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Originally Posted by fotze
What does that make me. I couldn't even tell you what type of tires I have. I drive in the rush hour once a year.
How much are these Nokians? Can you really feel the difference they make? How much does it cost to take tires on and off twice a year?
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You definitely can feel the difference. Price depends on your tire size, Pagal posted in the other thread that for his it was somewhere around $700 I think. To get someone to change your wheels, it's about $20 I think. I just bought a torque wrench and do it myself, that way I can not worry about booking an appointment and can do it the night before the first forecasted snow.
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Originally Posted by The Unabomber
And it's guys like you who tailgate me while i'm driving down the road because you have "winter tires" on your 4x4 so you just can't possibly get into an accident.
Listen, if you want winter tires that's great, i don't NEED winter tires and haven't needed winter tires even though i have grown up and lived my entire life in Calgary. I'm more worried about the idiot behind me than i am about sliding, i've never been in an accident yet you are convinced that i need winter tires. How many accidents have you been in?
People should get winter tires so they can have a false sense of security and then they can go faster which will make the commute to work quicker when it snows, but what happens when all these vehicles that should be going 40 are going 70 and they crash? Oops, traffic jams.
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I've already posted that people with winter tires or 4wd that develop a false sense of security are dangerous. I know that traction is still no where near what it is on warm dry pavement with summer tires, not even close.
I've never been in an accident, if I do it will probably be in the summer. I drive quite defensively in the winter.