I'll be going thru this soon too. My husband died and owes UVM for his final ER visit. Luckily its only a few grand, but they can pound sand because all he has in his estate is a couple used cars and a 25+ year old boat and he has alot more debt than assets. I'm still waiting for the probate court the accept my e-filing.

Agreed. I went to UVM but grew up in Boston. Now I live in VT and I don’t want my kid to go to UVM. This is a time to branch out and live some place else and experience a new city/state.

If you need studded tires to drive in VT in any winter conditions then perhaps you aren’t a great driver in the winter. I think I know 1 person who uses studded snow tires and he has a 1 hour commute both ways in the summer months so winter is even longer in bad weather. Most people don’t use studded tires.

Because you don’t need to. I’ve lived in Vermont for 26 years and never needed studded tires. Usually I get by with all seasons. (I live near Burlington and have a very short commute) I guess if you live at the top of an icy steep hill, or commute for 2 hours a day, sure. But it’s not a requirement for safe winter driving.

Studded snow tires are overkill for this person.

probably because no one wants to live in central Indiana.

If i lived someplace a bit more rural I would get snows. But I drive 8 miles from Colchester to Burlington to work each way and its just not that bad. If I did have to get snows I would get a set of rims. I am so over paying someone to change my tires back and forth each season.

all weathers have been fine for me on my subaru.

Hmmm...I know nothing about the Subaru all weather tires, but I do drive a Subaru and I never put snow tires on it. But 99% of my driving is in/around Colchester, Burlington, Essex, South Burlington. My son has started snowboarding so this year I am considering "snowflake" all weather tires just to get up to Bolton (although I had no problems last year with my Cooper all-seasons). I've been perfectly fine with all-seasons for the last 10+ years. But I dont ever "HAVE" to drive, and can work from home if I need to.