Winter tyres

[RossMac]

Hearing this mentioned at work. Sounds like I need to put the TVR away for the winter. What's the law on this? Sensibly, i won;t take it out (if i could get it out of our drive) if the conditions were bad but what about those snow and ice-free days?

I'm also hearing different opinion on 4x4s. Do I need to get a "winter" set for the XC90?

[RossMac]

Camel said:

I can't comment on the legal requirements but I live at 1500m in the Swiss alps and have winter tyres on my Range Rover, and yes, they make a big difference.

You wont have a traction problem with normal 4x4 M+S tyres under acceleration but they show their inadequacies under braking an cornering. My neighbour has a Volvo like yours and he fits winter tyres too, it is pretty much the norm.

Here is a link to a test of 4x4 winter tyres and how they rate against a typical 4x4 M+S tyre, 3/4 stars versus 1 star for the latter:

http://www.oeamtc.at/refresh/frameset.php?p=http:/...

cheers Camel. So where do people buy tyres from in CH? Haven't seen any of the discount tyre places or a Kwikfit since i've been here