Winter tires in Pickering, sold and installed at 411 Drives on Dundas Street East in Whitby. Mounted, balanced, and ready before Liverpool Road, Brock Road, Whites Road, and Kingston Road ice up.
Winter tires in Pickering are not a cosmetic upgrade. Once the temperature sits around 7°C, all-season rubber stiffens and stopping distances on Liverpool Road, Brock Road, Whites Road, and Kingston Road get longer. A winter tire uses a softer compound and a tread that bites snow and slush instead of polishing it.
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.
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.
411 Drives sells and installs winter tires for daily drivers, trucks, SUVs, and European cars. Many Ontario insurers also ask for a winter tire discount form — we install the tires, and your insurer sets the discount. We do not promise a dollar amount. We put the right rubber on the car.
Look for the three-peak mountain snowflake on the sidewall. That mark is the winter tire. An all-season with a little snow pictured on the label is not the same thing, and it is not what you want on Liverpool Road, Brock Road, Whites Road, and Kingston Road in January.
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 the daytime temperature in Pickering is heading for 7°C and staying there. On Liverpool Road, Brock Road, Whites Road, and Kingston Road, that is usually mid to late October. Waiting for the first storm means you are shopping for an appointment on the same day as everyone else.
Both. 411 Drives sells winter tires for cars, trucks, SUVs, and European vehicles, and we mount sets you already own. Every tire is balanced, and we check TPMS and pressures before you leave 1020 Dundas St East, Whitby, ON L1N 2K2.
Yes. We can mount a new set on your current wheels, or swap a mounted winter set you bring in. If you have a second set of wheels, the changeover is faster because the tires are already mounted.
Call 905-666-5369, use the booking form, or walk in. We are at 1020 Dundas St East, Whitby, ON L1N 2K2. Pickering drivers are in and out of this shop all winter. Hours are Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Saturday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
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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.