WINTER DURABILITY ON LONG DRIVING????

[BlK98Cx]

i will be going on a long trip to new york city and takes about 8hrs drive....now i will be swapping out my summers to winters because the weather upstate new york is very unpredictable....now my question is "is it okay to use the winters for such a long drive?" thank you for viewing

[pacmann33]

When are you going? I wouldn't bother with winters just yet... I live in Barrie and usually wait till mid Nov. I went to Chicago last Feb with my winters and they were great...granted it was much colder LOL

[PearlM3]

I drive to Nova Scotia (22 hrs) every Christmas, no problems at all. Anything you can do with summers or all seasons you can do with winters.

[Wix]

If I were you, i would wait unless youre in NY for a month. It's not that cold, and its not gonna snow (fingers crossed). Saves some winter tread.


I drive to Nova Scotia (22 hrs) every Christmas, no problems at all. Anything you can do with summers or all seasons you can do with winters.

Dude, you're nuts... every year?
Im from London, but now live in Halifax, and drove twice, I wouldnt do it again unless i had to. Well maybe it would be more enjoyable in my new 3 instead of a 10yr old better and uhaul.

[BlK98Cx]

When are you going? I wouldn't bother with winters just yet... I live in Barrie and usually wait till mid Nov. I went to Chicago last Feb with my winters and they were great...granted it was much colder LOL

i'm going for thanksgiving which is nov24.... last year did the same thing but i rented a van which was a good decision coz once i hit rochester ny on my way back it was snowing hard!!!!! so i don't want to be stuck in a rest area for 4-5 hrs waiting for the road to clear!!!!

[DumpInfo]

I drive to Nova Scotia (22 hrs) every Christmas, no problems at all. Anything you can do with summers or all seasons you can do with winters.

Wow, now that's dedication!

I drove to Miami twice and won't be doing it again. The fun part is driving there but not so much coming back :(

[standsideways]

i'm going for thanksgiving which is nov24.... last year did the same thing but i rented a van which was a good decision coz once i hit rochester ny on my way back it was snowing hard!!!!! so i don't want to be stuck in a rest area for 4-5 hrs waiting for the road to clear!!!!

go with the winters, as long as the outside temps are below 20 you are fine.

i see people all the time who use there winters all summer, some make it, some fail after 6-10 000k in 20+ temps

[Jackal]

I would wait. Save tread.

[PearlM3]

Wow, now that's dedication!

I drove to Miami twice and won't be doing it again. The fun part is driving there but not so much coming back :(

I'm from Nova Scotia, all my family is there, so we go down for Christmas. It cost me Approx $400 round trip to drive but close to $1000 to fly...therefore I choose driving.

[BlK98Cx]

thanx for the comments guys!!! will be rocking the winters after all!!!!

[pacmann33]

Since you're going that late, just put the winters on LOL!!

I am from Moncton, NB...I used to drive down every Xmas as well, lately though I haven't had the time to do it. I go once every other summer for a couple weeks. Love it out there...Wish I could move to Halifax but it isn't quite the right time for that yet.

Have fun on your trip!!

[Elbow]

I got caught once in a slight snow once with my summers on (different car but Z rated tires) and I could barely make the 10 minute commute safely. I barely made it up the driveway. That was with .5cm of snow on the ground. I wouldn't risk it again.