BiscottiGelato

I usually do Discount Tires if I am going to drive the car down and have the wheel mount/etc all done down in the states.

If I am going to do the mounting/install, etc up here I just ship stuff from Tirerack to a postal place across the border, pick them up and pay full tax on them when crossing the border.

BiscottiGelato

Want a new SUV already?  What's wrong with the fairly new one?
shutterbug 發表於 2010-10-19 11:19

Don't even know which car he's replacing... can never keep track... LOL

BiscottiGelato

Still, the fact is, even at 7c or 5c, no matter summer or all season tire, still offer SOME/not bad  ...
Catpiano 發表於 2010-10-23 07:37

I work in Minnesota sometimes, where it's as cold, if not colder, and as much snow, if not more, than Calgary. Nobody even sweat about winter tires there. Snow's just so dry that even my rental's crappy tire provided excellent traction.

Vancouver is about ice and wet snow driving, very dangerous stuff. Because of the mild temp and lack of serious powder volume, people tend to under estimate Vancouver's winter road conditions. This misconception often causes big mistakes!

When speccing out winter tires for Vancouver, try paying more attention to attributes pertaining to ice driving opposed to snow driving. Stuff like how well the tire digs into snow, how well it clear snow out of it's tread, or even very low temperature performance isn't really as critical for Vancouver driving.