Winter tires - Michelin X-Ice Snow & Conti Viking Contact 7, best prices +10% off

Ordered Monday Aug 23rd, received on Saturday Aug 28th, shipped from AB > ON Fedex.

I have an ongoing issue but currently being dealt with.

Customer Service is extremely responsive and easy to reach.

WL1980 wrote: ↑ So every car has to have winter tires in order to claim insurance? Most people I know run all season tires all year round.

I've seen people run winters in summer last week around the GTA.

AncientWords wrote: ↑ If you live in a province that requires winter tires and are involved in an accident where you normally wouldn't be at fault, but are found not to have winter tires, you may then be found to be 25% at fault, for example, in some cases in BC.

Different provinces and different insurers have different rules. If you live in an area with the big ol' signs that say winter tires or M+S tires required October 1 - March 31, you better have then or you can be fined even aside from insurance issues.

I confused about the BC a bit. So if I'm in the Mainland and the rule said that M+S is required, that means I just need to have M+S tires not winter tires right? and I will not got 25% at fault in your example right?
Thank you

nxmatt wrote: ↑ I confused about the BC a bit. So if I'm in the Mainland and the rule said that M+S is required, that means I just need to have M+S tires not winter tires right? and I will not got 25% at fault in your example right?
Thank you

There's no winter tire requirement for the lower mainland. You're right though, tires with the M+S designation are sufficient to satisfy the law. Basically the only tires that won't satisfy the requirement are UHP tires.

BC Tire Article here: https://www.tranbc.ca/2014/10/24/how-to ... ing-in-bc/

nxmatt wrote: ↑ I confused about the BC a bit. So if I'm in the Mainland and the rule said that M+S is required, that means I just need to have M+S tires not winter tires right? and I will not got 25% at fault in your example right?
Thank you

The areas of BC that need winters or M+S are "North; Interior; South Coast, such as the Sea-to-Sky Highway; and areas of Vancouver Island, such as the Malahat Highway, Highway 4, Highway 14, and Highway 28." and all those areas have signs indicating the need for winter tires.

I've never lived on the lower mainland, so not needing them there is actually news to me - I've just lived on the island, in the northern zone, and the interior, and just assumed it was the same across the whole province!

HoTiCE_ wrote: ↑ Amazon ruined the whole Internet's expectations when it comes to shipping timelines lol

Yup, Amazon spoiled me for sure

i effectively got next business day deliver upon placing my order.
ordered on saturday, delivered by fedex on tuesday.

when i had a question i placed online tuesday evening, they called me the next day.

the tire date was older (2020) but these viking tires were imported from europe, not manufactured in north america.

i can't complain

With rumoured price of Michelin tires going up tomorrow, and Costco not having them in stock since June (slim chance to be able to claim 20% discount for Labour day) I pulled the trigger today. Blackcircles price per tire $340.19 after discount + eco fee + tax. Costco would be $419.99 - 20% Labour Day discount + tax. $15 difference in the end. Nothing to cry about.
Since I have brand new rims and TPMS that need to be installed, I'm not even sure Costco would install these tires. Somebody mentioned that they will instill tires if sensors are already on rims, but not if they are separate.

According to Michelin, tires are produced in Hungary, so I fully expect last year's batch in any case.

So did prices go up today?

EasyCompany251 wrote: ↑ So did prices go up today?

The Continental Viking 7 Winters did not. I ordered some last week and still same price this AM

EasyCompany251 wrote: ↑ So did prices go up today?

Michelin's went up. I don't know about the others.

Newb question. For anyone that ordered wheels and tires, did you add the installation kit option for $80? is it required?

EasyCompany251 wrote: ↑ So did prices go up today?

Winter Michelins I bought yesterday are still the same price today. Just checked.

753951 wrote: ↑ Winter Michelins I bought yesterday are still the same price today. Just checked.

Same...

HoTiCE_ wrote: ↑ The Continental Viking 7 Winters did not. I ordered some last week and still same price this AM

I ordered last night and it's cheaper this morning by $2 without code LMAO

753951 wrote: ↑ Winter Michelins I bought yesterday are still the same price today. Just checked.

EasyCompany251 wrote: ↑ Same...

Interesting. It could be that there is a delay and it will still go up soon. Or the guy early on in the thread who said he worked in the industry was right about them only raising prices on non-winter tires?

Blubbs wrote: ↑ Interesting. It could be that there is a delay and it will still go up soon. Or the guy early on in the thread who said he worked in the industry was right about them only raising prices on non-winter tires?

Michelin's official announcement said "up to 8%" on "select" tires.

Some lines will not have been impacted, but they didn't explicitly say which would see an increase.

Prices on the sizes for x ice snow and Viking 7 I was looking at, each went up about 12%

my Viking 7 were dropped Sat and installed on rims. mines are made in Germany and not NS as some other RFDs mentioned , I dont see an update on the price , still same price. might depend on the origin of the tire or the fact that they still have stock purchased at the old/lower price.

smackioio wrote: ↑ my Viking 7 were dropped Sat and installed on rims. mines are made in Germany and not NS as some other RFDs mentioned , I dont see an update on the price , still same price. might depend on the origin of the tire or the fact that they still have stock purchased at the old/lower price.

Same mine also made in Germany and no price change. Do they follow the same marking standards that indicate when It was manufactured? I looked on mine and couldn't find anything indicating a week build nor year