winter tires by october 1st

[blawrence]

hi

not sure if this as been discussed yet, if so please lock. but i heard today that that if you get in an accident after oct 1st, and dont have winter tires mounted, you can be fined $107. any one know more about this?

after i heard this i was thinking of going and getting to winter tires i ordered mounted.

thanx

brandon

[ReD~DrAgOn]

I dont want to slag any sponser/person selling tires (I have called around)

VIP (abbotsford) has

Winterforce for 699 + Tax and Enviro
Winter Sloalom (sp) 799 + Tax and Enviro
X-Ice not sure if its the XI2 899+ tax and enviro

That is on OEM mazda steel wheels Mounted, balamanced toss them on the car and drive away.

[ReD~DrAgOn]

And after october 12th the parts guys were telling me about a rebate on the Wintersloalm and X-ice. I cant remember how much

[Elder_MMHS]

Where did you 'hear' this from?  This would be everywhere in the news if it were true, much like it was mandated in Quebec a little while back.

The only thing I know of is that you could receive a fine if you drive on a road where something like this is posted:

Use Winter Tires or Carry Chains Beyond this Point, October 1 - April 30

... and you don't have winter tires or carry chains.

[M Speed]

But if you have pure summer tires on, insurance can be voided if your vehicle is not equipped to handle the weather and involved in an accident.

[blawrence]

hey

i was listening to jrfm and heard it. when is a good time to switch over?

[M Speed]

for me, when the mountains up on north shore are white.

[Ice-520]

I usually change on the first or second week of October

[CleeSpeed]

But if you have pure summer tires on, insurance can be voided if your vehicle is not equipped to handle the weather and involved in an accident.

I'm pretty sure that your insurance will not be void but you could be found at fault ...would be like saying your insurance will be void for not properly maintaining your brakes.

[melonvitara]

I usually change on the first or second week of October

i do it in November

[tonyzoomzoom]

not until the first sign of snow on the ground 

[fulminatus]

I do it the w/e that is the middle of November.  When it gets to 8 degrees celsius and below consistently during the day.

[ReD~DrAgOn]

We need Ice tires over snow tires right?  I read reviews on teh 3 offered tires, I remember hearing that the Xice dont work with our car, so would I be good with wintersloalms or winterforces?

My dad had Xice's on his grandprix and they were fantastic.

[tonyzoomzoom]

why doesn't x-ice work with our car?

The only tire that I know which does not work well on our car is the crap-year RS-A   

[ReD~DrAgOn]

Im not sure I thought I saw a bad review on them for the mazda 3.  Maybe im crazy, looked up to mant tires and called to many places. Maybee Ill get an Xice just to make up a review for them haha.  1010 just gave them a shitty review on snow. lol

I have post-it notes and notes on pads of paper from work all over hte place with pricing and locations.

[Ice-520]

not until the first sign of snow on the ground  

don't want to risk stuck on SFU tho lol

[tonyzoomzoom]

true that.

except I dun go to school no mo   

[M Speed]

I'm pretty sure that your insurance will not be void but you could be found at fault ...would be like saying your insurance will be void for not properly maintaining your brakes.

You maybe right......me thinks your tires don't suddenly turned into summer tires. So it is the owner's responsibility to ensure proper tires are used at all time...that is why they have all seasons tires.

[puco]

I change mine late november/early december.  I've seen bad reviews on the X-ice on the 3
(something about it being designed more as an ice tire rather than snow). 
Nokian hakkapelitta's and WR series seem to have positive reviews (I own WRG2), along with Hankook Icebears.  The Blizzaks I found to be 50/50, some are happy, some are not.

[ReD~DrAgOn]

I found last year driving to and from work I dealt with more Ice/Black Ice/ Packed ice and snow. then deep snow. Only real amounts of snow i found were on my street.  I was also considering teh Euro Winters. But they would be 824.14 + a set of steel wheels (80 a pice + tax)

We dont really get snow here, we get some snow, then it packs and freezes over night then its ice the next day.