So I have been planning to get snow tires for my to-be winter/snow beater, the 97 Tbird, and was just thinking it over today....
Most people from other states might laugh at using snow tires in NC, where we don't get MUCH snow usually...although last yr my Tbird could NOT get out of the driveway and into the smallish unpaved road.
Sometimes I wonder if i should just put on a good set of all-seasons ( I am in NC, not a mountain area, where we do get some snow, and I have a badly/not paved small road to pass before getting to paved Hwys) and try it out...and save some $$ by being able to use it all year long. The current tires on the Bird are not really worn enough to be replaced in NORMAL use, but they're pretty mediocre in wet weather, and i know they're NOT going to do well in snow..
The only reason I am considering snow tires this winter is, now I have to work and the commute is 1 hr. And they will expect me to come in.
Last yr and before, I only had to get to school, which was only a 5 min drive max . I could have even walked...so I never felt the need for snow tires or that I had to drive...
Now it's different. I need to be pretty much 100% sure that I can get to work...and I need to be safe. and financially, I don't have a big problem getting a decent set of snow tires, so that's not an objection..but I don't want to "waste" money either...wife says, "if it makes you confident and feel safe, then it's not a waste, and you're going to work, not to party..."
And of course the Tbird, my to-be snow beater, is RWD...
WWYD?
Most people from other states might laugh at using snow tires in NC, where we don't get MUCH snow usually...although last yr my Tbird could NOT get out of the driveway and into the smallish unpaved road.
Sometimes I wonder if i should just put on a good set of all-seasons ( I am in NC, not a mountain area, where we do get some snow, and I have a badly/not paved small road to pass before getting to paved Hwys) and try it out...and save some $$ by being able to use it all year long. The current tires on the Bird are not really worn enough to be replaced in NORMAL use, but they're pretty mediocre in wet weather, and i know they're NOT going to do well in snow..
The only reason I am considering snow tires this winter is, now I have to work and the commute is 1 hr. And they will expect me to come in.
Last yr and before, I only had to get to school, which was only a 5 min drive max . I could have even walked...so I never felt the need for snow tires or that I had to drive...
Now it's different. I need to be pretty much 100% sure that I can get to work...and I need to be safe. and financially, I don't have a big problem getting a decent set of snow tires, so that's not an objection..but I don't want to "waste" money either...wife says, "if it makes you confident and feel safe, then it's not a waste, and you're going to work, not to party..."
And of course the Tbird, my to-be snow beater, is RWD...
WWYD?
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