Winter Tyres on the Cage - Printable Version

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Winter Tyres on the Cage - dickturpin - 31-10-11

So who bothers with winter tyres on their cage? Or maybe some will say 'wouldn't be without them!'

Views???

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - Fazerider - 31-10-11

After several years of slithering about on the cheapest rubber the local fitter had to offer, I decided to try some winter ones. Obviously I'm too much of a cheapskate to have a second set of wheels, so just plan to take it easy on the occasions when the car is needed during summer.
My verdict so far is to avoid like the plague... only had them fitted last Thursday and the bloody car wouldn't start the next day. :grumble

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - fazed600 - 31-10-11

Put summer tyres on and use it as an excuse not to go into work, if there is anything more than 2 snowflakes.

On a more serious note I am considering the same, but it really seems as if you need to be committed to winter tyres for snow and then change them in the spring for summer tyres. I don't think I can be arsed / afford to have a spare set of wheels & tyres knocking around waiting for the appropriate season.

Dunno if 'all season' tyres offer the best all round solution, or the worst of both worlds.

Unless someone can convince me otherwise I'm sticking to summer tyres and phoning in stranded.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - paul.s - 31-10-11

just put some new tyres on me mrs winter car she wont get stuck with these bad boys on Big Grin

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - goldfazer - 31-10-11

My boss had a set on his mini last winter and reckons they were great. I pondered but do so few miles it ain't worth it. Got a set of autosocks just in case.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - Fazerider - 31-10-11

(31-10-11, 09:42 AM)goldfazer link Wrote: My boss had a set on his mini last winter and reckons they were great. I pondered but do so few miles it ain't worth it. Got a set of autosocks just in case.

My brother tried Autosocks and said they were astonishingly effective, but clear tarmac destroys them pretty much instantly... he risked a couple of gentle miles on them 'cos he couldn't be bothered to stop and they were torn to ribbons.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - ZiggyCol - 31-10-11

We live at the bootom of a hill in an estate on the edge of town and it never gets gritted. 2 winters ago our car was stranded for over a week until a neighbour kindly towed us out with his Rangey and we then parked it at the top of the hill until the snow cleared.

Last year I invested in some snow socks and they are fantastic if used as advised i.e. in snow. The grip they provide is quite astonishing. Put them on - get clear - take them off. If you run for any length of time/speed on tarmac you will quickly destroy them. But they are very easy to put on/off unlike snow chains.

If your circumstances fit I can thouroughly recommend them.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - richfzs - 31-10-11

I bought winter tyres for the first time last winter. I run a BMW, with all the rear wheel drive entertainment that brings. I never had any bother, in all the snow & ice that last winter through at us. Whether it was forging new tracks through virgin snow, or driving over week old stuff that had been packed down to sheet ice - the car just did it, accelerate, corner, brake, whatever. I picked up a mate who owns a 4WD Audi, and he couldn't believe how poised my car was, compared to his running summer rubber. I've got Continentals "somethings", and can't fault them. They'll be going back on the car this weekend coming (as apparently they work better than summer rubber when the temp is less than 7 degress, altho I can't verify that!).

I do also have Autosocks, and as others have said, they do work really well, as long as you don't stray on tarmac. And thats their drawback, they are an emergency use thing, at least in this country where the chances are you'll be back on Tarmac the next day - they're on-off-on-off, with much scrabbling round feeding them round the tyres, getting dirtier/colder/wetter all the time. The winter rubber is always there, just waiting to flick a bogey at any snow that does come down.

Sure, with winter tyres, you might want a spare set of wheels, but you can also pay somebody like Kwik Fit (other tyre thiefs are available) to store them for you, if you don't have space at home.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - robby boy - 31-10-11

I fitted winter tyres to my car 2 years ago, took them off in the spring, fitted them again last year and again removed in the spring, will probably leave them on this spring and fit brand new ones next year. I use the tyre machine at work so it does not cost me anything, but it would add up if I was paying "slick fit" to fit and remove them. I have fitted Vredestein Quatrac "All Weather" tyres to my mates Passat and he says they give the best of both worlds.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - locksmith - 01-11-11

That reminds me I was going to look for some sort of snow chains for the van.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - Slaninar - 01-11-11

Got 4 second hand wheels for my mom's Punto for some 80 euros. Fitted winter tyres on them. Just change wheels in autumn/spring. Simple, quick, free.

Winter tyres are a must since she lives uphill - the car gets stuck with regular tyres. I'm also sure winter tyres are better for winter braking, cornering etc.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - Kosmic Kartman - 01-11-11

Mostly use the little 125 and get sideways or put the enduro wheels back on the KTM and get more sideways, but on ocassion when I have used the car I just press the 'W' (winter mode) button. This changes power delivery to the wheels.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - goldfazer - 01-11-11

'This changes power delivery to the wheels.'

Does that help when your're braking?

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - Kosmic Kartman - 01-11-11

(01-11-11, 09:30 PM)goldfazer link Wrote: 'This changes power delivery to the wheels.'

Does that help when your're braking?

ABS. Plus I always drive talking into account road conditions.

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - goldfazer - 01-11-11

Trouble is, ABS is bad news in snow - too slippery for it to work properly!

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - richfzs - 01-11-11

And ABS is feck all use, if the rubber isnt gripping anyway :eek

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - martynR - 02-11-11

For a FWD cars it should be enough to replace front with winter tyres, but for the RWD all four should be replaced.

Here is a tyre test from ADAC

http://www.adac.de/infotestrat/tests/reifen/winterreifen/2009_Winterreifen_Test_205_55_R16.aspx?ComponentId=29880&SourcePageId=31821

If you use Google Chrome then it can be translated to English Smile

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - BIG MAC - 02-11-11

I own a BMW 320dse and vote it the most treacherous thing on snow ever invented..However I took the Bridgestone Potenza runflats off it in the spring and put on Kumho Ecsta runflats...so far there is no appreciable difference except the sidewall construction allows for some flex which means the ride doesn't knock your fillings out...Maybe they will be better in snow...I am hoping however tgat we don't see much snow this year

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - richfzs - 02-11-11

Trev, thats exactly the car I've got - as I said, absolutely no drama on the snow/ice last year, with winter tyres fitted :thumbup

Re: Winter Tyres on the Cage - karlo - 02-11-11

I've run Cooper Discoverer STT's for a few years as well Wink