DizzyEdge

So I live in Calgary, Alberta, about 100 miles from the Rockies, and the weather here is always bizarre.. let's just say an afternoon of snow flurries in Sept, and shorts and tshirt weather in December is not really that uncommon. Weather stats over the past 30 yrs show an average of *some* snow every month except June/July/Aug. As well Calgary has 'Chinooks' which are high pressure systems which in the middle of the winter can take -4 F temps and turn them into +60 F temps 4 days later (sucks if you get migraines).

What this leads to is alternating bitter cold and snow/ice covered roads followed by a week of bare pavement over and over all winter long. So I'm trying to decide if I want summer tires 1/2 the year possibly dying if some freak storm comes in late spring early fall, and winter tires 1/2 the year and possibly wearing them out... or if I should do something else.. namely two sets of all-seasons, but perhaps get one for summer which is more performance orientated and one for winter which is more bad conditions orientated... comments?

MrDicks95SE

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2 sets of wheels. one HP A/S and the other set winter/snow specific.

DizzyEdge

That I could do, I could put the winters on during the worst months, xmas years to end of march/mid april, and have HP A/S on the other 9 months

MrDicks95SE

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easy nuff eh?

CanadianMoFo

That's pretty much what I do. I have a set of Rays 19" wheels with Pilot Sport tires for April-November. And then I switch to a sweet set of steelie 17" with Goodyear Ice Grips for December to March. As soon as the morning temperature gets down past about 6C, you switch your tires over to winter mode. Conversely when the morning temp gets over 6C you switch back to full pimping summer mode.

CM

boondoxmax

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I would love to have snow tires for winter and A/S ones for the rest of the year, but I just can't afford it. So I get by with A/S only and so far the 960 A/S bridgestones have held up really well. Only drove them thru one snow storm and they did very well. I've had the stock bridgestones which sucked in the snow and I've had nitto 450 which really sucked in the snow....

QNO_A32

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Four sets of wheels FTW!!!

PadawanKnight

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While the weather in northern CO isn't nearly as drastic as our neighbor to the north, it can get a little dicey in the winter. I don't have the budget for 2 sets of wheels/tires. I am considering replacing my Eagle RS-A's (225/50r17 on 2000 SE) with Toyo Proxes 4's. Can anyone give me feedback on these particular tires and any others that they would recommend?