Snow Tires off?
03-12-2009, 03:35 PM
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Hey everyone-
So it's now mid march, getting a bit warmer. Is it too early to get my summer tires mounted? I live in Central New Jersey. Doesn't look like there is snow in the forecast, but it's still a little chilly in the AM. What do you all think.
Unfortunately, I make a sacrifice for both sets of tires....the snows are quiet but i loose handling, and the run flats handle much better but are SO LOUDDDD!
So it's now mid march, getting a bit warmer. Is it too early to get my summer tires mounted? I live in Central New Jersey. Doesn't look like there is snow in the forecast, but it's still a little chilly in the AM. What do you all think.
Unfortunately, I make a sacrifice for both sets of tires....the snows are quiet but i loose handling, and the run flats handle much better but are SO LOUDDDD!
03-12-2009, 04:14 PM
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03-12-2009, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver_545i' post='815255' date='Mar 12 2009, 08:14 PM
03-13-2009, 04:34 AM
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End of March.
Originally Posted by jalanson' post='815228' date='Mar 12 2009, 07:35 PM
Hey everyone-
So it's now mid march, getting a bit warmer. Is it too early to get my summer tires mounted? I live in Central New Jersey. Doesn't look like there is snow in the forecast, but it's still a little chilly in the AM. What do you all think.
Unfortunately, I make a sacrifice for both sets of tires....the snows are quiet but i loose handling, and the run flats handle much better but are SO LOUDDDD!
So it's now mid march, getting a bit warmer. Is it too early to get my summer tires mounted? I live in Central New Jersey. Doesn't look like there is snow in the forecast, but it's still a little chilly in the AM. What do you all think.
Unfortunately, I make a sacrifice for both sets of tires....the snows are quiet but i loose handling, and the run flats handle much better but are SO LOUDDDD!
03-13-2009, 05:26 AM
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Since central jersey has gotten snow in the first wk of April, at the end of march I would listen to the forecast for the 1st wk of April and act accordingly. I have to get to work and I would be forced to take a day off if I had summer tires and it snowed 3 inches on April 2.
03-13-2009, 12:08 PM
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I took mine off last Saturday. Temps during the day have been over 40 and should be for the remainder of this month in the NYC area.
03-13-2009, 12:36 PM
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Mid-April... 
03-13-2009, 02:17 PM
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The Run-Flats are probably all seasons, so you should be fine. If they were high performance tires, I would say you should wait a few more weeks, even if there's no snow in the forecast.