lol, I don't drive like your grandmother...I actually drive agressively, probably too aggressively...but in any case, once again what I recommended were the Zeros...which are not winter tires, I got the Scorpion Ice and Snow because I mainly use my car in the winter (during the summer I'm either at some sort of conference or taking classes across the country)

To me, they feel fine in the summer, like I said the Toyo's felt better, but whatever...opinion

I'd say november to april (considering we had a blizard in april...) and extend that to university months and it works out perfectly for me...