Finally got the winter tires off today. Not because I needed to keep them on this late, just that I’ve been busy and hadn’t gotten around to it. And I’ll be needing new winters next fall, so didn’t care about extra wear on these ones.
Overall, I was happy with them (Blizzak WS80): 34,000 km over five winters, and they are just barely past 6/32” tread remaining. I thought it might have been a stretch to run them for that fifth winter, but they were perfectly fine.
If there’s no new latest-and-greatest winter tire out next fall, I’ll probably just get another set of the WS80s. But I’m curious about Continentals and Pirellis, so will probably price those out too.
Oh, and my summer wheels are looking a little worse for wear. The paint has been flaking off in spots for a few years now, but seems particularly bad this spring. I’m not too bothered by it, though: the base coat / primer is black, and that seems to be staying on just fine. So it’s just cosmetic, and the metal remains covered.
They’re nine years old now, so I have no plans to fuss over them. I don’t mind how they look at all, TBH. It’s like a pleasing patina at this point.
