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Started by Noddyh in Ski Chatter - 31 Replies

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Volf
reply to 'Winter tyres and driving to La Rosiere' posted Nov-2011

Buy snow tyres, buy 4 of them, buy the best you can afford.
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Noddyh
reply to 'Winter tyres and driving to La Rosiere' posted Nov-2011

Convinced, called local dealer and have ordered 4 new rims with winter tyres to be fitted at the start of December, had the bonus that they will store my summer wheels for me.

Thanks again for the info

Noddy.

AllyG
reply to 'Winter tyres and driving to La Rosiere' posted Nov-2011

noddyh wrote:Convinced, called local dealer and have ordered 4 new rims with winter tyres to be fitted at the start of December, had the bonus that they will store my summer wheels for me.



Which tyres did you buy? (I haven't bought mine yet and I'm wondering which ones to get).

Daved
reply to 'Winter tyres and driving to La Rosiere' posted Nov-2011

http://www.tyretest.com/wintercar_tyres/index.html

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2011-Auto-Express-Winter-Tyre-Test.htm

Edited 1 time. Last update at 02-Nov-2011

Noddyh
reply to 'Winter tyres and driving to La Rosiere' posted Nov-2011

Which tyres did you buy? (I haven't bought mine yet and I'm wondering which ones to get).


The wheels will be fitted with Dunlop winter tyres, The other option was to have Continentals fitted but like someone else said earlier, its a balancing act as to how much outlay for the 3 months each year they will get used.

noddyh

AllyG
reply to 'Winter tyres and driving to La Rosiere' posted Nov-2011

Thanks Daved and Noddyh,
There are an awful lot of winter tyres available! I had a look to see which tyres ATS stock for my car, and they have Avon Ice Touring (3.5/5 on Dave's table) for £54-98, Dunlop SP Winter Response for £60-98m and Pirelli W190 Snow Control 2 for £60-98, but when you add the price for the tubeless valves and wheel balancing the price increases by about £10.

I think I will see which winter tyres my local tyre fitter can get at about £50 each for me and check their performance in Dave's table, and then go from there. I agree with Noddyh that there's no point spending a stupid amount of money on them.

Ally

Daved
reply to 'Winter tyres and driving to La Rosiere' posted Nov-2011

I bought mine from

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

they delivered from Germany in less than a week and definitely were the cheapest

Tony_H
reply to 'Winter tyres and driving to La Rosiere' posted Nov-2011

AllyG wrote:Thanks Daved and Noddyh,
There are an awful lot of winter tyres available! I had a look to see which tyres ATS stock for my car, and they have Avon Ice Touring (3.5/5 on Dave's table) for £54-98, Dunlop SP Winter Response for £60-98m and Pirelli W190 Snow Control 2 for £60-98, but when you add the price for the tubeless valves and wheel balancing the price increases by about £10.

I think I will see which winter tyres my local tyre fitter can get at about £50 each for me and check their performance in Dave's table, and then go from there. I agree with Noddyh that there's no point spending a stupid amount of money on them.

Ally
Wrong, don't buy on price, buy on whats recommended for your particular vehicle. I bought budget winter tyres last year as there was only 1 make available locally in 17 inch wheels, and they have lasted a season, and 3 of the 4 will last another season which I find great value.

I am not bothering with winter tyres on the Mercedes as its rear wheel drive and if its snowing, I am quite simply not going out in it, its pointless.
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Topic last updated on 03-November-2011 at 14:55