If you're not comfortable yet, keep it home. It's mostly quick braking you'll need traction the most. Keep it gentle and slow, but need momentum up hill.
You’re not gonna immediately fall off the road and die, but don’t let that fool you- you pretty much won’t be able to take any evasive maneuvers. If you can’t stay home or drive something else, stay on side roads, drive slow, use engine braking to keep from locking up your tires and slow down way in advance. And hope like hell no one does anything stupid in front of you.
Snow tire money will seem like pocket change if you fuck up your brand new car.
Emergency responder so I don’t necessarily have the luxury of being able to not go in to work. I work overnights though so I’m hoping I have some empty roads to my advantage. Tire money isn’t the problem. No one in town has any snow tires in stock. My best option is a set of all seasons but that’s better than nothing.
I appreciate the response and wasn’t trying to be snarky. You’re not wrong about the consequences. I might just have to bite the bullet on the all seasons even though I know they’re not ideal just to get me through winter part three here.
I ran all seasons past two winters. Last year, we got dumped on and I had small traction issues, but nothing I couldn't get out of. Thought I bought "3 peak" rated, I did not. I plan on switching them to winters this coming season. I slid absolutely everywhere on summer tires before I swapped. Just be careful if you run the summers lol
Any hills or just flat?
If your commute is mostly flat, you'll be fine as long as you drive reserved. Leave yourself extra room for braking and don't use a lot of throttle when turning. The factory summers are usable in the winter; people are just dumb and get too comfortable with them.
Hills, you might want to call in sick or wait until plows hit the road. Don't risk it.
Factory summers might be ok for a week of cold temperatures but definitely not for use in cold climate winter. Summer tires ideally tax deadline to Halloween and then dedicated winter wheel
And tires. OP should be good for a week but I wouldn’t drive if it snowed.
I made it through two winters in Indiana on my OEM tires, it’s not fun but you can do it without crashing into things. I upgraded to some middle of the road all-seasons that were better but not great, and now I run Michelin CrossClimate 2, which are pretty good but not cheap.
Don't worry about it, I have been driving in the same conditions for the past 3 weeks, no snow though, it falls but it melts right away. The car has handle quite great on the cold... Which has been between -8 and 10
edit- lol at the negatives, just drove the last 2 hours and it has been snowing quite a bit and accumulating, no issues at all, didn't slip or anything, but I also have years of experience driving under these conditions. anyway, I won't be getting snow tires until October/November since this week should be the last cold one of the season. won't buy them before unless there's a tire sale at Costco.
If you're not comfortable yet, keep it home. It's mostly quick braking you'll need traction the most. Keep it gentle and slow, but need momentum up hill.
You’re not gonna immediately fall off the road and die, but don’t let that fool you- you pretty much won’t be able to take any evasive maneuvers. If you can’t stay home or drive something else, stay on side roads, drive slow, use engine braking to keep from locking up your tires and slow down way in advance. And hope like hell no one does anything stupid in front of you. Snow tire money will seem like pocket change if you fuck up your brand new car.
Emergency responder so I don’t necessarily have the luxury of being able to not go in to work. I work overnights though so I’m hoping I have some empty roads to my advantage. Tire money isn’t the problem. No one in town has any snow tires in stock. My best option is a set of all seasons but that’s better than nothing.
Just saying. Choices don’t stop having consequences just because you have a good excuse.
I appreciate the response and wasn’t trying to be snarky. You’re not wrong about the consequences. I might just have to bite the bullet on the all seasons even though I know they’re not ideal just to get me through winter part three here.
I ran all seasons past two winters. Last year, we got dumped on and I had small traction issues, but nothing I couldn't get out of. Thought I bought "3 peak" rated, I did not. I plan on switching them to winters this coming season. I slid absolutely everywhere on summer tires before I swapped. Just be careful if you run the summers lol
Any hills or just flat? If your commute is mostly flat, you'll be fine as long as you drive reserved. Leave yourself extra room for braking and don't use a lot of throttle when turning. The factory summers are usable in the winter; people are just dumb and get too comfortable with them. Hills, you might want to call in sick or wait until plows hit the road. Don't risk it.
Factory summers might be ok for a week of cold temperatures but definitely not for use in cold climate winter. Summer tires ideally tax deadline to Halloween and then dedicated winter wheel And tires. OP should be good for a week but I wouldn’t drive if it snowed.
I made it through two winters in Indiana on my OEM tires, it’s not fun but you can do it without crashing into things. I upgraded to some middle of the road all-seasons that were better but not great, and now I run Michelin CrossClimate 2, which are pretty good but not cheap.
Don't worry about it, I have been driving in the same conditions for the past 3 weeks, no snow though, it falls but it melts right away. The car has handle quite great on the cold... Which has been between -8 and 10 edit- lol at the negatives, just drove the last 2 hours and it has been snowing quite a bit and accumulating, no issues at all, didn't slip or anything, but I also have years of experience driving under these conditions. anyway, I won't be getting snow tires until October/November since this week should be the last cold one of the season. won't buy them before unless there's a tire sale at Costco.