03-11-11, 05:01 PM
(03-11-11, 06:22 AM)Slaninar link Wrote: What I've experienced is that summer tyres are a lot less gripy when it is cold - in both wet and dry conditions. This can be a difference between 10 and 13 meter stopping trail (hitting, or stopping just in time). All 4 winter tyres do great difference on braking and cornering when it's below 10 degrees Centigrade.
Expense is not too great - because when switching tyres they last about twice as long. Just get a spare set of wheels (rims) so you do not have to take tyres off to replace, just swap wheels - 30 minutes work. In my country it is mandatory to switch to winter tyres in November but I'd do it anyway.
Exactly so, Slaninar! The expense question is one a lot of people raise, they don't seem to get that if you're wearing out one set of rubber, you're not using the other - so overall, there's no extra costs. Sure, there is some up front investment, in buying 4 new boots (and there's storage cost if you don't have the space at home), but that will be forgotten the first time you get home without drama when all around you are parked in the nearest ditch, and you don't have to make a claim on your insurance!