This will be my first winter with a Pcar. Been feeling congested and it just dawned on me that winter is right around the corner and I'm still wearing my Potenza's and I haven't yet ordered a set of winters.

When do you change your tires? I'm living near Greensboro North Carolina.

 

I change mine in November, no later than Black Friday.

 

Agree with K-E-V on the change of date. Just a word of advice on ordering your tires. Don't wait to much longer to order them. Not many choices in Porsche sizes ( I got Sottozeros and am very happy with them ) and once it gets cold the rear sizes are very hard to find. Ask me how I know ?

 

How you know?

 

I was born and raised in Charlotte and you can get away without winters most of the winter. Germans (where I lived in Kaiserslautern in SW Germany) would swap their summers for winters mid November typically. I always followed suite with the Germans.

I'd wait until the forecast of the first sub zero winter blast, which probably won't be until January. Or if there is the rare early snowstorm, whichever is first. If you lived in Boone, different story of course.

Keep in mind winter tires wear VERY rapidly in temps above freezing. You can easily overheat them, which causes extreme wear.

 

Waited to order mine till early November, 6 weeks later they arrived. Turns out there where no Sottozero II's Size 295/30-19 in the US by then. Did get to use em for a few months though. Great winter tires.

 

I am doing my tires today...Sottozeros

 

I've seen snow as early as October and as late as January. So I wait until the last minute, usually the night before the first snowfall to change into snow tires. ~30 minutes taking my time.

 

Order now. I switch out when I see the first prediction of a high in the 30s or a few days in the low 40s. Remember it isn't just about snow. Summer tires get very hard and lose traction as temps get cooler. I typically change over around Nov. 10 or so.

 

Everybody was out of Sotto IIs very early last season.....the suggestion to order early is wise.....hopefully you can still get the size that you want.