thebiglad
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Thanks for the info thats very useful. So i take it you use winter tyres for this time of year. Then change to summer tyre later on or is there a suitable all year tyre to do the job in winter aswell but obvious not the best?
Well imo there are tyres that claim to be all-year-round ones, but they are a compromise - mediocre in summer and winter.
I have two sets of wheels, one for summer and the other for winter. And yes you guessed it, one shod with summer tyres and one shod with winter ones.
I cannot stress enough the night-and-day difference of driving in all conditions at low temps, with Winter tyres. They just grip and grip.
Now some will argue they can't afford two sets of tyres. OK yes there is an initial extra outlay. My 4 extra alloy wheels cost about £50 from memory and off course I've had to buy a set (4) of winter tyres in addition to my 'normal' ones. But think about it this way, I do roughly 20,000kms pa; probably 15,000 on summer tyres and 5,000 on winter ones. I've had my winter tyres for maybe 4 years and they look almost brand new - partially I suspect because I drive very lightly in winter.
So my summer tyres last for ages and my winter tyres last forever !!! So no overall extra cost except for the extra set of wheels - £50; plus my effort of changing them over and back every year.
Really there's no solid argument against having winter tyres except the background in the UK of not being used to them.
Once you've driven a car on ice with good winter tyres, you'll never go back. They are that good !
Cheers
Dave