Winter Tyres - are they worth having

[Squid]

Have run winters for 5 years, prior to that i used chains on summer tyres. Basically i cannot get off my drive if there is even an inch of snow. I have 4 new Michelin Alpin waiting for the bad weather. They are a huge huge improvement in all aspects of control. No brainer, if you need your vehicle to make a living and it snows where you live.

Where do you use chains as they are restricted and should not be used unless in the mountains and with dire weather.

 

[Nigel]

If you are running a Rolls Royce then let your man servant and chauffeur worry about the tyres.....

I am the man servant.

 

[Shoei]

Michelin CrossClimate are worth a look, summer tyres with an official winter tyre rating. My daughter had them on her Mini during the 'beast from the east' and for a couple of days it was just her and 4x4s still mobile in her town.

Handy if you get a job at the top of a ski slope too.

 

[MDJ]

I dont have winter tyres on the RR and nothing stops it.

obviously they are superb off road, however get your head out of your arse and look in your owners manual, they recommend winter tyres if you use your car in 4 wheel drive 4LLC which is the winter gears recommended for snow and ice, obviously summer tyres will do the job but why use summer tyres in the winter if the winter is bad? PS, you can take the boy out of essex but cannot take essex out of the boy

 

[Squid]

I dont have winter tyres on the RR and nothing stops it.

Thats why you need winter tyres as when you press the brake pedal it will stop.

 

[telectrix]

If you are running a Rolls Royce then let your man servant and chauffeur worry about the tyres.....

Rolls Royce my arse. essex runs a Reliant Robin.

 

[Squid]

Rolls Royce my arse. essex runs a Reliant Robin.

Only needs 3 winter tyres then......... or just 2 for the rear and an old ski for the front......

 

[plugsandsparks]

Where do you use chains as they are restricted and should not be used unless in the mountains and with dire weather.

To get out of the village, yes its mountainous and the weather is dire, basically i have them from skiing trips, nothing stops chains, you do need full snow cover as they are tricky on tarmac... lol

 

[rapparee]

Only needs 3 winter tyres then......... or just 2 for the rear and an old ski for the front......

What if you put two winter tyres on the front but didn't bother with the rear tyres, would it be any advantage?

 

[Sintra]

Do you guys that use the winters have them on another set of rims so it’s just a matter of jacking up and swapping over?

 

[Squid]

What if you put two winter tyres on the front but didn't bother with the rear tyres, would it be any advantage?

On a Reliant?

 

[Squid]

Do you guys that use the winters have them on another set of rims so it’s just a matter of jacking up and swapping over?

I had a spare set of rims for the Lotus that had gravel rash on them and where silver, standard rims where black so had a second hand set of tyres fitted and just swapped the rims over, before the E30 was garaged I also had a spare set of wheels as the profile was narrower and did the swap as its much easier then taking the lot to a tyre shop to swap the tyres over.

If you have the room to store the wheels a second set is the better option, in Europe in certain countries it is the law to roll on winter tyres within specific dates.

 

[plugsandsparks]

Do you guys that use the winters have them on another set of rims so it’s just a matter of jacking up and swapping over?

Yep, spare set on rims, although its quite popular to swap over at a local garage

 

[egg67]

My brother how lives in the black mountain area of Wales has winter tyeson steel rims and summer tyes on Alloys rims and Normal tyes for rest off year, he went for the steel rims as they are stronger take the bumps better and yaks him less than an hour to swop I’ve to his alloy rims ( he dos drive a 4x4 Dacia duster has no problem getting to work in the winter as a lot off he driving is on single track roads) just have always wonder why he put the ally’s on as it does not make the duster like any better

 

[Squid]

My brother how lives in the black mountain area of Wales has winter tyeson steel rims and summer tyes on Alloys rims and Normal tyes for rest off year, he went for the steel rims as they are stronger take the bumps better and yaks him less than an hour to swop I’ve to his alloy rims ( he dos drive a 4x4 Dacia duster has no problem getting to work in the winter as a lot off he driving is on single track roads) just have always wonder why he put the ally’s on as it does not make the duster like any better

Are you related to Buzz by any chance?