It snowed on Friday night and stayed through the weekend, so I guess Winter is finally here. Normally I don’t like Winter just because of the temperature, snow and ice; but this year I have a lightweight car with bald tires…

… So Friday I’m getting studded snow tires. That won’t solve my heating problem, but I’ve discovered if I keep the windows up it gets fairly toasty after 20 minutes or so anyway. Details follow:

Big O Tires
Tire size: 185-75-14
$392.79

So if anyone out there Googles a price for studded snow tires for a 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS, expect to spend four hundred bucks (half what the roommates spent on normal high-mile tires on their SUV - And I hear those can be over a grand!). Then around April or May I have to buy normal tires again since the ones I have now are pretty much done with.

Hopefully there won’t be any of Colorado’s imfamous blizzards this week. Now I just have to focus on getting my lightweight car up and down a steep hill (and my steep driveway) on black ice. At least they’re pretty good about plowing the major streets in Colorado Springs.