Winter tyres?

[Ess_Three]

That's amazing. Guess what I'm doing the first dry weekend of October! :

I'll butt out since i'm taking you off-topic 

Following the road on from the photo, just over the hill, is the Lecht Ski Centre.
Just behind is a 1/6 hill up from Corgarff Castle.
I suggest you drive to the Lecht, pull in, cool off, turn round and drive it the other way too.
Do that over and over until the fun police in the passenger seat sells you that you are sad and should stop.

Multi-map it...hours and hours worth of brilliant scenery and roads, properly in the wilds.

Good fun. Great road. Summer or winter - weather or tyres (see what I did there?  Back on topic!  )

[R32UK]

WOW!!! that some awsome roads right there. Im only going to edinburgh for one night so I doubt Im gonna get to tackle those roads... but if i was I would just have to take the R with the weather you guys are used to!

[Ess_Three]

WOW!!! that some awsome roads right there. Im only going to edinburgh for one night so I doubt Im gonna get to tackle those roads... but if i was I would just have to take the R with the weather you guys are used to!

The R would be unstoppable on roads like that...my S3 was (once it had proper suspension on), as long as it's not too low.
I buffed the sump on the S3 with an 'enthusiastic' drive up over Glenshee chasing a re-mapped & modified 2.7TT S4.

From Blairgowrie to Glenshee we pulled 9 mins on the rest of the group (A4s, RS4s, RS6s, S3s included).
If you have the kahoonas, you can go seriously quick on some great roads.

The ITR was brilliant on them...but the 996 a tad low and wide...I was always worried for the front spoiler, the S3 was just devastating on them.

[R32UK]

I can imagine! thats why I have always felt a car of the similar size of the golf is all you really need on everyday roads and even the ones you have posted pics of.

S3 tuned or R32 turbo'd would be perfect to show up other more expensive car as many journos have pointed out even the Focus RS does when driven hard over these kind of roads. I sometimes think that all this talk of silly bhp numbers is a little far fetched when lets be honest you can only use so many in your daily 0-30 dash(0-70 if your lucky).

I cetrainly think that when I have the financial means and time I would op for a full on track car (super 7 or something) and daily driver such as the Golf everytime over a 'look at me' ferrari everytime (unless its on its way to a track ).

[gizzywizzy]

Wow that brings back memories of when I lived in the granite City (Aberdeen) often went to the Lecht for a spot of skiing, and that journey is totally awesome.

[FamilyDub]

I would op for a full on track car (super 7 or something) and daily driver such as the Golf

+1.

Even the basic 1.4 Caterham 7 does 0-60 in 6.4 seconds (ish). Fast enough for me.

[R32UK]

Just got back!!

Awesome place Some really scary roads on the way there (A68)... and edinburgh is just a fabulous place. Shame I was only there for one night. Often stayed away from colder places but the weather this morning was clear blue skies and sunshine.

Definately going to go back sometime soon! Lucky people living somewhere with roads like that

[percymon]

Summer performance Tyres lose their edge once below 7'C so winter Tyres are actually a very intelligent choice from mid Nov thru Mar. The grip offered on dry roads is quite surprising, you'd expect them to be all mush and slidey but at low temps they will match a summer tyre it surpass it. At zero and below they are as good as a summer tyre at 10-15'c temps, in snow unsurpassed bar proper snow tyres and chains. Chech out www.mytyres.co.uk for winter tyre options

vredstein wintracs are reportedly very very good, pirelli snowpro and Michelin alpin are Porsche approved and excellent in snow as well as rain n cold

[VWKev]

I still find the thought of changing tyres for the summer and winter months particularly funny. Are we road drivers or F1 drivers ?

[Ess_Three]

I still find the thought of changing tyres for the summer and winter months particularly funny. Are we road drivers or F1 drivers ?

Try it...and you will know.

Ever driven on Toyo R888s or Yoko A008s on a warm road or trackday?
If you had, you'd know the difference compound makes when matched to the conditions.

Ever driven a track on slicks?
Again, if you had, you'd not want to drive on a dry track without them.

Ever driven a hot Hatch on a road at 1-2 degrees on winter tyres?
If you had, you be looking to fit them.

It makes THAT much difference.
You don't need to be a F1 driver...any driver with a pulse will spot the difference immediately.