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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
I'm just not sure whether it is a cultural thing, a regional thing to this part of Canada (maybe Manitobans take winter more seriously, for example), etc. I'm seriously not trying to make this a winter tires vs. all seasons debate, but I am genuinely curious about how drivers in other winter regions prepare themselves.
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Oddly enough, I don't know of many Manitobans who have winter tires - when I grew up there, everyone in my family ran on all-season tires. I found that in Manitoba it was rare that the roads were really bad, more often it was just cold as heck. You don't get the freeze-thaw like we do in Calgary and Winnipeg has amazing road-clearing budgets.
That said, we bought our first ever set of winter tires last week and I don't think I'll do without them here in Calgary now. I still have all-seasons on our second car, but it's rarely ever driven and a set of tires would cost more than the car is worth right now.