Youll wear them out quickly in the higher temps. The mountains should only be rainy and wet so if you have good set of summer or all seasons you should be fine.

 

A good set of winter tires, (as you have), have what is called an ice compound in the rubber. This allows the tread of the tire to stay pliable at very cold temperatures and follow the contours of the road, providing maximum traction, as opposed to the tread freezing, not following the contours of the road and traction going out the window. This is why a good set of winter tires is always a better choice for snow traction than merely an all season tire, which is a jack of all trades and a master of none. So using this type of tire in hot weather, will have the tire wearing quicker than what was intended by the manufacturer.

A winter tire used in summer/hot temperatures will wear comparatively quickly, as it's not designed for this use. The tread blocks in the tire are much chunkier than with an all season tire, so the winter tire also doesn't disperse heat very well, gets hot and as the rubber in the tire gets hotter it also gets softer, again causing comparatively rapid wear. In severe cases, the tire can get so hot that it fails/blows out. Also, winter tires don't handle as well, or brake as well as an all season tire on roads where the environment is warm/hot.

So there's several things to consider. I hope this helps you out.

 

yeah this has helped I am considering going and getting a set of michelin weather wise's from sears they are on sale right now and I have a set of stock 15in rims.

I wanted to do the svt brake upgrade to my 06 but I would not be able to swap the wheels around then so that kinda went out the window.

I guess I will just have to drive the fofo slower [bigcry]

 

If you go to the Michelin web site, you will find they don't have a tire called the, "Wetherwise". It's a Sears tire that Michelin makes for them. Not really the same deal as a first class Michelin tire.

 

yeah but I wasn't sure how like hydro edges did in the snow ive heard good and bad.

What would you guys recommend for a 195-60-15 im not gonna do the svt brake upgrade cause I don't wanna buy another set of 16's and I still wanna swap the rims in the winter.

I still want the svt brakes or my hid retro if I ever an answer....

 

It all depends on how long you are going to spend in Florida? Are you just going there for a vacation of like a week or spend the entire winter there? If you are just going to be a week down there the wear difference would very little and wouldn't really matter to badly. Just the grip would be a little different but not a big deal really. But if you plan on spending more than 2 weeks down there you would want to get some all season tires instead.

 

ya, you don't really have to worry about it, if ur just going for a trip, and not a stent, then ur fine. i had my winter tires last me 2 years in summer and w/ alot of miles (was to cheap to get new tires since i have some spare sets. And yes, the faster you go, the more ware you will have!

 

yeah well me and speed have a problem ITS MY ADDICTION[headbang] So prob winter tires may not be the best option for me I think ill prob just get some good all seasons on the 15's to swap out with the svt wheels.