winter tyres

[Bellend]

Got some winter tyres fitted today. Brand new 195/45/15. Replacing the 205/50/15's. Ride is far more firm but feels more comfortable somehow.

They are Nankang Ultrasport II. Ditchfinders is all I've heard about Nankangs but these "M+S" tyres are fantasitc! SO MUCH more grip over the Toyo-T1R in the freezing cold. Awesome grip so far and for the price for some snow tyres, sweet. 

Deffo see the advantage.

[mcgee9t2]

Got some winter tyres fitted today. Brand new 195/45/15. Replacing the 205/50/15's. Ride is far more firm but feels more comfortable somehow.

They are Nankang Ultrasport II. Ditchfinders is all I've heard about Nankangs but these "M+S" tyres are fantasitc! SO MUCH more grip over the Toyo-T1R in the freezing cold. Awesome grip so far and for the price for some snow tyres, sweet. 

Deffo see the advantage.

im thinking about taking mine off soon. no sign on snow, only had to defrost my car once this "winter"

[Bellend]

Got some winter tyres fitted today. Brand new 195/45/15. Replacing the 205/50/15's. Ride is far more firm but feels more comfortable somehow.

They are Nankang Ultrasport II. Ditchfinders is all I've heard about Nankangs but these "M+S" tyres are fantasitc! SO MUCH more grip over the Toyo-T1R in the freezing cold. Awesome grip so far and for the price for some snow tyres, sweet. 

Deffo see the advantage.

im thinking about taking mine off soon. no sign on snow, only had to defrost my car once this "winter"

They grip better in the cold.

[Jay]

Cold? What cold?  it's been spring since the end of Autumn with a cool draft now and then 

[Khare]

Cold? What cold?  it's been spring since the end of Autumn with a cool draft now and then 

Agreed. Last night on my way out from work was the second time this winter that I've had to scrape a thin layer of frost off the windscreen. It's been between 7-12 degrees here in the day since November sort of time. The way this is going summer should be epicly hot!

[Bellend]

-1 round here.

[gixer1400]

Got some winter tyres fitted today. Brand new 195/45/15. Replacing the 205/50/15's. Ride is far more firm but feels more comfortable somehow.

They are Nankang Ultrasport II. Ditchfinders is all I've heard about Nankangs but these "M+S" tyres are fantasitc! SO MUCH more grip over the Toyo-T1R in the freezing cold. Awesome grip so far and for the price for some snow tyres, sweet. 

Deffo see the advantage.

only problem with the size of tyre is that they are 5% smaller than your 205's and will run 921 rpm against 874 rpm ... revs per mile ...use more fuel and the speedo will be out too 

the tyre seller should have advised you of this 

[Bellend]

Got some winter tyres fitted today. Brand new 195/45/15. Replacing the 205/50/15's. Ride is far more firm but feels more comfortable somehow.

They are Nankang Ultrasport II. Ditchfinders is all I've heard about Nankangs but these "M+S" tyres are fantasitc! SO MUCH more grip over the Toyo-T1R in the freezing cold. Awesome grip so far and for the price for some snow tyres, sweet. 

Deffo see the advantage.

only problem with the size of tyre is that they are 5% smaller than your 205's and will run 921 rpm against 874 rpm ... revs per mile ...use more fuel and the speedo will be out too 

the tyre seller should have advised you of this 

So far, I've found the car more lively and using less fuel on the rural roads, less effort to pull away. 

Also, speedo is actually more accurate.  Speedo now says 29 at 30.

Was a mate in another garage. They're fine.

[danny_p]

my opinions on winter tyers ect

winter tyers are highly overated IMO   Good quality normal tyers are pritty bloody good,  no point getting winter tyers the same size as they'll be to fat.
cold wet weather demands narrow tyers  they cut through standing water better ( you meet much more of that than snow )  and they cut into snow better.

i've never botherd with superfandango snow tyers,   if the conditions are bad enough to make it worth swaping tyers over wrap them in chain.

  i went down from a 205/55/16 to 165/75/r15 el cheepos and fitted 9mm chains.  did over 1000 miles on them, chains ate the tyers a bit hence useiig cheep ones but grip was awsome comaperd to anything but studed tyers

[Ess_Three]

my opinions on winter tyers ect

And I'll counter with a few points:

winter tyers are highly overated IMO   Good quality normal tyers are pritty bloody good,  no point getting winter tyers the same size as they'll be to fat.

Really?
so the whole of the motoring world are incorrect in seeing the benefits?

Normal tyres are crap under 8 degrees C. I've had winter tyres on my last 3 cars...and without them, you can't pull out of the driveway.

Oh, and my winter tyres are the same width as my 'normal' or summer tyres...I've tried 195, 205 and 225 wide.
Currenty run 225/40/18s on the Golf and I can go where people in X5s etc can't.
Too wide you say?
It appears not...

cold wet weather demands narrow tyers  they cut through standing water better ( you meet much more of that than snow )  and they cut into snow better.

Wrong.
Cold weather demands a compound and tread pattern designed to cope with low temperatures.

My winter tyres are as good in warm standing water as my summers, vastly superior in cold standing water...and in a different league in slush and snow.

Cutting into the snow/slush is about the tread pattern biting into the snow then shedding the compacted snow as it spins....explain again why a narrow tyre does this better than a wider one?

i've never botherd with superfandango snow tyers,   if the conditions are bad enough to make it worth swaping tyers over wrap them in chain.

I can't get chains onto my Mk6 GTI..and arsed with stopping every 1/2 mile to take them off/put them on again...when I can stick winter tyres on (properly speed rated) and drive through 8" of snow one minute, then do 155 MPH on the Autobahn the next without the need to get out of the car.

So winter tyres...let me drive anywhere I want to go in pretty much any weather, where not fitting them means I can't get out of the driveway.
I didn't have any winter tyres for the winter of 2005/2006...and I couldn't get out of the driveway.

If you live where the weather is bad enough to justify them...you will NEVER go back after using them.
The benefits are huge.
Underrated, in fact...