Lik

Locally, I'd go to Advanced Automotive in Richmond (on No. 6 Road). It is not a big shop, but Johnny and his staff do some really excellent work!

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Lik

When I went to Advanced last year or the year before (can't remember la), a 4-wheel alignment was just over $100 after tax. I know they do tire mounting, but I don't know how much they charge for that.

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Lik

Winter tires will always do better in cold weather conditions than summer tires ga la, and you'll never hear from me against recommending a set of winter rubber for winter driving, esp when this winter is supposed to see a lot of snow.

But... if you were to ask me, a 4WD/AWD with brand new all seasons should be adequate for most of the worst snow storms Vancouver will ever see, including ones similar to what we had 2 years ago. The key is to exercise extra caution and take things slow. But you want to do that anyway regardless of whether you have snow tires or not.

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Lik

Thanks very much for all the great advice. Now I feel much better, and I will just keep my all seasons tire for this winter, and drive with extra cautious. Thanks guys!!
cremedelacreme 發表於 2010-10-22 20:52

Still, knowing that this winter is gonna be especially wintery (and quite possibly snowy), my recommendation is still to go pick up some winter tires la.

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Lik

From my racing experience, summer tires are still grippier in both the cold and the wet than all seasons down to around 6 or 7 deg C. Beyond that, I have no personal experience with whether summer or all seasons would be grippier, although it should be obvious that the colder it gets, the more advantageous all seasons will be over summer rubber.

Additionally, in warm and dry conditions, winter tires just fall flat on its face. Instead of being a summer = 10, all season = 9, winter = 8, it is more like summer = 10, all season = 8, winter = 5.

Also, in snowy/icy conditions, winter tires are vastly superior to all seasons la. Every tire test you can find will tell you exactly the same thing.

-Lik