winter tyres

[gixer1400]

hi i'm looking to put some winter/m+s tyres on my mk2, standard 185/60/14 sizes
 can anyone recommend a good set around £200 
 and where to buy them in the Wirral/Chester area?   

[danny_p]

you want remoulds  the road legal gravel tyers for rallying    for serious winter tyers  or for something more sensible i highly reccomend vredistine 

[gixer1400]

thanks thats useful to know will price up the vredstines to see whats available 
will do it asap as have just seen that the forecast  is snow for nxt week 

[Ben Lessani]

I'll be getting some on too! Not having another winter of 215mm wide wheels and not moving at all!

[gixer1400]

thats very true as last year  :embarassed: i had a lexus with 225/245's and all the nanny state electronics and it wouldn't even rev as computer said no  so driver had no say and no go ended up using  my girlfriends old honda prelude ; not a problem as equiped with narrow m+s tyres ; and before you ask she dont know where the tyres came from   

[mk2bal]

Wot are m+s tyres? Seen it mentioned a few times now...

[danny_p]

mud + snow.

they have quite an open agressive block like tread pattern.  the tread tends to have excelent self cleaning ablity and they will bite into soft surfaces. the downside is they tend not to have rain grooves in them so will aquaplane easyer than a normal road tyer really agressive ones will hum at speed on the road, there dry grip is not the best ether.   but as name says they work really well on muddy  and snow cover roads

[mk2bal]

Oh right-makes sense! Yeah I've seen a few trucks with knobblie tyres on ripping past me when I'm stuck in the snow. Gettin new tyres on the winter rims 2mrw,did a couple o spins earlier tryin 2 turn round at work and gettin sick of it. Guna smash 1 of the ronals up if I don't swap em sharpish.who else has sh!t themselves in their mk2s today??