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#9678965 - 11/11/19 08:51 AM How's your winter tire situation?
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Got a new set of Firestone Winterforce 2 for the SUV, previous set was worn down and wouldn't last another winter with any sort of traction. Went to CEO Tire who had the best prices for what I saw but the place was packed due to the snow today. Everyone bum rushed the place and I was there several hours even though I had an appointment. He hooked me up with extra rebates so no real complaints.

I have Hankook i Pike w419 on the coupe with about 20k on them with decent amount of tread left but may have to change them up. I'm already slipping on them with wet roads and have to pull from a stop very gingerly or will spin in the wet. Reviews are pretty decent for them but they are not fairing well for me.

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#9678984 - 11/11/19 09:10 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Big Tasty]
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got new set of Michelin X Ice at the beginning of last winter, and they're currently stored at my buddy's house.

scheduled to have them put on November 21.

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#9679021 - 11/11/19 10:00 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: TheRealCSnapper]
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X-Ice Xi3's mounted 2 wkends ago. Came in handy.

Wife's SUV still on the OEM all-seasons, tire appt mid-Nov.

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#9679026 - 11/11/19 10:09 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: furball]
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re: Tires23 Markham ...

Always had a good experience with them, until this last time ... So, be wary.
- They're moved to new location, minutes away from old, and can now install (not just sell.)
- I needed a new tire, 1 ... They, not only ordered the wrong one, but took off the old tire, then put it back on
- I had to drive back, and get the new tire mounted. My fault for not looking at the tire AGAIN, but yeah, it's a mismatch. I couldn't be bothered, so said fuck it.

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#9679036 - 11/11/19 10:18 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: furball]
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I believe I have blizzaks from Tires23 Mississauga
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#9679152 - 11/11/19 12:03 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: JEFFOS]
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Contis for life. Winter-contact Si.

Edit: Finally broke down and bought a cordless impact gun (Milwaukee 18v) this year. Changing tires is insanely quick now. It took me longer to wash the summer wheels than it did to do the changeover.

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#9679279 - 11/11/19 02:28 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Senor Eduardo_82]
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still debating if i need them, i have like 500km (yes 500) all seasons...
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#9679304 - 11/11/19 02:55 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: titty sprinkles]
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running my 5th season on general altimax. (3 on the jetta, 2 on the elantra)
prob be the last season before i get new ones.
they have been kind to me. no complaints other than loud but i figure thats all winter tires.
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#9679338 - 11/11/19 03:37 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Simon_the_Pieman]
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i bought a new set of winters last year from the RFD Simply Tire thread/deal. Great deal if I remember correctly. I legit forget which ones I got but went with a brand name this time as I've had bad luck with uber cheap tires lately. I have michelin's x-ice I think.

Were new last winter but I think I put like 20-25k on them cuz I was commuting to St. Catharines daily last winter. Should balance out this winter tho cuz only commuting to the subway station now. They still look like they have good tread so should be able to get at least this winter+next out of them.

Heated steering wheel ftw.....legit, I love it. The pinnacle of first world problems but I don't care lol.

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#9679396 - 11/11/19 04:32 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Raocorp]
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Heated steering is the worst feature my car has. All I want to do is rage when I have to touch any other part of the car that isn't heated.

WHY ISN'T THE SHIFTER HEATED?
WHY ISN'T THE HVAC CONTROL HEATED?
WHY AREN'T THE STEERING WHEEL BUTTONS HEATED?




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#9679496 - 11/11/19 08:00 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Senor Eduardo_82]
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I thought about that when I got into my car after driving the parents X5. WHY ARE MY THIGH EXTENSIONS NOT HEATED! THIS IS BULLSHIT!
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#9679538 - 11/11/19 08:42 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: LNXGUY]
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Blizzaks on both, heated steeering/seats on both, autostart on both. I'll never get another car in the future that doesnt have these options.
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#9679547 - 11/11/19 09:04 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: LNXGUY]
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 Originally Posted By: LNXGUY


I thought about that when I got into my car after driving the parents X5. WHY ARE MY THIGH EXTENSIONS NOT HEATED! THIS IS BULLSHIT!


get the optional ball sack heater
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#9679646 - 11/12/19 03:13 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: titty sprinkles]
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Bought Xi3’s for the wife’s Model 3...haven’t had a chance to drive in snow yet since I’m in Japan suckas!!!

Haven’t done my shitbox yet and the all seasons are at the wear bar L O L... still need to do oil change on the 911 shit!!!
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#9679661 - 11/12/19 06:18 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Hatorade]
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Coworker paid a dude to come to his house and do the tire swap for him. Cordless impact, hand-torqued, pressures set.... $45.
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#9679669 - 11/12/19 07:07 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Hatorade]
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 Originally Posted By: Hatorade
I’m in Japan suckas!!!


Good luck in the sumo tournament!

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2061302/

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#9679673 - 11/12/19 07:16 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Senor Eduardo_82]
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 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
Coworker paid a dude to come to his house and do the tire swap for him. Cordless impact, hand-torqued, pressures set.... $45.


Good deal, most shops would be $40 anyways and you have to lug your tires there and back.

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#9679698 - 11/12/19 08:33 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Big Tasty]
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the S4 on 19" winters is just epic, not even a contest plowing thru anything.

got 20" michelin x-ice on the wifey's pilot, freaking amazing.
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#9679699 - 11/12/19 08:33 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Senor Eduardo_82]
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 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
Coworker paid a dude to come to his house and do the tire swap for him. Cordless impact, hand-torqued, pressures set.... $45.


who is this person....

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#9679730 - 11/12/19 09:36 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: TheRealCSnapper]
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 Originally Posted By: TheRealCSnapper
 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
Coworker paid a dude to come to his house and do the tire swap for him. Cordless impact, hand-torqued, pressures set.... $45.


who is this person....


He says it's a friend-of-a-friend. Dude schedules a bunch of jobs in the same area and knocks them off in a day... 12-15 cars usually, including multiple cars at some houses. $45 is so cheap, but if done that way I can see how the low price works in his favor.

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#9679997 - 11/12/19 02:03 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Senor Eduardo_82]
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 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
 Originally Posted By: TheRealCSnapper
 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
Coworker paid a dude to come to his house and do the tire swap for him. Cordless impact, hand-torqued, pressures set.... $45.


who is this person....


He says it's a friend-of-a-friend. Dude schedules a bunch of jobs in the same area and knocks them off in a day... 12-15 cars usually, including multiple cars at some houses. $45 is so cheap, but if done that way I can see how the low price works in his favor.


smart i think that's the best way to do it. do in bulk.

i store my tires at my buddies and they have two cars, if they're looking for work over the next week or two in the Port Credit/Lorne Park area, DM me!

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#9680011 - 11/12/19 02:18 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Senor Eduardo_82]
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 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
 Originally Posted By: TheRealCSnapper
 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
Coworker paid a dude to come to his house and do the tire swap for him. Cordless impact, hand-torqued, pressures set.... $45.


who is this person....


He says it's a friend-of-a-friend. Dude schedules a bunch of jobs in the same area and knocks them off in a day... 12-15 cars usually, including multiple cars at some houses. $45 is so cheap, but if done that way I can see how the low price works in his favor.


good side gig. walk with a jack, torque wrench and cordless impact and you're good to go.
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#9680145 - 11/12/19 04:55 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: titty sprinkles]
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https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/dva6qs/tyre_inflation_didnt_go_according_to_plan/
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#9680305 - 11/12/19 08:07 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: titty sprinkles]
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 Originally Posted By: titty sprinkles
https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/dva6qs/tyre_inflation_didnt_go_according_to_plan/


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#9680513 - 11/13/19 10:27 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: hyper-s2k]
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Vas swapping his tires again.
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#9680588 - 11/13/19 11:51 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: LNXGUY]
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Not too far from reality a decade and a half ago

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#9680880 - 11/13/19 04:02 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Risky Business]
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Mine went on the day before the first snowfall... timing was close lol
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#9681068 - 11/13/19 07:33 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: titty sprinkles]
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 Originally Posted By: titty sprinkles
 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
 Originally Posted By: TheRealCSnapper
 Originally Posted By: Edward_EightyTwo
Coworker paid a dude to come to his house and do the tire swap for him. Cordless impact, hand-torqued, pressures set.... $45.


who is this person....


He says it's a friend-of-a-friend. Dude schedules a bunch of jobs in the same area and knocks them off in a day... 12-15 cars usually, including multiple cars at some houses. $45 is so cheap, but if done that way I can see how the low price works in his favor.


good side gig. walk with a jack, torque wrench and cordless impact and you're good to go.


forgot the airpig. a bit hard to set the pressures w/o that.

but yup, that's a pretty good side gig even just for around your own neighbourhood. if the wheels aren't seized on it's probably 15 mins a car if that.

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#9681095 - 11/13/19 08:46 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: Lafora]
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Yup, all you really need is a sledge and a piece of wood if you get some trouble wheels. I've never had a sledge not work after a few wacks. A decent gun that works on a low CFM compressor (My cheap IG comes to mind) and some impact sockets. You could clean up on a Saturday.
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#9682195 - 11/14/19 10:15 PM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: LNXGUY]
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RDX on Contientials….2nd seasons, no issues. IS250....Altimax, feels like they were better on the Civic. They are 4 years old, will probably get a higher price tire next.
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#9682286 - 11/15/19 07:44 AM Re: How's your winter tire situation? [Re: A2B-Lexus]
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Tried my Ryobi 18V cordless impact gun ... Nope ...
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