Do I have to fit 4 winter tyres?
Discussion
roadman said:
A winter Tyre topic already!!!
Indeed. Although, it would be more logical for these discussions to be about 'Summer Tyres' as 'winter' conditions dominate the British year, so technically we would be fitting summer tyres around June for a couple of months and than back onto the standard tyres for the rest of the year.doogz said:
Podie said:
I know first hand of someone who fitted winters to the front and left the standard tyres on the rear (car in question was a 4x4 Skoda Yeti). Braked going round a corner (not a great plan anyway) and the rear end just slid off the road.
Still, each to their own - but I'd rather have 4 winter tyres.
Well, yeah. They could have been on 4 matching tyres and that could still have ended just as badly. Good tyres doesn't outweigh bad driving.Still, each to their own - but I'd rather have 4 winter tyres.
Podie said:
doogz said:
Podie said:
I know first hand of someone who fitted winters to the front and left the standard tyres on the rear (car in question was a 4x4 Skoda Yeti). Braked going round a corner (not a great plan anyway) and the rear end just slid off the road.
Still, each to their own - but I'd rather have 4 winter tyres.
Well, yeah. They could have been on 4 matching tyres and that could still have ended just as badly. Good tyres doesn't outweigh bad driving.Still, each to their own - but I'd rather have 4 winter tyres.
I did it to my FWD A4 a few years ago. It was fine when driven sensibly. I did once turn in too quick at a junction, a small amount of oversteer was all that happened. But I do have a full set of winter tyres on the replacement to the A4.
Totally up to the OP but there's worse things he could do.
Totally up to the OP but there's worse things he could do.
jon- said:
Podie said:
doogz said:
Podie said:
I know first hand of someone who fitted winters to the front and left the standard tyres on the rear (car in question was a 4x4 Skoda Yeti). Braked going round a corner (not a great plan anyway) and the rear end just slid off the road.
Still, each to their own - but I'd rather have 4 winter tyres.
Well, yeah. They could have been on 4 matching tyres and that could still have ended just as badly. Good tyres doesn't outweigh bad driving.Still, each to their own - but I'd rather have 4 winter tyres.
jon- said:
And with 4 summers they'd have likely entered the bend at a lower speed, and if they had touched the brakes it would have been easier to recover the more likely resulting understeer.
If you've driven with winter tyres you would know they would need to be a lot slower entering the corner to have the equivalent level of grip (not saying you haven't, but living in Norway you see a massive difference between the two).Podie said:
You think someone who brakes hard mid-bend in snow is the sort to recover from any kind of slide?
It didn't say braked hard. It could just have easily been a small adjustment.Podie said:
NRS said:
Podie said:
You think someone who brakes hard mid-bend in snow is the sort to recover from any kind of slide?
It didn't say braked hard. It could just have easily been a small adjustment.It could have been they are an idiot, but not necessarily. It's like the "too much money and no talent" that everyone uses when a supercar is crashed, despite knowing nothing of the situation.
Edited by NRS on Monday 29th July 18:33
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