Winter tyres vol 2
Discussion
If any of you can get to Mercedes benz world next week, Conti are letting you test winter tyres for free:
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Test-winter-t...
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Test-winter-t...
More heavy snow and the Cross Climate shod Yeti trundles about everywhere without even a suggestion of struggling.
And some video of taking the long route out of a carpark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc7EloJ9DI0&fe...
And some video of taking the long route out of a carpark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc7EloJ9DI0&fe...
f1nn said:
Winter tyres...Bah, I was out on a 1000cc bike this morning, it's practically Spring!
Yet as I'm writing this it's snowing in the Dales, Northern Pennines, around Kielder, Border country, Stirling, Perthshire.Number of people have accused you of trolling, tbh can see their point of view at times.
Cue protests and denials, which no longer wash.
I have winter Tyre sets for both our cars, have not yet fitted them ( bit lazy) this winter and the temps in my area have hardly been below 7 Degs.
I will swap over if we get a cold spell as the grip & stopping distances are greatly improved even in the wet, versus normal all weather or summer Tyres.
I do thoroughly recommend Winter T`s, see the many tests & reports.
I have 4 old tungsten tipped studded Tyres in the garage but have not been allowed to use them since the drive back from Norway.
I will swap over if we get a cold spell as the grip & stopping distances are greatly improved even in the wet, versus normal all weather or summer Tyres.
I do thoroughly recommend Winter T`s, see the many tests & reports.
I have 4 old tungsten tipped studded Tyres in the garage but have not been allowed to use them since the drive back from Norway.
FiF said:
f1nn said:
Winter tyres...Bah, I was out on a 1000cc bike this morning, it's practically Spring!
Yet as I'm writing this it's snowing in the Dales, Northern Pennines, around Kielder, Border country, Stirling, Perthshire.Number of people have accused you of trolling, tbh can see their point of view at times.
Cue protests and denials, which no longer wash.
So yes, troll pretty much covers it.
BrownBottle said:
Yep, if you look at his posting history he makes one or two posts in most other threads yet in the last 30 days has made 42 posts in this thread just to keep telling us that HE feels that winter tyres are not for HIM or to mock the use of winter tyres as above.
So yes, troll pretty much covers it.
Jeez, there are a lot of people taking them selves far too seriously. Apart from the it's almost Spring comment, which was said in jest, how have I mocked any ones use of winter tyres?So yes, troll pretty much covers it.
Winters have been the optimum tyre in SE England in the past few weeks. They're really great, even further into northern France, they've been great for the climate and the conditions when commuting there. They remove a decent layer of uncertainty, particularly on a decently pokey RWD car with an open diff. I'd have survived on summers but I can't see any downfalls to winters. I also got to use the work's pool new X5 on summers which wasn't as sorted.
nickfrog said:
Winters have been the optimum tyre in SE England in the past few weeks. They're really great, even further into northern France, they've been great for the climate and the conditions when commuting there. They remove a decent layer of uncertainty, particularly on a decently pokey RWD car with an open diff. I'd have survived on summers but I can't see any downfalls to winters. I also got to use the work's pool new X5 on summers which wasn't as sorted.
Same up in the highlands, we have had snow the last few days still.This was when I got home, over the A9 as I drove had snow settling and cars slowing to a crawl. I felt fine on my winters.
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f1nn said:
BrownBottle said:
Yep, if you look at his posting history he makes one or two posts in most other threads yet in the last 30 days has made 42 posts in this thread just to keep telling us that HE feels that winter tyres are not for HIM or to mock the use of winter tyres as above.
So yes, troll pretty much covers it.
Jeez, there are a lot of people taking them selves far too seriously. Apart from the it's almost Spring comment, which was said in jest, how have I mocked any ones use of winter tyres?So yes, troll pretty much covers it.
From another thread....
f1nn said:
Or potentially fitted some cross climates and joined in the circlejerk on the winter tyre volume 2 thread.
That reminds me...I'll have to go and poke that hornets nest shortly!
Says it all really. That reminds me...I'll have to go and poke that hornets nest shortly!
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