Winter Tyres

[madasahatter]

Winters now fitted temperature is now low in yorkshire, snow for early hours. Been on a couple of days.

Must say weather been very wet really impressed. Dunlops on the front Michelins on the rear.

[milleplod]

Managed to try mine out this morning in around 1.5" of the dreaded white stuff! The IS sailed up the hill outside our house - the guy across the road had real problems in his Hyundai i40!

This may be of interest to anyone concerned about the insurance implications of fitting winter tyres -

https://www.abi.org.uk/~/media/Files/Documents/Publications/Public/Migrated/Motor/ABI%20guide%20to%20winter%20tyres%20The%20motor%20insurance%20commitment.pdf

Pete

[PCM]

Anyone try their Michelin HP Latitude Tours in the snow?

[DAN@ADRIAN FLUX]

Hi,

If anyone finds they have any issues with insurance for winter tyres then please feel free to drop me a line.

Regards,

Dan.

[J Henderson]

I've had my winter tyres on for the past week.

It hasn't snowed here yet, but it doesn't have to for me to feel the benefits. Straight away, you can feel the extra grip and the ride quality feels better too despite me downsizing the rears to 245/40R18.

The summer tyres were starting to feel rock hard and often struggled for grip when pulling away from some damp junctions during my commute, so I had to be careful and make sure there were decent-sized gaps in the traffic before making a move. Now though, I'm pulling out of those same junctions with plenty of throttle and there's not a hint of the TCS being engaged.

I originally wanted Michelin Alpin A4s, but I think they must be in the process of being discontinued as I couldn't get hold of any for a reasonable price, so opted instead for a set of Pirelli Sottozero 3. Very happy with them so far although of course they've yet to be properly tested.

Another thing is that my car arguably looks nicer wearing my winter setup as I've got the tyres mounted on a set of 3rd-Gen F-Sport wheels which I sourced from a breakers. They were quite badly damaged when I got them, but I had them fully-refurbished and now look like new.

Terrible picture as it was raining and starting to get dark but you get the idea.