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Winter Tyre PollViews : 33879 Replies : 208Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 12:11 | #1 |
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Winter Tyre Poll
Are you slapping on winter tyres? Go on, let us know.
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 15:49 | #2 |
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As only recently got the car I cannot judge if will be getting them or not as never had the XC60 in winter before. I'm going to wait and see how she fares and then decide. That said the rate the miles are clocking up might need a new set mid December anyway and may put winter tyres on just to compare at no real additional cost as would be replacing them anyway. Will wait and see. I see Kwik Fit are now stocking the Continental 4 x 4 winter contact tyres £743.20 for 4 fully fitted.
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 18:04 | #3 | |
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 18:11 | #4 |
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Apologies. I never meant for people's usernames to be displayed. My bad. I should have also perhaps added a maybe option. Not sure I can change the poll at this stage though.
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 19:11 | #5 |
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one should not wait and see when it comes to fitting winter tyres, all the active saftey features in the world will not save you, your loved ones or the child who ran out in front of you if your tyre compound is to ridgid at that moment.
tyres are the few square inches you have between life and death for you or others. "a winter tyre is for life, not just for snow" i have an offroad 4x4 that in winter is fitted with bridgestone dm-v1 due to the nordic conditions it is used in but for my normal road 4x4 bridgestone lm25 are the choice although if fittment allowed i would use conti 830p's |
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 19:50 | #7 |
Better than an X3 or Q5
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"a winter tyre is for life, not just for snow"
Look, a winter tyre is fine in the right conditions but it's a winter tyre on a summers day is surely as bad as a summer tyre in winter you just ain't gonna get the grip you need to drive safely, bugger that! If I look out and there is 2 feet of snow I am not risking my balls by driving, especially with all the other silly buggers out there, it's not my ability to stay on the straight and narrow I am worried about..... |
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 20:49 | #8 | |
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As the main point about a winter tyre is the way it retains flexibility in cold conditions then it should be obvious that the construction of the tyre is from softer materials, ergo you will still get excellent grip in the dry, in summer; unfortunately this is allied to truly appalling levels of tyre wear! Citizen "Vredestein Snowtrac 3" Agfa. |
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Nov 2nd, 2010, 20:54 | #9 |
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Never have fitted them to any vehicle I've ever owned and I'm not about to start..
Never had a problem with traction either. |
Nov 2nd, 2010, 21:09 | #10 |
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I have read that Britain should actually use Winter Tyres as it is when the temperature falls below 5C that the issues with summer compound tyres become apparent. The difference between us and the Nordics is that they have these temperatures for several months, we have it for a few months.
I know that my P Zero tyres feel very hard and smooth when it run my hand over the running surface on a cold morning, especilly when we have had several days of cold weather. Conversly my winter tyres still feel 'sticky' in the same conditions - in fact they feel the same in the winter as summer tyres do in the summer
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