Put the summer tires back on in Pickering 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 Pickering when the cold is actually over. Winter rubber feels great in February and wears out fast once Liverpool Road, Brock Road, Whites Road, and Kingston Road are warm and dry. The spring swap is how you keep that winter set for next year.
Pickering is further west, past Ajax. Liverpool Road, Brock Road, Whites Road, and Kingston Road are the main corridors. The drive to the shop is a straight run east on the 401 to Thickson or Brock, then south 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.
The Pickering waterfront and the ridge north of Kingston Road do not get the same snow. Wet, heavy snow by the lake and harder packed snow inland both punish all-season rubber once the air stays below 7°C. A Whitby appointment still beats waiting for a closer shop that is booked solid the week of the first storm.
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
Mon–Fri 8:00 AM–6:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM–2:00 PM · Sun Closed
Walk-ins welcome. October and November book up first.
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When daytime temperatures in Pickering 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 Liverpool Road, Brock Road, Whites Road, and Kingston Road 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.