Dunlop SP 01 for snow ice winter driving

[SirBlade]

Will they work if we have winter weather like last December? If not, what are the recommended budget winter tyres?

[v8will]

They will be no better than any other summer tyre IMHO. What size do you need?

[SirBlade]

Passat 2007 standard alloys
215 55 R16

[v8will]

Something like this is what you need

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m96b0s648p61803/HANKOOK_...

Unfortunately winter rubber is expensive

[jon-]

They will be bad.

v8will said:

Something like this is what you need

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m96b0s648p61803/HANKOOK_...

Unfortunately winter rubber is expensive

Cheaper is possible. http://lovetyres.com/tyre/Uniroyal-MS-plus-66/215-...

There's cheaper winter tyres out there, but the budgets tend to sacrifice wet performance.

[SirBlade]

Fronts or rears or all corners?
EBay used?

[littleredrooster]

Sir obviously hasn't been reading this informative thread

All the answers you ever needed.

[HellDiver]

3 years ago, my winter tyred Vectra blew up, so I was driving about in a Vauxhall "courtesy" 1.2 Corsa. It was on Dunlop SP Sport 01 tyres, and it did absolutely fine through ice and snow. No worse than any other car on summer tyres.

[SirBlade]

littleredrooster said:

Sir obviously hasn't been reading this informative thread

All the answers you ever needed.

100 pages, with the last five being some keyboard warriors squabbling over drag and tyre pressure. No thanks!