I decided to keep on and went directly to the tire dept of the local BJ's where I found two very bored young men I told them about my bald tires and they came out in the elements and agreed - they had the tires I needed in stock and while I enjoyed a Keurig Seattle rainforest coffee with hazelnut creamer and read a two month out of date entertainment weekly they set me up with new front tires.
One of the young men told me about a special for $50 off 4 tires. I asked him what he would recommend to his Mom -- he went out and looked at the rear tires and came back and said "Mom, those will last you a while longer and if you do decide to buy in the next couple of months come to me and I'll give you the $50 off then"
Nice kid
They also cleaned all the ice and snow off the car completely and cleaned my windows and checked and corrected the tire pressure in the rear tires
I have noticed young men have been much nice to me since I let my hair go grey silver
I tipped them each $10 and they both tried to refuse but I insisted and they seemed quite happy
I noticed the difference in the way the car was handling immediately I started driving again.
Well worth it!