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Ontario should make winter tires mandatory.
- Thread starter SunnY S
- Start date
I heard he can but it looks more like this. Soccer mom mobile and all
This was me at work
Once you get north of shelburne you start to get some serious snow banks. I would like to see the snow blower they used to cut some of the banks back that I saw this weekend sledding.
Clipped the top of a stop sign with my ski......doesnt usually happen with our **** winters.
:lol: the tire shop found a way to dump old snow tires on unsuspecting customers so it doesn't have to pay a disposal fee. Brilliant!!
todays lesson, just because they LOOK like they have a lot of tread still on them. Doesn't mean they are still any good.
There is a reason why they were "free". Most snow tires lose their capabilities after 3-4 seasons (your mileage may vary)
Case in point, years ago, I put a set on my wifes car for its 4th season. She came home, after being stuck in deep snow at work, and swore up and down her tires "weren't biting and grab the way they used to". I looked at her tires and said she was nuts because they still had massive tread depth, and I dismissed her claims.
Sure enough, next major snowfall, she got stuck pulling out of our driveway. If I didn't see it, I would not have believed it.
Needless to say, put a fresh set on, and never heard a complaint since.
Yep, my tires were manufactured in 2008 & they're done. Lots of thread left
No doubt.
daught
Well-known member
Sounds like kijiji material. "Like new, gently used tires $450. No low ballers"
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No, I meant this thread. No doubt, there's lots left.
you mean, 48 pages isn't enough?
My snow tires don't usually even have tread left after 2-3 seasons...
Day before yesterday I had the pleasure of spending over an hour helping two guys push their RWD Infiniti up the "hill" beside my house. There was maybe 2" of snow. Rear tires were on the pavement. Still no grip. Also had fun trying to ask them if they had traction control and then getting them to turn it off. They didn't speak english well. If you're going to drive RWD in Canadian winters at least get some snows. While we were trying to get these guys out a RWD only pickup came by and came extremely close to also getting stuck. Smooth tires on that thing too.
People get so trusting with their cars when they get stuck. Last two people I helped, first thing they did was ask, "Can you drive my car?"
Day before yesterday I had the pleasure of spending over an hour helping two guys push their RWD Infiniti up the "hill" beside my house. There was maybe 2" of snow. Rear tires were on the pavement. Still no grip. Also had fun trying to ask them if they had traction control and then getting them to turn it off. They didn't speak english well. If you're going to drive RWD in Canadian winters at least get some snows. While we were trying to get these guys out a RWD only pickup came by and came extremely close to also getting stuck. Smooth tires on that thing too.
People get so trusting with their cars when they get stuck. Last two people I helped, first thing they did was ask, "Can you drive my car?"
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Snobike Mike
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How many kms per season and what type of tires?
If you drive 2km per month or around 10km per season there is no reason a good quality set of snows shouldn't last 5 seasons or more
As curator of this fine thread you should be delighted. I would think.
Hahaha, funny thing because the last guy I helped asked me the same thing
Are you missing a few zeros there? I drive at least 50 km per day. Used to do more. I also drive very aggressively. My tires don't usually last long either from loss of tread or other issues. I'm also incredibly picky about vibrations.
Snobike Mike
Banned
Sorry for the typo but I'm assuming you can figure out I mean Two Thousand Kilometers per month or Ten Thousand Kilometers per winter season (again making an assumption of a five month season).
The reason I was asking that was I've had great experience with Nokian Hakka's which I used on my wifes van for 6 years and they were at least 80% tread at that time and continued to work flawlessly (although Nokians are on the noisy side for a winter).
Cheers.
Not really, delighted about this thread though, that I started under a different username back in 2010.
I. Did. Not. Know. That. (Stolen from Johnny Carson)
You see the pattern though? Guy knows what's best for everyone.
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