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Should I Buy Winter Tires This Year?

My husband and I are considering whether or not to buy winter tires this year for our car. In the past, we purchased good quality winter tires and rims and hoped that they would last us for several winters.  Unfortunately, I got into a car accident and our insurance company decided to write the car off.  So, needless to say, our nearly brand new winter tires were now useless to us.  Of course, we could have looked for another car that was the same make and model and still be able to use the old tires.  We opted not to do that, and instead we sold the tires and rims, getting at least a small amount of the money back that we paid for them.

Now that we have a different car, we are seriously debating on whether or not we should buy winter tires again.  We know that the winter tires we want would cost us approximately $1000.00.  If we buy them, we know it will likely be safer to drive in the winter.  At the same time, the car we bought has relatively new all-season tires on it right now and the tread is still quite good.  There’s really no way to predict how bad the roads will get this winter.  Some years the roads are always terrible, and some years they are almost always great, so it’s really impossible to know for sure what winter will bring.

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How To Find The Best Tires For Your Car

We recently had to replace the tires on our newer car.   Ouch!.  We go through tires quickly as we make our car work hard.  Long road trips can be really tough on tires, so we have discovered.  Most people only change their tires once every few years, but we have to change them more frequently as we use our car a lot for long-distance travel.

Rather than just bringing your vehicle to the shop and asking for new tires, it is important to do your research, to ensure you are getting the best tire for your money.  There are also different tires designed for different types of use.  Some are made to give you a really smooth ride, but they aren’t built to last as long as the more rugged ones.  We learned this the hard way.

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