Winter tyres vol 2

[Slow]

I think tesco delivery vans should have winter tyres. Followed one on a single track lane coated in snow today. He was very tail happy to say the least. Eventually pulled over and I just drove past without any drama at faster speeds than he managed.

Why do delivery companys not buy winters? The amount of rwd vans which end up blocking roads up here is stupid.

[tomjol]

Slow said:

I think tesco delivery vans should have winter tyres. Followed one on a single track lane coated in snow today. He was very tail happy to say the least. Eventually pulled over and I just drove past without any drama at faster speeds than he managed.

Why do delivery companys not buy winters? The amount of rwd vans which end up blocking roads up here is stupid.

They certainly did at one time, they made a lot of noise about it. Ocado too if I remember correctly.

[RicksAlfas]

Tesco vans had them on last year round here (West Yorkshire).

[wombleh]

popeyewhite said:

My winters were exactly the same. They were wintercontacts - nothing Nordic about them. Downright disconcerting in anything but very cold weather. I suspect the Germans are more 'not bothered' rather than 'happy to run them'.

Had wintercontacts on since October and found them OK even on the warmer days, I'd be happy to run them all year from handling POV. Big heavy estate so not chucking the car about but not had any TCS under hard acceleration. Previous car with Nokian WRA3 was nowhere near as happy in the warm.

[SlimJim16v]

M+S is to do with the tread pattern being capable of some off-road use, Mud+Snow. It's nothing to do with having a suitable tread compound for winter use.

You can get some M+S tyres that also have the North American Mountain/Snowflake symbol, which is a minimum legal requirement for use in snow in some places. Still not winter tyres though.

[DavidJG]

nobrakes said:

Maxxis all weathers or premium winters all year?

245 45 17s.

I can only get maxis AP2 all season, which get a poor wet rating, or Dunlop winters for my size.

I want M+S for the rear wheel drive Eclass in the Uk and for European winter road trips.

What would you do?

I've got Pirelli Sottozeros on my 'E' at the moment in this size. Not tried them in snow yet, but they're great at standing water and low temperatures. Switch back to Conti Sport-Contacts around April time if we get a normal winter / spring.

[jon-]

blearyeyedboy said:

jon- said:

225/40 R18 CrossClimate is confirmed for the first half of next year

Thanks Jon! Any news on 235/40 R18?

Not that I've heard, I'll keep the launch article up to date though

[Mr E]

Rubber update. Absolutely no need for them with current conditions.

On the other hand, on the 200 mile waft this evening, very hard to tell any difference.
The noise on the really crappy sections of the M25 may be marginally worse.

[rich888]

jon- said:

blearyeyedboy said:

jon- said:

225/40 R18 CrossClimate is confirmed for the first half of next year

Thanks Jon! Any news on 235/40 R18?

Not that I've heard, I'll keep the launch article up to date though

Jon can I just say thank you for the tyre reviews you have provided on your website. As I posted above, I purchased four Bridgestone A001 tyres which came 2nd in the reviews behind the CrossClimate tyres (which are currently difficult to source), but when I read the the reviews realised that perhaps the Bridgestone tyres might be better in the rain, plus they were substantially cheaper.

[anonymous-user]

Dropped to about 2 degrees tonight and have a lot of fun overtaking safely 4wd's, the tyres really do work well, they never feel unsafe.

[jon-]

rich888 said:

jon- said:

blearyeyedboy said:

jon- said:

225/40 R18 CrossClimate is confirmed for the first half of next year

Thanks Jon! Any news on 235/40 R18?

Not that I've heard, I'll keep the launch article up to date though

Jon can I just say thank you for the tyre reviews you have provided on your website. As I posted above, I purchased four Bridgestone A001 tyres which came 2nd in the reviews behind the CrossClimate tyres (which are currently difficult to source), but when I read the the reviews realised that perhaps the Bridgestone tyres might be better in the rain, plus they were substantially cheaper.

You're very welcome, though I'm not sure the A001 would be my second choice anymore.

Bridgestone have a very big launch in mid Jan, I'm guessing it's going to be a CrossClimate style all season, but we shall see. They're being very tight lipped.

[nickfrog]

The Spruce goose said:

Dropped to about 2 degrees tonight and have a lot of fun overtaking safely 4wd's.

Doesn't surprise me. Good friction starts at the contact patch. 4 times bugger all will always be less than 2 times the adhesion provided by winters at that temperature.

Edited by nickfrog on Saturday 12th December 12:58

[andyps]

tomjol said:

They certainly did at one time, they made a lot of noise about it. Ocado too if I remember correctly.

Our Ocado delivery driver told me the other day that they have winter tyres on all year round now - saves them having to store a second set anywhere.

[cslwannabe]

andyps said:

Our Ocado delivery driver told me the other day that they have winter tyres on all year round now - saves them having to store a second set anywhere.

British Gas too up here.

[monthefish]

Mr E said:

Rubber update. Absolutely no need for them with current conditions.

Thanks for the update. Are you speaking on behalf of the whole UK?
Here's the conditions up my way..

[Mr E]

monthefish said:

Thanks for the update. Are you speaking on behalf of the whole UK?

Just me. Clearly.

[vikingaero]

swerni said:

Davie said:

I find it fascinating that people are watching temperature displays... I have visions of numerous southerners dropping their cornflakes and rushing out to hastily fit their winter tyres as soon as the display hits 7degs. Then rushing to swap over again three days later when it reaches 8degs. Is it really that exact or is this just going too far now?

Most southerns are like myself and just don't bother, but you feel free.

Cornflakes?! FFS! What are you on about? All we eat dahn sarf are museli, croissants and quinoa (all organic). With breakfast we partake either in the Daily Mail or the Guardian.

I'll watch the temps for a cold snap, but only a prolonged cold snap where temps dip to around 3C daytime and below that at night.

[deltashad]

Just put a new set of winters on the Elise (mandatory here), god it feels wobbly, need to do some burn outs.

[Davie]

vikingaero said:

Cornflakes?! FFS! What are you on about? All we eat dahn sarf are museli, croissants and quinoa (all organic). With breakfast we partake either in the Daily Mail or the Guardian.

I'll watch the temps for a cold snap, but only a prolonged cold snap where temps dip to around 3C daytime and below that at night.

Ha ha!

Up here in the wilderness it's mostly grey porridge... lukewarm... the upside being it can be used to repoint the stone work of the croft once a year too.

-4deg according to the car yesterday morning. Tyres worked well after I spent half an hour defrosting the door locks... though I did give up and go in through the boot eventually.

[jon-]

For those of you who are interesting in new winter tyres, Continental recently previewed the TS860.

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Continental-W...