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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Upstate NY and am a believer in snow tires. They make a big difference, even on AWD vehicles (which both my cars are).
Snow tires have a different rubber compound than all-season tires do. They should not be used in warmer weather as they will wear faster than all-seasons will. Almost as good as a decent set of snow tires, however, are new tires. If you have brand new tires you will do quite well in most conditions, especially with AWD. Maybe one year max is ok with new tires to run thru a winter. 
Changing tires over 2X a year is a real pain and a small expense. [b]For that reason I buy an extra set of rims and have the snows mounted on them. [/b]Generally I do the sway out myself and save a few bucks as well as save some time. When you sell your vehicle you can list the rims on Craigslist and someone will definitely buy them. [/quote]

This is what we do as well. My family is from MA and have always had a set of snow tires on separate set of rims.[/quote]

Same here, we've mounted our snow tires on cheap steel rims so they're always ready to be mounted. We have a drill-car-jack adapter, so we can lift/lower the car within seconds, I'm normally able to change 4 tires within 20-25 minutes. All-season tires are "all-season" first 5k miles, after the outer layer has worn off, its really a three-season tire. Would have snow tires + 2WD car any day over all-season +4WD car. I grew up in northern Scandinavia, driving on snow 4-5 months of the year and good snow tires (Blizzaks) are amazing on snow, can do controlled skid if you know your cars limits :-)[/quote]

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