thought this was due a resurrection on how not to do winter tyres 
Budget Snow Tyres
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I've found some Uni-royal Snowtrack winter tyres for £40 a tyre online recently
i'll be hopefully swapping to them when the time comes
Ziggy
i'll be hopefully swapping to them when the time comes
Ziggy
I've found some Uni-royal Snowtrack winter tyres for £40 a tyre online recently
i'll be hopefully swapping to them when the time comes
Ziggy
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Size dependant
Suitable for the punto (going up in width - down in sidewall to keep rotational value same)
http://www.ears.co.uk/p4616/175/65-14-Uniroyal-MS-Plus-6-Cold-Weather-Winter-82T-Car-Tyre/product_info.html
Should add - doesn't include delivery or Fitting unless you local to that shop
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i thought you supposed to go thinner on winter tyres
More important to stay within manufacturers specifications to avoid any insurance implications IMO
Thinner tyres will cut deeper BUT in Deep snow wider will be better as you will maintain a decent ground clearance
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i have Super cheap budget m+s tyres on the alloys
I've been ruined by wider tyres and i do feel they work better in general
The Punto uses 81T on steelies - so 82T wont be a problem there
Wider tyres means less pressure on the tyre = Longer wear
IF your gonna get stuck - your gonna get stuck regardless of what tyre you have
But yes thinner = Better cutting when its deep
But wider because its just cold and wet and i can feel a much better difference with wider tyres
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I've been ruined by wider tyres and i do feel they work better in general
The Punto uses 81T on steelies - so 82T wont be a problem there
Wider tyres means less pressure on the tyre = Longer wear
IF your gonna get stuck - your gonna get stuck regardless of what tyre you have
But yes thinner = Better cutting when its deep
But wider because its just cold and wet and i can feel a much better difference with wider tyres
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Exactly. If thinner tyres were better that would have never made the north pole..
And those tyres are as big as my Grande...
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Wider tyres it is!!
i think the term moderation is required
No Point having a light car with super wide lambo tyres, as it'll never grip nicely
No enough force on the tyres
But having a heavy car on skinny tyres will make it sink too easily if you know what i mean
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i think the term moderation is required
No Point having a light car with super wide lambo tyres, as it'll never grip nicely
No enough force on the tyres
But having a heavy car on skinny tyres will make it sink too easily if you know what i mean
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To put it in perspective, my last coupe 20vt did better in the snow than the mk2b punto with thinner wheels. Punto had all weathers and coupe had summer tyres lol.
https://www.fiatforum.com/punto-ii/...mrpove-handling-especially-wet.html?p=2888826 am sure ive read it a few times on here :shrug:
i dunno what to do now, i bought new wheels the other day because everyone used to say skinny is better, now everyone is saying wide is better
whats the handbook say?
you have to remember that the sipes pack with snow that is what gives you the grip think making a snow ball
you have to remember that the sipes pack with snow that is what gives you the grip think making a snow ball
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i dunno what to do now, i bought new wheels the other day because everyone used to say skinny is better, now everyone is saying wide is better
Nah, you are right Dave, for the conditions that WE are going to get in the UK skinny will be fine.
Wide tyres in the snow equals driving over the snow not pushing it out from under the tyre compacting it into nice hard compressed ice and seriously compromising grip.
Skinny tyres increase the weight to contact area, the tyres are more able to push the snow out less compacting of snow into ice and more chance of the tyre making contact with the Tarmac, this is fine if you drive on in-gritted roads in rural locations throughout the winter.
If you are driving across the Antarctic this winter in your panda 4x4 the last thing you want is tyres that will dig into the snow otherwise you will get stuck pretty quickly, this is why expedition vehicles have huge wide tyres with very low pressures, the idea being to spread the load and sit on top of the snow and ice the low pressure squishy tyres shape to the landscape to find maximum grip, its not really comparable to driving to tesco with a sprinkling of the white stuff on the road.
If you have big wide tyres on your car normally it may benefit from going slightly narrower but investing in some good winter tyres. I think you've gone down the right route dave
Skinny tyres increase the weight to contact area, the tyres are more able to push the snow out less compacting of snow into ice and more chance of the tyre making contact with the Tarmac, this is fine if you drive on in-gritted roads in rural locations throughout the winter.
If you are driving across the Antarctic this winter in your panda 4x4 the last thing you want is tyres that will dig into the snow otherwise you will get stuck pretty quickly, this is why expedition vehicles have huge wide tyres with very low pressures, the idea being to spread the load and sit on top of the snow and ice the low pressure squishy tyres shape to the landscape to find maximum grip, its not really comparable to driving to tesco with a sprinkling of the white stuff on the road.
If you have big wide tyres on your car normally it may benefit from going slightly narrower but investing in some good winter tyres. I think you've gone down the right route dave
this thread started out well but its gone serious now
