« Reply #62 on: 05 March 2018, 00:21 »
It’s not so much the heat the tyres generate CHB, it’s the tarmac temperature.
Granted I do agree with you that it’s not a falling off a cliff at 7 degrees though.
I’ve never run winters myself but would if I used the car a lot more. I’d just pick up a low mileage set of wheels and winter tyres out of season on a forum or eBay.
Slightly off topic, having run three mk7’s with Bridgestone tyres I really don’t think they’re terrible in summer. They perform well when hot and I remember seeing a clip from the chassis guy who did the GTI CS set up saying th car was designed to run on Bridgestone rubber. That’s the rub, they did the testing on the ‘Ring at track temps. No wonder they don’t perform so well in cold British conditions.
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