winter tyres ....who bothers

[Bellend]

My 1.4 Lupo with budget tyres was good in the snow! drove everywhere, even made it up a hill only 4x4's got up.

Didn't even spin up either

Maybe i can just drive better than you guys moaning about your top of the range tyres not gripping in the snow

 

A lot of budget tyres are awesome in winter, saw the auto MK3 everywhere last snowfall.

[sprout99]

My 1.4 Lupo with budget tyres was good in the snow! drove everywhere, even made it up a hill only 4x4's got up.

Didn't even spin up either

Maybe i can just drive better than you guys moaning about your top of the range tyres not gripping in the snow

 

A lot of budget tyres are awesome in winter, saw the auto MK3 everywhere last snowfall.

depends on tread pattern and rubber compound

[apie2004]

I have ditch finders on my mk2 and it wasnt terrible in the snow. I walked home from work because the traffic was horrific due to people just deciding to rev the tits of their cars in first gear and just spinning up the wheels. Winners the lot of them

[the dude]

When putting winter tyres on that are good in the snow,as soon as the snow goes should you take them off or are they OK?
What brands would people recommend that are cheap?

[sprout99]

When putting winter tyres on that are good in the snow,as soon as the snow goes should you take them off or are they OK?
What brands would people recommend that are cheap?

they are specially designed for use on cold weather and should have snow flake symbol marked on them
they are supposed to work best when  temps are below 7deg's - they work well on ice too.

from oct to March in most central europe countries.

[AlanD]

So its more to do with temperature rather than terrain?

[sprout99]

So its more to do with temperature rather than terrain?

the blocks are designed to act like brushes and trap snow / ice and use that to grip
i read an article on them while waiting for car to be serviced

[Diamond Hell]

the blocks are designed to act like brushes and trap snow / ice and use that to grip
i read an article on them while waiting for car to be serviced

It's all about the sipes in the treadblocks.

Also the rubber compound is very different to all-year/summer tyres, so it remains flexible at low temperatures, instead of hardening up and stopping gripping.

[AlanD]

DH, would you cause damage so to speak by using them when theres not actually any snow or ice on the roads?

[Diamond Hell]

They just wear down very much faster, because they go sticky much lower down the temperature scale and then breakdown, so you could get the 'sausages' of rubber along the sides of tread blocks that you can generate on track with summer tyres just on a spirited road drive.