Put the summer tires back on in Bowmanville once the days stay warm. 411 Drives pulls the winters off and mounts your summer or all-season set in Whitby.
Summer tires go back on in Bowmanville when the cold is actually over. Winter rubber feels great in February and wears out fast once King Street, Liberty Street, and Highway 401 are warm and dry. The spring swap is how you keep that winter set for next year.
Bowmanville is the east end of the lakeshore Durham drive. King Street, Liberty Street, and the 401 from the Waverley or Liberty exits are the usual routes west to Whitby. It is a longer trip than Oshawa, and it is still an easy highway run to 1020 Dundas Street East.
Around Durham, April is the usual window, after daytime temperatures stay above 7°C. Switch too early and a late freeze catches you on summer tread. Switch in June and you have already scrubbed a season of winter tread onto dry pavement.
Roads north toward Hampton and Newcastle hold snow and ice after Bowmanville's town streets are cleared. If that is your drive to work, winter tires are the difference between rolling through it and finding out the compound in your all-seasons has frozen stiff.
Bring the summer set, or the all-seasons you run in the warm months. We take the winters off, inspect them so you know if they are worth keeping, and put the warm-weather tires on balanced, with pressures set. If you need a new summer set instead of last year's, we will quote it on the spot.
1020 Dundas St East, Whitby, ON L1N 2K2
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When daytime temperatures in Bowmanville stay above 7°C, which around Durham is usually April. Winter tread wears quickly on warm pavement, and the softer compound is not what you want once King Street, Liberty Street, and Highway 401 are dry and hot.
Yes. You will scrub the winter tread off, the car feels vague in the dry, and you start next winter with less bite. The spring swap is how a winter set lasts more than a couple of seasons.
Yes. If your warm-weather set is an all-season, we put that set back on. If you need a new summer or all-season set, we can quote that at the same visit.
Yes. We look at tread and sidewalls so you know whether those winters are worth storing for next year. Then the summer set goes on, balanced, with pressures set.
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1020 Dundas St East, Whitby, ON L1N 2K2. Mon–Fri 8:00 AM–6:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM–2:00 PM · Sun Closed.