This was a bit sudden, I was planning on doing it next weekend, but I saw snow forcast and didn’t want to risk having to use my thrashed summer tires on snow.

This was the last season that I could use those summer tires, the tread was almost used up and there was some dry cracking of the rubber, so I am ordering new Pirelli’s for the next season.

  • Treczoks
    31·
    1 天前

    On my first cars, I had winter and summer tires. I had them changed and stored by the garage, and it was a waste of money. Especially when i moved close to my job and drove less than 12000km/year, aging was more of an issue than wear.

    With all cars since then, I have all-year tires. I can’t drive in the mountains in winter, but I never did in the last 50 years, and I don’t plan to start now. For the 3-5 days of snow that we have, if any at all, this is more than sufficient. And it is way, way cheaper.

    • TheSambassadorEnglish
      2·
      1 天前

      I grew up in a mountain town that got plenty of snow, and even then we mostly just used all seasons.

    • stoy@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      1 天前

      In some areas, all season tires are fine, Stockholm is on the border on where that is the case.

      • Treczoks
        11·
        22 小时前

        Well, Stockholm is a few kilometers north of here. Maybe so 800km or so.

    • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 天前

      Hell, I lived in city that had snow on the ground 6-7 months of the year and I got by just fine with all seasons for the six years I was there. I mean the city had a robust snow removal service, but they weren’t out unless there was fresh snow.