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fishful-thinking t1_iz9pnfu wrote

I don’t know what your budget is, but if you can afford it, get a set of winter tires. If you buy them from Costco, they’ll then swap your tires for $10 each every time you want to have them swapped out. So you basically, $40 each season to swap them out. You’ll need a place to store the set you’re not using. Or, you can buy a set of stock wheels off Craigslist or Marketplace and mount winter tires in them. Then swap them out yourself. You’ll still need chains for the pass when WDOT mandates them. I got a set of base sedan wheels in great shape for $200, put winter tires on them, and my 325ci is as good in the snow as my Subaru Outback on all seasons.

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Salmundo t1_iz9uc9k wrote

Agreed. Tires are your friend.

If full on winter tires somehow won’t work for you, switch to an all condition tire that has the Three Mountain Peak rating, e.g. Vredestein Quatrac Pro. Not as good on deep snow and ice as a winter tire, but surprisingly good on everything else.

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TSAOutreachTeam t1_izb19u8 wrote

Costco is heavily backed up. Appointments aren’t available until after Christmas at the ones I’ve checked.

See if a Les Schwab or Big O Tire can get you snow tires.

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cs_heisenberg OP t1_izbljjs wrote

I would totally be okay with that, but I live in an apartment complex and there’s absolutely no spot for 4 tires in there…

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