Best Winter Tyres for GTD 18" or change to 17"s - comments/ experience anyone?

[mcmaddy]

If you prefer style over substance then that's up to you 

[runningman35]

I have pleaded the case for smaller wheels and narrower tyres and yes I very much value substance over style when winter is considered and no laughing matter with amount of miles I do I.e. 25k plus per annum mostly business miles. I await reply from company car supplier on winter policy and a chance they may go with my suggestion from what I have been told initially. Await a call back next couple of weeks to tell me what I should do.

Suggested they don't hang around now, as November onwards is normally anyone's guess regarding the weather.
 

[phope]

I would have thought as long as it was one of the recommended tyre sizes in the manual, then there would be no hassle

[itavaltalainen]

Smaller wheels have the obvious advantage of having taller tyres - so if you do handbrake turns you only clip the tyre on kerb

Narrow tyres are better in deep snow though and tall tyres are softer if you driving on sh!te road where you can't see potholes or have serious ice ridges (latter applies to studded tyres - normal ones you tend to fly off ).

[runningman35]

Lol, re sh!te roads and potholes! That'll be most roads I go on in winter then!

The thing about a company car, not a lease car, is it is bound with policy, rules and regs and if you don't do things as you are required to it is a disciplinary issue with your work, so just keeping a clean sheet by awaiting an official response to my request, frustrating as it may be waiting.

At least if I get my way, it'll save me forking out for new wheels and tyres for my X5 which will not be popular with wife before Xmas I'm sure! Don't fancy doing lots of miles in it as only does 27 mpg at best these days!
 

[stuart.cameron]

I got a set of Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D, hopefully will be an improvement over the standard tyres.

[baser]

Picked up a cheap set of 18" RS4 replicas and a set of EcoSnow tyres as I visit Germany every month and you have to have winter tyres!

225/40/18's worked fine in the little snow and ice northern Europe faced last year.