ABS in the snow

[am1w]

I have been ridiculed all week at work for the fact that I have put 4 winter tyres on my car.  Comments like "they saw you coming" and "more money than sense"  Nobody believes me that it is safer to run the car with the 4 tyres and they all say you only need them on the front of a fwd car,  I have argued until I'm blue in the face that my traction in the snow will be better but no one's listening.  Just wait until someone has an accident then we will see who is the smug one 

Massive demand for winter tyres at the moment so we are not alone, also the new legislation in Germany probably means there are supply issues. Once you've experienced the difference you'll know you've done the right thing.
I know I have.
Anyway, £600 over 3 or 4 winters isn't that bad on a 25k car.

I agree I thought £600 for 4 corners was quite a fair figure, they're probably just jealous

Amanda: How are the winter ware/wear? I bet you are very pleased.

[am1w]

GolfTi:
Not on their website.
But available when I rang them today.

Buy as many as you can and then sell them on next week for a healthy profit

Where the hell do I store them? That's the problem.

[am1w]

MyTyres still seem to have loads for sale (albeit I've only been looking at 15's) @ about £60 ea. for something half decent (Snowtrak3's), well worth it in my opinion

mytyres are so overpriced now for Continental 830Ps. £238 per corner for 18" fitted.

[GolfTi]

Kwik fit were the cheapest online for me.
They treated my monzas with the utmost respect and are now storing the summer Bridgestones until March/April.

What more can you ask for?

[am1w]

Kwik fit were the cheapest online for me.
They treated my monzas with the utmost respect and are now storing the summer Bridgestones until March/April.
What more can you ask for?

You are the man who told us ages ago about this.
Right, right and right again. Reminds me of just two winter tyres, one on the front and one on the back.

Seriously, really amazing value for this time of the year.

[am1w]

Rolfe:
Sorry for the hijack.
Got a bit carried away. Not good for my heart.

[GolfTi]

Kwik fit were the cheapest online for me.
They treated my monzas with the utmost respect and are now storing the summer Bridgestones until March/April.
What more can you ask for?

You are the man who told us ages ago about this.
Right, right and right again. Reminds me of just two winter tyres, one on the front and one on the back.

Seriously, really amazing value for this time of the year.

Many others gave early warning too, and with good reason.

Still think one on the front left and the other as a spare is best though

[Snoopy]

The weight of the engien at the front is enough to help the front tyres bite into the ice and snow,

Try pulling away on real snow and ice. Oh wait your 20 (so never driven when we use to have bad winters) + at the south coast = no idea what snow and ice really is.  

[Khare]

Actually last winter was pretty hectic, and this year it was pretty bad too however the car had no MOT at the time so I didn't get the chance to go out and play in the snow 

[Snoopy]

Actually last winter was pretty hectic, and this year it was pretty bad too

That was nothing earlier this year down south i was down for a week or so early this year and LOL at the way people were down there with there two specs of snow. It was so funny you think the world was coming to an end the way the media was and people were. I sort of prooved my theory back then that most people nowadays have no idea what snow really is.