Winter tyres - your strategy
Poll: Winter tyres - your strategy
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It's going to be my first winter with the MX5 this winter. It's my only, daily drive so i'm curious to see how people like to manage their tyres. I don't know about the realities, but a light RWD car isn't a recipe for success in snow / ice / whatever.
How does the MX5 actually get on in the winter?
Cheers,
Simon
How does the MX5 actually get on in the winter?
Cheers,
Simon
i drove last winter on rubbish hankook ventus primes, few hairy moments but generally ok.
This winter i'll be on new toyo T1Rs. Should be an improvement. Stick to cleared and gritted main roads, and be careful on roundabouts, but TBH RWD on snow isn't too bad, if anything it makes you more careful and less complacent than if you were driving FWD.
Oh, and make sure you hit up some empty car parks in the snow and "practise" if you get the chance
It'll help to know how the car behaves in the snow.
This winter i'll be on new toyo T1Rs. Should be an improvement. Stick to cleared and gritted main roads, and be careful on roundabouts, but TBH RWD on snow isn't too bad, if anything it makes you more careful and less complacent than if you were driving FWD.
Oh, and make sure you hit up some empty car parks in the snow and "practise" if you get the chance
It'll help to know how the car behaves in the snow.Drove mine as a daily for years and years on summers. Got the OH a set of winters as she drives it daily now and the winters are worse the last few years. Winters do make a hell of a difference when you end up on compacted snow or the melted a bit and refrozen stuff.
I'd say if you have spare cash, get winters on it. If not take it easy and put a warm jacket and spare socks in the boot
I'd say if you have spare cash, get winters on it. If not take it easy and put a warm jacket and spare socks in the boot
Aizle said:
Who knows of a good source of cheap wheels for my mk 2.5?
I have 16s and want cheap 15s as cheaper to buy and tyre cost.
for cheap (but still good wheels) I spammed loads of mx5 breakers on ebay and put upwanted notices on mx5nutz for 15" 5 spoke oem wheels.. ended up getting a reply off ebay from a guy in wrexham, who had a "worn" set of the wheels, turned out to be the enkeis aswell.. got them for 75(with centre caps) then refurbed them myself fillered curb marks and removed all the paint from the wheels( it was flaking) and got them sprayed white( by a mate), they look awesome!I have 16s and want cheap 15s as cheaper to buy and tyre cost.
Don't forget to look out for VW Golf, Renault Clio, (BMW) Mini, Vauxhall Corsa, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, etc, wheels. Do your homework and you may find they'll fit.
There's a list of what other wheels fit on the MX5OC website:
http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/249.aspx
There's a list of what other wheels fit on the MX5OC website:
http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/249.aspx
Evangelion said:
Don't forget to look out for VW Golf, Renault Clio, (BMW) Mini, Vauxhall Corsa, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, etc, wheels. Do your homework and you may find they'll fit.
There's a list of what other wheels fit on the MX5OC website:
http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/249.aspx
Very useful, thanks.There's a list of what other wheels fit on the MX5OC website:
http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/249.aspx
towelie said:
for cheap (but still good wheels) I spammed loads of mx5 breakers on ebay and put upwanted notices on mx5nutz for 15" 5 spoke oem wheels.. ended up getting a reply off ebay from a guy in wrexham, who had a "worn" set of the wheels, turned out to be the enkeis aswell.. got them for 75(with centre caps) then refurbed them myself fillered curb marks and removed all the paint from the wheels( it was flaking) and got them sprayed white( by a mate), they look awesome!
Thanks too, I will keep an eye out over in that other place.Simbu said:
Ah, i'd forgotten about these! I only really have a problem on my slopey drive and a short lane out to the (usually well gritted) main road. I have questions:
- how well do they work?
- how well do they wear?
- do you use them on 2 or 4 wheels?
Wel- how well do they work?
- how well do they wear?
- do you use them on 2 or 4 wheels?
Don't know
2 ( the right wheels)
Our Mk2 ran on practically new Toyo Proxes T1R's last winter and was a real handful in the snow/sleet. My wife, who uses it on a daily basis, had to abandon it on several occassions when she got stuck on slight inclines with about an inch of fresh snow. This year we're putting snow tyres on the existing 15" rims in the hope it'll be a much better experience. Although I highly rate the T1R's for dry/wet driving I really don't rate them at all for snow driving. Just my opinion based on personal experience.
DZ300 said:
Our Mk2 ran on practically new Toyo Proxes T1R's last winter and was a real handful in the snow/sleet. My wife, who uses it on a daily basis, had to abandon it on several occassions when she got stuck on slight inclines with about an inch of fresh snow. This year we're putting snow tyres on the existing 15" rims in the hope it'll be a much better experience. Although I highly rate the T1R's for dry/wet driving I really don't rate them at all for snow driving. Just my opinion based on personal experience.
Getting 4 fitted tomorrow!Simbu said:
Ah, i'd forgotten about these! I only really have a problem on my slopey drive and a short lane out to the (usually well gritted) main road. I have questions:
- how well do they work?
- how well do they wear?
- do you use them on 2 or 4 wheels?
1. very well- how well do they work?
- how well do they wear?
- do you use them on 2 or 4 wheels?
2. fine on the white stuff but rapidly on tarmac een at slow speeds
3. you can use on all 4 but 2 will do the job
There was a great picture doing the rounds last year. It was of a BMW 1 series with snow socks on the front tyres!
I battled thro my first and second winters on Advans
Last winter i knew the Rainsports weren't gong to cope with the white stuff very well so invested in Snow Socks. Superb but it's a very mucky job removing them and horrid if you have to re-attach without having a chnace to wash and/or dry out.
This approaching winter i have a spare set of steel wheels on which i shall put either Nokians, Kumhos or Snow Proxes - or another make if anyone comes up with a viable suggestion that's cheaper than the aforementioned.
She's my only car so i want to keep her going as much as possible - ground clearance allowing
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