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Picked my daughter up the other evening, it was very foggy and frosty the roads were white with frost and they were very very slippery.
I have just looked on various websites at winter tyres and they are not cheap for the amount they would get used.
My queston is as my car is front wheel drive could you just put winter tyres on the front?
My thinking is that it is a no no but im no tyre expert!
I have just looked on various websites at winter tyres and they are not cheap for the amount they would get used.
My queston is as my car is front wheel drive could you just put winter tyres on the front?
My thinking is that it is a no no but im no tyre expert!
Winter tyres work better in temperatures below 8 degrees C due to the tyre compounds used in their construction working better in these temperatures.
I will return your question with another one.
Would you be happy if your Daughter was driving a car with only 2 tyres fitted that were suitable for the conditions on the road at the time?
If the answer to that is yes, then "knock yourself out".
What many do is to get a set of cheapo ebay alloys or steel wheels & fit winters to them swapping over as required so they get used for a few years running & save wear on your normal tyres during this period so extending the life of both.
I will return your question with another one.
Would you be happy if your Daughter was driving a car with only 2 tyres fitted that were suitable for the conditions on the road at the time?
If the answer to that is yes, then "knock yourself out".
What many do is to get a set of cheapo ebay alloys or steel wheels & fit winters to them swapping over as required so they get used for a few years running & save wear on your normal tyres during this period so extending the life of both.
I wouldn't just put them on the front, you'd have to put them on every corner. I got a seat of wheels off eBay, cost a couple of hundred quid.
There is a thread dedicated to Winter Tyres: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
There is a thread dedicated to Winter Tyres: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Winter tyres can make a good difference. However...ice is ice. Unless you have studs it will be slippy as f
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And never run only winter tyres on one axle. That's asking for trouble.
Where winter tyres will excel the most, is in snow. Although when it's packed into ice...it's back to ice is just slippy as fk.
k.And never run only winter tyres on one axle. That's asking for trouble.
Where winter tyres will excel the most, is in snow. Although when it's packed into ice...it's back to ice is just slippy as f
k.There is a great deal you can do before resorting to winter tyres in our mostly mild climate by learning to adjust your driving to the conditions. If you by default notice frost on your car, see the frost warning symbol on your dash but still drive at exactly the same speed and brake at exactly the same place you would in warm & dry conditions then I suspect a set of winter or cross climate tyres will not actually make your journey safer as you blindly put your faith in a technology you do not understand.
winter tyre are designed to work inlow temps, if you ever go to a ski resort every car you see will have them fitted. I have a set which I fit whenever snow is forecast, they work well and if you do a lot of drivingin winter its worth having a set ready to fit. however you need to change them as soon as cold weather ends - I've had 2 blow out in sunny spring conditions, they simply overheated, so be careful, and OP - yes you need to fit one on each wheel!
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