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Originally Posted by photon
There's the cost of switching back and forth, even if you have 2 sets of rims a portion of people can't/won't do it themselves.
Storage would be too though lots of places now offer storage when you buy tires.
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Honestly, you can buy a floor jack, cheap torque wrench and impact gun from Canadian tire for under 200 bucks. And that stuff will last you for over a decade. My corded Mastercraft impact is on year 14, and I use it for about 10 swaps a year.
75% of people have the means and physical ability to do the swap themselves, just a ton of people are too lazy too. My 77 year old father with arthritis still does it for gods sake, and he won't let me do it for him. He likes to. The other 25%. There are a ton of tire shops that do a basic bolt on/off for 50 bucks as long as their on rims. And having them mounted on rims is the only way to go. 2 seasons pays the rims off when you take mounting balancing out of the equation.
To me there is no excuse, unless you cannot afford it. But again, back to the insurance issue. Once you cream your car, you are now way past the "I shoulda just got a winter set." argument, because your now facing thousands of more in premiums, and in some cases for low income individuals, no car, as collision coverage was out of the budget as well.