Summer Tires On in Whitby

Summer tires go back on in Whitby when the cold is actually over. Winter rubber feels great in February and wears out fast once Dundas Street East, Thickson Road, Brock Street, and Highway 401 are warm and dry. The spring swap is how you keep that winter set for next year.

The shop is at 1020 Dundas Street East in Whitby, so a winter tire visit is a local stop, not a trek across the GTA. Drivers come in off Thickson Road, Brock Street, Garden Street, and the Highway 401 / 412 interchange. Lake-effect snow off Lake Ontario hits the Dundas corridor and the lakeshore first, while Taunton Road and north Whitby stay icy on clear cold nights.

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.

Downtown Whitby, Port Whitby, Rolling Acres, and the Lynde Creek area are all a short trip. If you park outside overnight or commute the 401 toward Toronto, the first week the temperature sits near 7°C is the week to have winters on — not the morning after the first real 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.