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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
I changed to winters about 3 weeks ago. How damaging is it to winter tires in 20c weather? it's the first time i ever bought true winter tires. I always used the Nokians WRs in the winters before.
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Run them all summer bad, one or two days like we have had, not too big a deal.
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We've had 3 weeks of pretty much great weather. The thing to remember is that the rubber compound is quite soft on winter tires, and when you drive on it in 20C+ days every day, they will wear quite a bit faster. You won't necessarily "wreck" or "damage" your winter tires, but the amount of wear will increase greatly, and they won't last as long. Even on 15C chinook days, I can almost see the dollar bills fluttering out the window.
The ideal switchover point to winter tires is when the majority of temps are 7C or lower. I realize that not everyone changes their rims over themselves or even has their winters on a second set of rims (even though they really should), but that is the measuring point I use.