Winter Tyres - Continental vs Nokian - Page 2

XC60MY12 · Dec 8th, 2011, 20:26

Decided on the Continentals in the end. Fitted last week on new Volvo alloys. Timing could not have been better. After today's gales am thinking of fitting a spinnaker next. Could save a fortune on diesel

simonjedrake · Dec 8th, 2011, 20:42

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Originally Posted by wimorrison

They will charge you later - you have to pay get them changed back, another £12 per corner

Good point, but as every other change over will most probably tie in with a new set of tyres on my annual mileage of say 18,000 miles when the change will be part of the "normal" tyre replacement cost anyway - well, thats my theory.......

simonjedrake · Dec 8th, 2011, 20:48

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Originally Posted by XC60Fan

Decided on the Continentals in the end. Fitted last week on new Volvo alloys. Timing could not have been better. After today's gales am thinking of fitting a spinnaker next. Could save a fortune on diesel

As a Director of the county's largest Fence Manufacturing Co, I just love gales - anything over 65 mph is good for business. Today we took orders for over 10,000 fence panels for your part of the country - mainly to B&Q & Builders Merchants in the Scottish Central region. Just a shame those gales did not make there way down to the prosperous South East..!!

XC60MY12 · Dec 8th, 2011, 20:51

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Originally Posted by simonjedrake

As a Director of the county's largest Fence Manufacturing Co, I just love gales - anything over 65 mph is good for business. Today we took orders for over 10,000 fence panels for your part of the country - mainly to B&Q & Builders Merchants in the Scottish Central region. Just a shame those gales did not make there way down to the prosperous South East..!!

It's an ill wind...

Docs · Dec 8th, 2011, 21:15

Just put back on my Conti WinterContacts on Monday,had them last year as well,local tyre charged me just €30 all in to swap.
Had them on last year as well,cannot believe the difference between them and the Pirellis
that came as standard I really believed there was something wrong with the car the first time I drove in snow with the Pirellis.
You won't regret picking the Contis,
Good luck.

XC60MY12 · Dec 9th, 2011, 21:18

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Originally Posted by simonjedrake

Just a shame those gales did not make there way down to the prosperous South East..!!

Thought you might like this.

Teejay1 · Dec 10th, 2011, 13:21

Probably changing mine over today or tomorrow.

XC60MY12 · Dec 12th, 2011, 19:32

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Originally Posted by Teejay1

Probably changing mine over today or tomorrow.

In the nick of time if the forecast's right.

simonjedrake · Mar 11th, 2012, 20:01

What happened to the UK Winter.
It's gone & with Spring in the air all last week plus daytime temperature today of 16C I decided to switch my "Winters" back to "Summers" today.
Did not really get much of a chance to try out my Nokians this winter.......

Teejay1 · Mar 12th, 2012, 07:16

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Originally Posted by simonjedrake

What happened to the UK Winter.
It's gone & with Spring in the air all last week plus daytime temperature today of 16C I decided to switch my "Winters" back to "Summers" today.
Did not really get much of a chance to try out my Nokians this winter.......

I'm planing on changing mine over this week sometime. I did get to try my Conti's last year.

Mar 11th, 2012, 20:01	#19
simonjedrake Premier Member Last Online: May 24th, 2024 22:40 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Shrewsbury	Switched back to Summers already.............. What happened to the UK Winter. It's gone & with Spring in the air all last week plus daytime temperature today of 16C I decided to switch my "Winters" back to "Summers" today. Did not really get much of a chance to try out my Nokians this winter....... __________________ XC60 T5 AWD Inscription Pro (MY19). Electric Silver. Xenium & Intellisafe Packs, HUD, HK Sound, Heated Rear Seats, 4 Zone Climate, Towbar, Exterior Styling Kit, Apple CarPlay, Polestar

Dec 8th, 2011, 20:26	#11
XC60MY12 Country Member Last Online: May 11th, 2012 22:23 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Johnstone	Decided on the Continentals in the end. Fitted last week on new Volvo alloys. Timing could not have been better. After today's gales am thinking of fitting a spinnaker next. Could save a fortune on diesel

Dec 8th, 2011, 21:15	#15
Docs Member Last Online: May 17th, 2024 09:23 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Donegal	Just put back on my Conti WinterContacts on Monday,had them last year as well,local tyre charged me just €30 all in to swap. Had them on last year as well,cannot believe the difference between them and the Pirellis that came as standard I really believed there was something wrong with the car the first time I drove in snow with the Pirellis. You won't regret picking the Contis, Good luck.

Dec 10th, 2011, 13:21	#17
Teejay1 Master Member Last Online: Jun 24th, 2023 21:53 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Tyne and Wear	Probably changing mine over today or tomorrow.

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