Changing to winter or all season tyres

[Car Mad Dave]

Has anyone fitted winter or all season tyres to their A110 and been through a UK winter yet, worth it and effect on handling?

My Pure is due shortly and I will probably use it daily so I’m seriously thinking about fitting all season or winter tyres to the Fuchs. I'm not too worried about the 3 days snow we have a year in the UK but where I am in the NE, we have many wet days of low / close to freezing temperatures.

[Car Mad Dave]

Coilover said:

To be honest, I’ve had Lotus Elise and Exige and various other fast go-carts but have never really considered winter tyres. In the past it’s been down to cost and storage limitations, but it’s one of those things (as I have never tried them) that I have no idea how much benefit they bring in real terms. I guess if you are running semi-slick, barely road legal tyres for road use then it’s pretty obvious that you might want something a bit more grippy.
How much real benefit do winter vs summer tyres bring?

You raise some good points.

Regarding storage, it is costly to own and store an extra wheel set (I still have the winter wheel set for my 997 knocking around unused). Recently though, I have found a local indy garage who are very careful when changing tyres and will store the removed set effectively for free by charging £72 to change the tyres on the existing rims.

How useful winters are really is a function of your personal use case - I had winter wheels and tyres for my 997 as it went up the Alps and lived some of its life in parts of Europe where winters are mandatory.

From personal experience I find PS4s are not that great when its getting damp and cold, but have not used PS4 tyres in winter conditions, so I guess this is what drives my question. ATM I'm leaning more to fitting the Michelin Cross Climate 2 all season tyres.