tinyman392
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- Marcus
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I'd get another set of wheels with all season tires for the winter months. Basically, if you're below 50-60 degrees F, the all season will grip better and get more traction than the summer compounds will. If you're between 50-80-ish the difference should be somewhat negligible. If you're above 80, then summer compound will provide superior traction. So why new wheels? Well I did say above that the only all-season tire that exist in OEM sizes is the Nitto NeoGen which I can't really recommend for it's non-dry performance (so rain, light snow, etc.). Getting an 18" wheel with something like the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S3+ would be ideal for you during the winter.Salt? I don't think you guys get it. We have not a had a weather event here requiring salt in 2 or 3 years. I understand it is tough for some of you way north of me, but my January is like your April. To put this in perspective, I looked up the weather here last winter, this is what I found:
January: The coldest month of the year for us, started on New Years Day with a high of 71. It did not drop below 38 at night until Jan 10. We did have about a 3 week stretch of highs mostly in the 40s and lows in the 20s, some low 20s. But after Feb 2, we only had 6 more nights the entire remainder of the year below freezing.
The coldest day of the year: Dec 9, with a high of 34. That is correct, the coldest day of the year was still above freezing. And the low that night was 32, so it still did not drop below freezing on the night of the coldest day.
Second coldest day: Jan 21, with a high of 37. The low that day was 19, which is also the coldest night of the year. That is also the only time all winter that the temp dropped below 20. Read that again: One night under 20 the entire year.
Days with highs below 40: The two days mentioned above. We only had 2 days all year where the temp failed to reach 40 during the day.
So now maybe you will understand when I say that winter tires are a real stretch for me. There are a small handful where they may come into play, but the number of those days can shift radically based on exactly what is a reasonably-functioning temp for a given Summer tire.
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