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Originally Posted by MrRoboto
Your summer tires are not effective at those temperatures. Winter tires are for more then just ice and snow.
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This statement is too dogmatic. I live 150 miles south of the arctic circle and drive on various tire compounds under all types of conditions. Every September we routinely see temperatures of 10-35 deg F without any snow or other form of precipitation. I have yet to have any traction issues with summer tires under such conditions. Of course, the day it snows the summers become useless.
So as long as the roads are DRY, the weather forecast doesn't indicate precipitation, and she drives at a safe and reasonable speed, she should be okay driving the car home. On the other hand, if there is any chance of precipitation, then she will need winter rubber.