That would work if you wanted the same type of tyres as are on the vehicle but usually people keep the all season ones and put them back on next spring. If you have to leave a partial worn set at the side of the road twice a year it's not going to be cheaper than buying them near home.

Just an update :

Got it down to Pirelli Winter Carving Edge, Goodyear Nordic and Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V1 (due to restrictions of my tire size evidently)

Ended up getting the Blizzaks based mainly on the reviews I could find

Thanks for all the suggestions

Is the weather very different in Calgary than here (high 30/90 yesterday, bright sunshine)? If not, I hope you don't have the tyres on the vehicle, they shed chunks when it's warm.

I agree

Get winter tires, nothing worse than all seasons when it gets really cold..

Personal experience from slamming on the brakes and not stopping, hitting the car in the intersection (GTA finch and 427) spinning around, and due to the lack of skid marks spending about 20min standing in -27C explaining to the police which direction the two car were originally traveling in

Yep now its the timing, I have booked for Monday as I hear once the first snow comes it's impossible to get them on.

Weather here is kinds hard to tell, but yesterday we had a tiny bit of wet snow in the NW area. Temps are looking to be anywhere from 7 - 12 (sorry I'm in Celsius .... around 50f????) Frost seems to be there most mornings now so assuming the road is prob cold enough (night temps around 0-2 degrees).

Think the timing is about right, perhaps a week or so early, just don't want to be caught out.

Sadly, even winter tires don't help much on ice. Twice last winter I was sliding along with the ABS going chatter-chatter for thirty metres or more before the car actually stopped. Then I was sitting there looking in the rear-view mirror, hoping the people behind would stop before they slid into the back of me.

But, yeah, we test-drove a Civic on the standard all-season tires at -40 one winter and it couldn't start without wheelspin and couldn't stop in a sane distance even on relatively snow and ice-free roads.

OH has just picked up two winter tires for $69 each - there is a special on or something and before anyone says I need four, I have two (new) studded for the front. $69 is cheap as chips when it comes to winter tyres even for a car, so happy with that

Wasn't that icy... just so cold the rubber on the all seasons had gone too hard to give any decent grip

End of October and March seems to be when most people do the tire switch. I find that the winter tires are noticably better during the extreme cold temperatures but in slushy wet snow there isn't much difference. In the mild/warm weather the winter tires wear fast and feel "spongy" and I suspect fuel consumption is poorer also.

where is this at?

i'd happily drive my winter wheels up to Red Deer and have these fitted

What size do you need, OH will get a price for you on Monday.

245/60/17 or anything close to that (I.E if 255/60 or 245/65 is cheaper than that'll do)

Got my Blizzaks on ....... felt like they had glue on as I drove away! Hopefully I wasn't too early. But when I got them on the guys were booking for 4 weeks down the track

Worked better in the rain yesterday though.