Usually at this time of year here in Toronto we’d be seeing huge snow storms at least once a week. We’ve been quite fortunate so far though and haven’t had any snow. That’s unbelievable. I’m sure our luck won’t hold and that it will suddenly turn very cold and we’ll have a major storm, but until that time I’m quite happy to enjoy the weather.

When it does snow though I’ll have to drive in it and I don’t like driving around without a good set of tires on my car in the winter. This article about winter snow tires that I read on Caroom.us brings up some important information as to why having a set of real winter tires is important.

Many people buy All Season Tires year in and year out, and while this is ok in some places, it’s not suitable in others. I’ve seen far too many cars wipe out near and in front of my house that have all season tires on – old and usually balding to not believe that everyone living in cold weather areas that get a fair amount of snow should use winter tires. Read Caroom.us article to get even more information as to why winter tires are important and economical. Actually, the site appears to have a number of good auto related articles that are easy to read and not just for the automotive buff.

I think one of the reasons why people in Toronto use all season tires most of the time is because our winters have become quite mild in the last 10 years or so. We do get snow most years but it melts for the most part within a day or two. So people try to “get by” on all season tires. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if some “got by” using summer tires year round. Not safe, but when you can’t count on snow and frequent snow storms I guess you do that.