Winter Tires

>>13632828
yes, it's probably too soon for winters

instead of fretting over when you should have them put on, buy a set of cheap shitty wheels on criagslist and put some decent tires on those
then you can put them on/take them off whenever you like

Put them on when the average weekly temperature is 7 Celsius (40F) or below. Any higher and you're just going to put unnecessary wear on them.

>>13632828
Winter tires work best at 35Fish and below.

I live in Chicago and I dont slap mine on till like early December. Last year I got lazy and didnt swap out my summer tires till like 2 weeks into snowfall. I have a good AWD system, so I managed to do well.

>>13632828

>Not driving your Volvo year round on sweet 40 buck Chinese tires.

>Lasting 50K so far.
>Hectic skids when slamming the throttle.

when the daily average temp is around 40 degrees or below for a week, that's when the pavement starts getting cold enough for winter tire rubber to work well

>>13632841
This, buy some shitty steelies and mount the snows on them. Swap them on when it start's staying cold and dropping below freezing.

Do winter tire compounds just break down easier in warmer weather?

Ok so when it starts to freeze I should mount them then. I ordered them from Tirerack mounted on steelies so I should be good in that regard. I'd read a range of opinions and when it starts to freeze is when they should be mounted seemed to be the consensus, I mostly posted here to hear any dissenting opinions, which this place is popular for.

>>13636191
yes, they literally degrade much faster when used on warm pavement (above 50 degrees F)

>>13636191
the compound is very soft so material is lost easier when it's hot and the surface is high friction.

Buy steel wheels and put winters on them, store them until you need them.