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Originally Posted by pits200
Trust me, you don't want to drive with summers even with an xi. I have x-drive and have mich ss summers and Mich alpine p3 winters(I forget) and its hard in the northeast (Pittsburgh) to know when to make the change since november can be warm or snowy. I left mine on till the beginning of december and we got a dusting of snow. I took the car 500 feet to an empty parking lot and it's insane how easily the tires broke traction, anything more than feathering the throttle and I was sliding. I changed the tires that weekend.
Please don't endanger yourself and others on the road by thinking you can get away with summers. Spend $900 on cheap rims and tires from tire rack since you'll probably have this car for a few years and you'll definitely get your moneys worth.
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Well said. You will go through two sets of tires in the life of your car so why not do it properly? Ever notice how many SUVs you see off the road.....theyre on All Season.