Winter tyres

[battleshipgray]

Mine are going on on Saturday. Ordered Michelin Pilot Alpin 4s - reviews seem very good.

I had Continental WinterContacts on the last car, but all Continentals are on back order with no delivery date.

[spider62]

I'm sure you won't be disappointed in the Pilot Alpine 4s.

Put mine on two weeks ago in place of the Bridgestones, what a difference, quieter, better ride and the grip is fantastic in both wet and dry.

[C2K]

Put mine on two weeks ago in place of the Bridgestones, what a difference, quieter, better ride and the grip is fantastic in both wet and dry.

To be fair, the same could be said about putting Linglongs or Wanlis on in place of the bridgestones. 

[JBirchy]

I'm sure you won't be disappointed in the Pilot Alpine 4s.

Put mine on two weeks ago in place of the Bridgestones, what a difference, quieter, better ride and the grip is fantastic in both wet and dry.

I can second that. I've got Pilot Alpin 4's on mine, in fact I did a 12 report feature for EVO Magazine on them last year and they're superb. I find not only do they offer miles better grip in very cold/snowy/icy conditions, in wet conditions around 7-8 degrees they are fantastic. So sure footed and they cut through standing water with ease.

Not only that, I even think they add a level of refinement to the ride quality that the Bridgestone summers simply can't compete with.

Brilliant tyres, probably going to be ordering some for my Wife's 1-Series too.

[Restlessnative]

Just received this weeks AutoExpress mag and they have their latest Winter Tyre test - the Winner is Goodyear Ultra Grip Performance Gen-1 tyres, Dunlop 2nd and Nokian 3rd

Just been reading my old copy of that.Priced the Goodyears at about £130 a corner fitted through Black Circles. They seem like a fantastic tyre.But i've decided not to bother.
Perfect excuse to phone in sick if it snows.....

[Mrparkuk]

3 days of heavy rain and flooding and this morning a nice frost and black ice. The joys of motoring!
Tyres (Dunlop Wintersport 5) and new wheels (BBS SR 18) doing the job. Just needs to warm up a bit so I can wash it

[kalimon]

Loooking at these pictures gave me a thought.
How are the Golf doors to open after heavy frost?
My 2006 A3 was an absolute ball ache. The rubbers around the door frame glued themselves to the metal of the car every time like Jeff Daniels tongue in Dumb and Dumber!
Is the Golf the same?
PS
Nice car, identical to my new order

[itavaltalainen]

You can treat the seals lightly with a silicon oil. There are small cans with foam applicators that make it really easy.
Used to do that on all my cars when I lived in Finland and doors never froze shut after that any more (well for one winter anyway).

[p3asa]

Loooking at these pictures gave me a thought.
How are the Golf doors to open after heavy frost?

I'm more concerned about the wing mirrors being frozen shut and then when you open the car, you hear them struggling trying to open.

[barrym381]

Loooking at these pictures gave me a thought.
How are the Golf doors to open after heavy frost?

I'm more concerned about the wing mirrors being frozen shut and then when you open the car, you hear them struggling trying to open.

It was cold enough today to see if that would happen