Agree with John Ings on needing two sets of tires.

For winter, Hakkapellitas are better road-holding and longer lasting
than Blizzaks (my AB experience). Kal Tire carries Hakkas.

John Ings wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 04:24:49 GMT, Monroe <minburn1@telus.net> wrote:
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>>Looking for a good tire for a 2001 Civic sedan for highway commuting
>>in rural Alberta. [...] While I'm at it, not at all familiar with
>>the pro/con, but how would moving from a 14 in (stock) to 15 in rim
>>be? Lot's of questions . . . few answers at this end.
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> First off, forget the 'all season' crap. For Alberta you need two sets
> of tires, wide performance rain tires for summer, narrow tires with
> high sidewalls for winter. That means two sets of wheels, nice spiffy
> alloys in the summer, smaller diameter stamped steel wheels for
> winter. For winter I recommend Bridgestone Blizzaks.
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> Been there, done that, Edmonton and Cold Lake
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