Another winter/summer tire video
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yellowlight
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Do you really change your tires after winter? Back in the day, my father never did. He would always have winter tires regardless of the weather.
scottdm
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The trouble with running winter tires in hot weather is that the tread wear is significantly reduced since the rubber compounds are so soft and are meant to stay flexible in cold/freezing weather. I have a separate set of wheels with my all-season tires that I use for spring/summer/fall, and then I switch to my wheels with the snow tires for winter.
Gumby
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fishrising
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Should've had an all season tire in that video too...
Rancidlunchmeat
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Why do you say that? Maybe his dad lived in Wyoming and winter was 10 months out of the year?
Gumby
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I....suppose?
That being said, I can remember years ago when the winter tires had rubber so hard it might as well have been plastic and the tires we would put on cars would remind me of the same tires we now put on lifted off road trucks. Those tires had huge lugs and weren't very pretty.
Maybe he still uses that kind of a tire.
JExpedition07
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That’s a good video. I didn’t realize winter tires weren’t good in summer besides tread wear. I’m bad, I always run all seasons.
Deadman
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I used to swap wheels/tire on my last car as I had snows mounted up and summer tires. When I put the snow tires on, the car immediately felt a ton slower, because the squishy rubber on the snow tires would squirm when you hit the gas and you lost a lot of performance. This was on a 400hp Hemi.
The snow tires made it easy to get around in any snow conditions, but it was annoying swapping the wheels and tires every 6 months. The winter tires really sucked on bare roads. I could spin new ones at 40 mph, but the summer tires hooked up at almost any speed. definitely the right tire for the right season is preferred.
The snow tires made it easy to get around in any snow conditions, but it was annoying swapping the wheels and tires every 6 months. The winter tires really sucked on bare roads. I could spin new ones at 40 mph, but the summer tires hooked up at almost any speed. definitely the right tire for the right season is preferred.
scottdm
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I figure if the snow tires keep me out of the ditch even one time, it's worth the hassle to swap the wheels twice a year. I've got a 30 mile commute each way and roads can get pretty icy/snowy in my area. Gotta keep the shiny side up 
GC2019
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I always run two sets. I just bought a set of new 20” Expy wheels off of eBay and mounted TOYO Celcius for winter. The stock 22” Hankook summers tires are no match for winter here in Buffalo.
I like to store and keep the 22” looking new.
I like to store and keep the 22” looking new.
scottdm
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Agree that it's nice to keep the fair weather wheels out of the salt and calcium chloride brine so they stay looking nice longer! I went with the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R3 SUV tires. Decided not to run studded tires since they don't stop well on wet roads in my experience. I wish Ford would have the Expy recognize two sets of TPMS. I change my own wheels, but have my tire shop reset the TPMS when I swap wheels. My old Mercedes would recognize two sets of TPMS, so no hassle with swapping wheels once they had both been programmed.
Mine recognizes two sets of wheels without programming - I got OEM Motorcraft TPMS42 sensors.
Bought the tool as well (Motorcraft TPMS19) - but didn’t need it.
scottdm
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I bought a set of sensors that can be cloned and I had the tire shop clone them to match the original sensor codes on my Expy. The issue that I've run into is that when you rotate the tires without reprogramming, the actual readings on the instrument cluster for the 4 tire locations don't match the correct tire anymore. First world problems I suppose...
I put Blizzaks on my AWD '17 Fusion. As long as the snow is not real deep, it handles better than '17 Expi with stock tires. I use to use my Musgang GT ad a DD in NJ. My round trip comute was 100 miles. With 4 snows it perfomed not to bad. It does have an Eton Truetrac, but a great deal of the handeling I attribute to the snow tires. It is an investment to have seperate rims and tires ... but if you are going to drive in snow, it is worth it.
Maybe that’s not applicable to you - in my case I need to drive 5-15 minutes after wheels swap, before I can see correct pressure on the dash. Or use the tool to force it
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