Tire Shops Busy As Snow Flies

Item: Nothing like the last minute: North Idaho drivers wait as long as they can to put snow tires on /Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d’Alene Press

More Info: Procrastinators, the lot of you. As soon as the snow flies, tire shops get busy. Winter tread season opened Oct. 1, but it takes the first flakes to remind people. “This is my 18th snow rush,” said Tom Dunn, Tire Rama manager, taking a quick break between studding up cars. “And this is the exact same as 17 before it.” That’s to say as soon as it snows, people rush to get traction - and not a moment before. The shop expected to switch 100 cars Friday, or 400 tires, par for the course once the season blasts in.

Question: Do you play to run studs this year?