It was also new snow tire day

Just as the installer was finishing with our new garage door, I was making my way north to our snow tire installation appointment.

This winter, our third in Regina and our third with this car, we decided to switch from the all-season tires that came with the car to dedicated snow tires.  Though we hadn't had issues with the tires over the past two winters, we were assuming that as the tires aged/wore they would be less effective in Regina's winter conditions.

Pleasantly, the installation process was quick (even though the vendor, apparently, hadn't properly booked our appointment and then had to squeeze us in).  Conveniently, it was also the case that it was snowing on the afternoon of our appointment so I had the pleasure of driving on our old tires to the appointment and then our new tires from the appointment.

Almost as soon as I started driving on the new tires I could feel the difference.

Of course, since the tires were installed we've hardly had any new snow (and for the past few days it has even been above zero).