Hey I got a question for those of you who drive your S throughout the year.

What's your tire choices during the transition from Fall to Winter and Winter to Spring? When temperature is between 0 to -10 with no snow on the ground, would it be best to use all season tires to save the winter tires from wearing out in the dry pavement?

 

I'll be keeping the winters on the car until the temperature gets up high enough to mount the summers. It's too expensive to have three sets of tires. If I get a third set, it's going to be some R-compounds for racing.

I really need to ask my boss for a raise

 

Ditto. Winters until it's safe to use the Summers. Any money you would have saved on tire wear for switching to all-seasons goes right out the window with your mounting costs.

 

winters from oct 15-april 15, summer otherwise.

 

Unless you have three sets of wheels and tires and just mount them yourself each time. You'll just pay the one-time fee of buying a third set of rims and rubber.

 

That's what I was thinking, 3 sets of rims and tires! I am a new S2000 owner and had no experience with RWD and no traction control in winter. I don't know how critical/dangerous to drive the S when my winter tires have about ~60% of rubber left!
From my experience of Calgary's winter, there seems to be more days of cold temp with dry pavement than 3 inches of snow on the roads.
I guess my next question is how safe it is to drive around the S with all season tires in -10 to -15 on dry pavement? Anyone have experience that?

 

My first question would be, why would you want to put all season tires on any car that you own? They are terrible! And don't deserve to be anywhere near an S. Summers or Winters.

 

^^^ Agreed.

All seasons suck. They're a compromise of everything. Though, if you had an extra set lying around for some reason, the only time I would use them would be the first few weeks of April when it's still too cold for summers and the roads are dry.

 

My wife's Civic had all seasons, and that was bad -- we went out and bought some winters this year. My advice is to skip the all seasons entirely. Winter tires work fine on cold pavement; less traction than summers by far, but enough to keep you attached to the road. Best of all, they save your butt when you hit those unexpected icy conditions that show up in Calgary.

 

Thanks guys! Apprecaited your responses! I totally understand the benefit of having winter tires during the cold months. I have been using winter tires on all my vehicles for the past 7 or 8 years!

Nice meeting you guys on here!