Winter tyres vol 2
Discussion
Wills2 said:
RicksAlfas said:
jon- said:
That looks really steep on compacted snow / ice?
You're not from round here are you?
I do live at the top of a (hertfordshire) hill, so I have some experience with gradients
You're right though, sometimes, even in testing, there's a type of snow that winter tyres just unexpectedly flap at.I guess my point was, Hankook are now making decent tyres.
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2017-Sport-Au...
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2017-Auto-Exp...
I'm assuming you're on the Hankook Winter i cept evo2, which actually had strongest snow braking in the first test, which has a near mirror track with traction performance!
jon- said:
Wills2 said:
RicksAlfas said:
jon- said:
That looks really steep on compacted snow / ice?
You're not from round here are you?I do live at the top of a (hertfordshire) hill, so I have some experience with gradients
You're right though, sometimes, even in testing, there's a type of snow that winter tyres just unexpectedly flap at.I guess my point was, Hankook are now making decent tyres.
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2017-Sport-Au...
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2017-Auto-Exp...
I'm assuming you're on the Hankook Winter i cept evo2, which actually had strongest snow braking in the first test, which has a near mirror track with traction performance!
They have felt good in cold dry conditions and the wet though.
Edited by Wills2 on Wednesday 14th February 14:28
jon- said:
Wills2 said:
I guess the source for my disappointment could be the Mrs saying your a fool as I went out to show her how great my winters would be
https://www.reddit.com/r/holdmybeer/https://i.imgur.com/nHfVscm.gifv
My Nokians have 10k miles on them now, they are starting to get a bit noisier. Still about 5mm of tread on them.
Although we haven’t had a lot of snow again this year, they are much better in the wet and were good in the few slushy days we’ve had. We’ve had one day of snow so far and I had no trouble getting out on to the main roads, I would have struggled with the summers on (255 section tyres).
Although we haven’t had a lot of snow again this year, they are much better in the wet and were good in the few slushy days we’ve had. We’ve had one day of snow so far and I had no trouble getting out on to the main roads, I would have struggled with the summers on (255 section tyres).
Somewhatfoolish said:
Anyone else practicing their smug face in preparation for the next few days?
Held out all winter but finally fitted the winters to my 5 series today. Wouldn’t want my wife having problems when driving around with my 2 year old.Was also good to know I had them last week as a backup plan for my alps trip when the 4x4 had an issue.
jon- said:
That looks really steep on compacted snow / ice?
There are physics limits to European winter tyres, I'm not sure anything else without studs would have got you there, assuming the Hankooks are a recent pattern and have good tread depth.
Studs might not even help there as on the left there is not enough ice for the studs to grab onto. I reckon in certain snow conditions with the wide tyres and so much bhp it will struggle on that slope even with winters.There are physics limits to European winter tyres, I'm not sure anything else without studs would have got you there, assuming the Hankooks are a recent pattern and have good tread depth.
g3org3y said:
I put the winters back on yesterday. They are quite worn however (I'd estimate 3mm) but still plenty of sipes so hopefully should be more effective than the summers. Fingers crossed.
Remember also it's not just the sipes, it's the actual rubber compound that helps with winter tyres also.Mine are particularly noisy now, but they have been on since October and 13,000 miles - still plenty of mm left - this week won't be fun looking at weather, it's the inconsiderate mugs on the roads that think they are untouchable on summer rubber. Will look forward to driving around them (I may help them of course)
But seeing their faces when my rwd 3 series stops and overtakes them on snow, is priceless
But seeing their faces when my rwd 3 series stops and overtakes them on snow, is priceless
DailyHack said:
Mine are particularly noisy now, but they have been on since October and 13,000 miles - still plenty of mm left - this week won't be fun looking at weather, it's the inconsiderate mugs on the roads that think they are untouchable on summer rubber. Will look forward to driving around them (I may help them of course)
But seeing their faces when my rwd 3 series stops and overtakes them on snow, is priceless
That's a pretty serious case of smug poisoning. But seeing their faces when my rwd 3 series stops and overtakes them on snow, is priceless
Somewhatfoolish said:
Anyone else practicing their smug face in preparation for the next few days?
So how's the smug face going? As my lack of winter tyres has been a good decision over my entire lifetime (so far), -3 today and stopping fine in real world conditions. Emergency braked yesterday for some idiot pedestrians and happy to report they all lived
A knock on consequence of people not using winter tyres: People leaving their cars parked on the main road as they don't want to get stuck on their housing estate/executive development.
Where we live is hilly, and housing estates don't get gritted. So if the forecast is snow overnight, people park outside the housing estate. This morning the main road had nose-to-tail parking on both sides which meant stop start traffic in both directions. The road conditions were actually fine, but the traffic was worse because of the parking.
Where we live is hilly, and housing estates don't get gritted. So if the forecast is snow overnight, people park outside the housing estate. This morning the main road had nose-to-tail parking on both sides which meant stop start traffic in both directions. The road conditions were actually fine, but the traffic was worse because of the parking.
hyphen said:
Somewhatfoolish said:
Anyone else practicing their smug face in preparation for the next few days?
So how's the smug face going? As my lack of winter tyres has been a good decision over my entire lifetime (so far), -3 today and stopping fine in real world conditions. Emergency braked yesterday for some idiot pedestrians and happy to report they all lived
The 4x4 pickup with all season tyres is my winter vehicle as my summer tyre shod BMW 645 wouldn't make it out of the garage onto the drive, let alone out of the street.
The roads are far worse further into the hills and I might take a run out to take some photos later on.
Obviously being about 600 miles south of me your weather conditions will be significantly different, but I think I'll keep buying tyres appropriate for poor weather.
Not so smug here.
Put 4 x 20” Alpin PA4 on my M5 in December which were fabulous when we had nearly a foot of snow to contend with in South Shropshire shortly after.
2 weeks ago a pothole or stray brick in the road wrote off a front tyre and rim so I put my summers back on figuring the lead time on a replacement winter meant it wasn’t worth bothering with this season.
Now we have significant snowfall forecast and I have to travel towards the end of the week - whilst I have 3 ridiculously expensive winters and 1 completely shagged one stacked in the shed.
Put 4 x 20” Alpin PA4 on my M5 in December which were fabulous when we had nearly a foot of snow to contend with in South Shropshire shortly after.
2 weeks ago a pothole or stray brick in the road wrote off a front tyre and rim so I put my summers back on figuring the lead time on a replacement winter meant it wasn’t worth bothering with this season.
Now we have significant snowfall forecast and I have to travel towards the end of the week - whilst I have 3 ridiculously expensive winters and 1 completely shagged one stacked in the shed.
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