dont forget winter tyres are worn out at something like 4mm
General Which winter tyres are people going for
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That's only the snipes, so makes them crap in snow (will not grip as well) but still ok for wet and cold weather driving. Although if you change them at 4mm people will still buy the old ones for about 1/2 their new price, so out financially viable
snowed at easter not too long ago
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threatening snow up here this weekend....
That's only the snipes, so makes them crap in snow (will not grip as well) but still ok for wet and cold weather driving. Although if you change them at 4mm people will still buy the old ones for about 1/2 their new price, so out financially viable
Not Wesley again!!
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Listen, my 2cents:
Winter tyres are good and useful. If you have cash around, they are worth it. I bought for my Bravo this month 4 Continentals.
I will put them on the car in December. Winter tyres are very good at aquaplaning not only snow.
Winter tyres are good if temps go below 6-7 degrees.
If you have all season tyres it's ok. If you have summer tyres, it's worth it!
I had Dunlops last year until I hit a sidewalk... hard.
Some problems appear when you get a flat tyre... 3 winter tyres can't get paired that well with one summer tyre, so it's kinda costly to get a spare.
Winter tyres are good and useful. If you have cash around, they are worth it. I bought for my Bravo this month 4 Continentals.
I will put them on the car in December. Winter tyres are very good at aquaplaning not only snow.
Winter tyres are good if temps go below 6-7 degrees.
If you have all season tyres it's ok. If you have summer tyres, it's worth it!
I had Dunlops last year until I hit a sidewalk... hard.
Some problems appear when you get a flat tyre... 3 winter tyres can't get paired that well with one summer tyre, so it's kinda costly to get a spare.
Thanks for the heads up.
Did you get that set on ebay?
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This is right...
... but because of that, this is wrong. You should put them on whenever the conditions dictate. According to the forecasts that is probably today for most of the UK.
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Man from continental told me that a winter tyre is more suitable than a normal tyre for 70% of the year in UK. I am sure my temp gauge on the merc has been reading below 7dg recently
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Yes for normal drivers yes but if you go fast on the B roads and test the limit of grip, you are better off with a high performance summer tire. And if you drive high performance with winter tires in temps above lets say 10 c which it is most of the year in the UK, they will melt quite quickly!
But of course if its 5c all day long; thats another story!
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What would a normal driver be? If you are saying not normal is talking about someone who drives fast, well i hope they are on the wrong tyre and have the road all to themselves when they crash and burn.For all other normal drivers what i said earlier applies. 70% of the uks driving conditions and weather indicated a winter tyre is more suitable. Ie around the 7dg cut off and wet
Hmmmm, I think your man from Continental needs to stop smoking the wacky tobacky
A guy I know is actually a tyre tester for Continental and lives in Germany and is only just putting his winter tyres on this week.
Here's a pic from a tyre launch he did back in March 2011
Continental do say that if you can only have 1 set of tyres that they should be winter tyres, but in an average year, winter tyres are probably only better for 40% of the time. That's not to say you can't use them more than that
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Are you telling me it is below 7c most of the time in the UK? In the South East, certainly not! Lets remind ourselves that most of the time people drive during the day and i would say about 9 months a year the day time temperature in the SE would be above 7 c.
Here i googled it;
In England the average annual temperature varies from 8.5 °C (47.3 °F) in the north to 11 °C (51.8 °F) in the south.
And on B roads yes if i take a corner at 60 mph it may be fast, but still legal. I know plenty of those roads when i lived in Windsor.
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I will do some googling of my own before responding. I am just saying what was said to us. I will double check and see if i still have the leaflets about it.Sorry, anyone that talks about spirited driving and being on the edge deserves their own piece of road to go and have a crash on imo
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dont be silly
No disrespect, but the guy I chat to is a tyre tester/developer for Continental, travels all over the world to test, demonstrate and launch their product and has a few patents to his name. He knows his stuff.
Don't get me wrong, you could run winters the whole year round and I know a few people (women) who did because that's what was on their cars when they got them and they didn't crash or anything, but the wear rates are pretty horrendous in the summer and the car won't brake or turn particularly nicely when the tyres still have their sipes as the tread will move about too much. I had my winters on for a week in the summer when my tyres caused the car to fail its MOT, it wasn't a pleasant experience!
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Just had a quick look. I believe the continental man was quoting average monthly minimum figures which indeed for the uk would cover October through to May. However this can becountered by saying the maximums figures would be more suitable for March through to December. Poetic licence i would accept.Even the official site claims "With temperatures dipping below 7°C from October through to March, waiting for the first snowfall before switching to winter tyres may be too late. Using cold weather tyres throughout autumn and winter could help you avoid becoming another accident statistic." Which would indicate that probably a 50/50 split is more likely. Even then it can be muddied further by the fact its probably not based on daylight time. I concede the guys info is probably highly biased towards the winter tyres
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he wants to sell you some winter tires thats for sure!
I'd disagree myself, I'd far rather drive like I've stolen it on B roads with winters than summers atm
