anyways. I mean... if I lived in Las Vegas... I'd probably rock some autocross tires or something ridiculous for everyday use... but for Calgary?... well... I'm starting to think the extra cost of dedicated Hi-Performance summers just isn't for me.

Anyhow... just wondering if anyone else has given this any thought. As pictured above... it would appear that the All-Season's out there these days have definitely kicked it up a notch or two!

Cheers... Deuce.

[Jester B]

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When I had my golf, I did a Summer / All Season switch. I noticed the difference then. Currently, I'm running All Season / Winter, and took my winter's off last week. Personally, the objective is Summer / Winter. Best of both worlds IMO without meandering around in the middle.

Also curious about comments on the tire Duece was asking about....I may need to re-think.

[Deuce]

Re: When are people swapping to summers?

Has anyone thought of going from a (Summer/Winter) to a (All-Season/Winter) tire combo for our Calgary climate? I've been doing the summer tire/winter tire swap for years now however, in looking at some all-seasons recently... they certainly aren't as boring as they used to be. (see Goodyear F1 All-Seasons below)

Anyhow, curious if anyone has considered/done this and their thoughts. Cheers... Deuce.

[zoik]

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lol yeah this why the winters stay on until at least may long!

[stefan]

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bugger.... took the wifes car w/ winters this morning.