I dropped my car off on my way to work yesterday to get some winter rims and tires put on, I figured I had pushed it long enough, and that just in case we get some snow soon I'll get the tires now.

It was rather warm out at 7am for our weather this time of year.... 1C (34F).... the roads were dry and the skies were slightly overcast, the weather forcast called for LIGHT flurries in late afternoon...

We ended up getting something like 25cm of very wet heavy snow...

It took me over 2 hrs to get to the dealer from my job site, a drive that would normally take 15 mins.. Then it took me over an hour to go from the dealer home, normally a 15 min drive.. I left the job site at 6pm got home just after 9pm.

I live in Nova Scotia, and we get A LOT of snow in the winter, so it always blows my mind that every year, the very first snow fall people go into panic mode, they drive 5km p/h and block every intersection they can find. It's so routine every year, I'd almost swear it was an organized event.

Well this is a pic I took with my phone, this morning on my way to work...


On the plus side, the tires work great, it feels like they stop better in the snow than the factory tires did in the rain.


From my balcony...

 

hey i like the look of those steelies.

never seen them like that

 

I had to go the dealer to get them, I called 7 ot 8 tire places in town and they all were booked for at least a week. 'GM' is stamped right into one of the spokes.

With the snow we ended up getting, I guess it was a good thing I didnt wait a week.

 

Those steelies rock.

I want it to snow so bad so I can go snowboarding!

 

i am hoping my car doesnt see the snow but if i does i will need to get some tires.... iam fixing a small pickup now, hopefully i will have it done before the first snowfall.

 

Thats what I was planning on doing too. I was going to buy my GF's fathers old truck, fix it up. It would have been my work truck and winter beater, but if I did that, I wouldn't be able to write off some of my repairs and part of my lease (I own a small carpentry/ renovation business).

The cobalt is a terrible work car, but it will have to do untill next winter.

 

hmmm....whats the rim width on those? do you know? also, do you think it would be possible to get a rim weight on that? I smell new drag rims.

 

Nice parking job.

I'm not looking forward to the snow, that means I have to shell out $580 on steelies/tires

 

Yuo've inspired me to go out an take some snow pictures myself! Winnipeg gets quite a lot of snow too. The cobalt is looking nice!!

 

Nice. Are thous 16s?

Later

 

Don't know the weight, the rims are 16inch... If I could find the invoice, I could tell you the part number.... I'd keep looking, but I'm lazy and tired...