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All-season ures are fine for
light snow or a clean road, but the
deeper tread of a good snow tire
pushes the slush and snow aside
and keeps the tire clear most of
the time. said Rodney Schwagele,
assistant manazer of a) North
Vancouver Kal Tire location.

By Pamela Lang
Features Reporter

The biggest difference between
summer Uires,  all-seasons or
winter grips is the depth of the
tread or the lines in the tread that
allow it to flex and push snow out
o! the way.

The quality of the tire depends
upon how it is cut and the depth
of the cut.

Motorists should generally use a
long-lasting tire that is “‘pretty
good”’ all-season.

But, he added, although winter
tires will ensure better traction on

our wet and sometimes snowy
winter streets, “‘L Jon’t recom.
mend leaving winter tires on all
year round."

The best’ solution is to bay a
new set of rims along with the
winter lires, so the summer and
winter tires don't have to be put
on to and taken off of the rims
every six months.

That way, vehicle owners can
rotate their tires and put the snow
Gres on each fall quite easily, and
the more expensive wimter tires
will last longer if they are used for
only half the year.

If the winter tires are not yet on
vehicles, the task should not be
put off too much longer, said
Schwagele.

Many try to prolong the job,
and when the first snowflake hits
the North Shore, ‘‘everybody’s in
at once.”" ‘

But once that snow starts to

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