Winter and off-road tyres
Discussion
Hi,
We have a LR RRS and even though we live in South of England, I thought I'd get a set of winter tyres. (You can tell me straight away if you think it's really not needed despite the snow we're getting in recent years.) Anyhow, I thought it'd be nice to get tyres which are not completely hopeless off-road, either. We really won't be doing much offroading, and no rock climbing, but maybe the odd grass/mud track would be fun.
I've been looking at General Tire, but since there are separate winter/summer offroad tyres, and the least offroad-y tyre is 50/50, I'm really at loss as to what I should get, if this combination of uses is possible at all. Any suggestions are welcome.
We have a LR RRS and even though we live in South of England, I thought I'd get a set of winter tyres. (You can tell me straight away if you think it's really not needed despite the snow we're getting in recent years.) Anyhow, I thought it'd be nice to get tyres which are not completely hopeless off-road, either. We really won't be doing much offroading, and no rock climbing, but maybe the odd grass/mud track would be fun.
I've been looking at General Tire, but since there are separate winter/summer offroad tyres, and the least offroad-y tyre is 50/50, I'm really at loss as to what I should get, if this combination of uses is possible at all. Any suggestions are welcome.
Hi, Thanks for all the info! It's really helpful. I've been trying to reply for days, but the forum was always locked in the evening.
A quick question: the car currently has 275 40 R 20 tyres and so 20-inch rims. If I get a 19-inch set of rims for the winter tyres, and use 255 50 R 19 tyres, would the speedometer etc. need readjusting? I see that in theory the overall diameter of the wheels would change about 1cm, but in practice I wonder if the tyres distort anyway as they roll and so the effective diameter would be the same.
Thanks!
A quick question: the car currently has 275 40 R 20 tyres and so 20-inch rims. If I get a 19-inch set of rims for the winter tyres, and use 255 50 R 19 tyres, would the speedometer etc. need readjusting? I see that in theory the overall diameter of the wheels would change about 1cm, but in practice I wonder if the tyres distort anyway as they roll and so the effective diameter would be the same.
Thanks!
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