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Originally Posted by DerekS
You obviously haven't lived here to witness past Vancouver winters when snow remained on the ground for a month or more. It was only two winters ago that our provincial insurance company, ICBC, stated that they would deny insurance coverage for drivers found at fault in a MV collision if their car was NOT equipped with snow-rated tires.
All season tires are next to useless on ice or packed snow. ICBC recognizes this obvious fact to limit their damage claims.
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For Vancouver, all wheel drive is used much more for all the RAIN we get here 12 months a year than for any snow. That 2 day snow storm you referred to last month was 2 or 3 inches of snow for everyone except for you in your alpine chalet on the mountainside of Whistler. The last major accumulation of snow that you refer to was 4 years ago and before that what was it 15 or 20 years ago?......For all the snow that you talk about here in Vancouver do you also have a snowblower for all the major snowfall?
Today's week forecast for Vancouver (in the traditional coldest part of the winter) is yes for more rain and temperatures of about 7 degrees.