# Snow tires or not **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455 "2021-04-30T01:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabottone\_174982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Cabottone\_174982](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cabottone_174982)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/1 "2021-04-30T01:17:40Z")
Hey guys, in the summer I’m gonna move from Colorado Springs to LA. Last fall I’ve gotten new snow tires, which I won’t need in California. I was wondering if I could just drive and wear them out in the hot weather or I should change to different kind of tires for safety. Thanks everyone for your help! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/2 "2021-04-30T01:19:40Z")
I’d get the right tires and sell those. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/3 "2021-04-30T01:42:52Z")
You can just use the snows and wear them out. They will be great in the rain. They will wear quicker in the heat of LA. ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/4 "2021-04-30T10:59:22Z")
I would switch to summer tires if you want a quiet ride. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/5 "2021-04-30T12:34:41Z")
Put ad on CL, see if anyone wants to swap wheels in colo. Type of vehicle? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/6 "2021-04-30T12:42:17Z")
Unless they are studded tires, just run them and wear them out, you might get a year or two out of them. ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/7 "2021-04-30T14:20:56Z")
Another vote to just leave them on the car till they wear out. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/8 "2021-04-30T14:22:48Z")
If you have another set of tires for the summer just put them on and sell the snow tires. Colorado seems like a perfect place to sell them. Less stuff to move that way . ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/9 "2021-04-30T15:15:54Z")
Dooh! I forgot I had a set of summer tires. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/snow-tires-or-not/176455/10 "2021-04-30T17:01:40Z")
You might find the snow tires useful if you like skiing. Bear Mountain is a 2 hour drive from LAX, only an hour from East LA metro. Several others are less than an hour from Ontario. If you want more than that, you can drive about 6 hours to the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Lots of skiing there. Mammoth Mountain is about 5.5 hours from LAX. Use the snow tires only when you drive into snow country.