snow tires

[HamidsVikes]

I went to get my snows put on... when we noticed that one of them was punchared!
sadley it is not fixable (took it to 4 diffrent places)... and to replace the tire its a wopping $500!
I got the set with the car when I bought it, so I never realised how expensive top of the line Perrali 19" snows are!
my question is....
how bad is it to get a diffrent brand for just the 1?
I know its not recommended and all, but I dont want to fork out 5bills for snow tire ... we dont even get much here in Vancouver anymore!
honestly... I just want to put them on, so I can go up the mountain and rip in the snow, and to save tread ware on my LMs!

Thanks

[Sprode]

I went to get my snows put on... when we noticed that one of them was punchared!
sadley it is not fixable (took it to 4 diffrent places)... and to replace the tire its a wopping $500!
I got the set with the car when I bought it, so I never realised how expensive top of the line Perrali 19" snows are!
my question is....
how bad is it to get a diffrent brand for just the 1?
I know its not recommended and all, but I dont want to fork out 5bills for snow tire ... we dont even get much here in Vancouver anymore!
honestly... I just want to put them on, so I can go up the mountain and rip in the snow, and to save tread ware on my LMs!

Thanks

It is not a huge issue to run different tires... That said, it would be a bigger issue to run different quality tires. You're probably going to end up paying a similar amount for a similar quality tire. And yes, 19 inch perrelis going to be expensive no matter how you slice it.