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Your Tribeca is the same year and colour as mine, but I've seen lots of snow and salt here in Niagara Falls Canada. Mine was purchased used from Quebec (which sees even colder temperatures and more snow and salt) 8 years ago. I put winter tires on the stock rims (I have all seasons on a set of 18inch chrome summer rims), they cost me $1000 Canadian but I don't know that they were worth the extra money, the AWD on the Subarus is already really good and the money probably could have been spent elsewhere but the stock rims had stock tires on them that needed to be replaced and the chrome rims already had brand new all seasons on them so I thought I'd give my 1st set of winter tires a try). Make sure you buy winter tires that are rated to handle the weight of our vehicles. I understand wanting to get another set of rims and tires to preserve your nice summer ones tho, many owners go with a 17 inch rim and narrower tire which is supposed to have less of a floating effect on the snow.
Cosmetically but also functionally the vehicle came with a nicely molded hood bug guard (I love the appearance and I feel it helps with stone chips) and a sunroof guard, I guess so that it could still be tilt opened while raining without water coming in. I have added the window rainguards which allow all the windows to be open a couple inches without any rain coming in (great for airing out the car anytime, especially if there are smokers or stinky sporty kids in the vehicle all the time). Its nice to be able to leave the windows open a crack and not worry about rain or snow coming in, unless you're expecting a blizzard). Because of the cold, I tend to plug my blockheater in throughout the winter, you'll notice rougher noisier starts in the colder months if you don't use it. I think it makes it easier on the engine when starting, and I have the factory remote start so when its plugged in my tribeca starts blowing warm air within 5 minutes which is nice on the chilly winter mornings. Do you have the flipdown DVD player package in your Tribeca? Is there an auxiliary input in your armrest, its a great way to add handsfree bluetooth connectivity if your radio doesn't already have it. If you have the navigation package, you may want to find one of the updated DVDs for more current maps, but I still find I use maps on my phone because its more user friendly.
Your Tribeca is the same year and colour as mine, but I've seen lots of snow and salt here in Niagara Falls Canada. Mine was purchased used from Quebec (which sees even colder temperatures and more snow and salt) 8 years ago. I put winter tires on the stock rims (I have all seasons on a set of 18inch chrome summer rims), they cost me $1000 Canadian but I don't know that they were worth the extra money, the AWD on the Subarus is already really good and the money probably could have been spent elsewhere but the stock rims had stock tires on them that needed to be replaced and the chrome rims already had brand new all seasons on them so I thought I'd give my 1st set of winter tires a try). Make sure you buy winter tires that are rated to handle the weight of our vehicles. I understand wanting to get another set of rims and tires to preserve your nice summer ones tho, many owners go with a 17 inch rim and narrower tire which is supposed to have less of a floating effect on the snow.
Cosmetically but also functionally the vehicle came with a nicely molded hood bug guard (I love the appearance and I feel it helps with stone chips) and a sunroof guard, I guess so that it could still be tilt opened while raining without water coming in. I have added the window rainguards which allow all the windows to be open a couple inches without any rain coming in (great for airing out the car anytime, especially if there are smokers or stinky sporty kids in the vehicle all the time). Its nice to be able to leave the windows open a crack and not worry about rain or snow coming in, unless you're expecting a blizzard). Because of the cold, I tend to plug my blockheater in throughout the winter, you'll notice rougher noisier starts in the colder months if you don't use it. I think it makes it easier on the engine when starting, and I have the factory remote start so when its plugged in my tribeca starts blowing warm air within 5 minutes which is nice on the chilly winter mornings. Do you have the flipdown DVD player package in your Tribeca? Is there an auxiliary input in your armrest, its a great way to add handsfree bluetooth connectivity if your radio doesn't already have it. If you have the navigation package, you may want to find one of the updated DVDs for more current maps, but I still find I use maps on my phone because its more user friendly.
