Hi there
I now have the Jaguar and as tyres are cheap in 16" I am contemplating giving it fresh boots all round.
However here in the UK it seems tyre manufacturers mainly only push either Summer, Track or Winter tyres.
Wheras in the USA they offer what they call All Season tyres, such as the Conti DWS extreme which seems a jack of all trades and performs quite well, it even works to acceptable levels in snow.
So considering the UK only gets a smattering of snow, how come all season tyres don't seem to be pushed over here as surely a tyre like the DWS extreme from Conti would be ideal in the UK climate for all year round use and would work well on the snow we do get.
Check the tyre out:-
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=ExtremeContact+DWS
As you can see it seems a good tyre.
Unfortunately its not available in the UK.
So does anyone know of a similar all season tyre here in the UK, I've not tried looking to hard so I may have just missed something obvious but am interested in finding something like the DWS extreme for the Jaguar as its not an all out handling machine and it will be used in winter months mainly but winter tyres are massively over-priced and for the amount of snow we get there is no need for a dedicated winter tyre as such as a decent Summer tyre still offers good performance even in the cold, its only in ice/snow summer tyres completely fail.
So if anyone knows of a tyre they have used in light snow and has performed well please let me know.
What I might do is just order a set (4) of the DWS Extreme from the USA as they are only £250 plus shipping, plus VAT.
I now have the Jaguar and as tyres are cheap in 16" I am contemplating giving it fresh boots all round.
However here in the UK it seems tyre manufacturers mainly only push either Summer, Track or Winter tyres.
Wheras in the USA they offer what they call All Season tyres, such as the Conti DWS extreme which seems a jack of all trades and performs quite well, it even works to acceptable levels in snow.
So considering the UK only gets a smattering of snow, how come all season tyres don't seem to be pushed over here as surely a tyre like the DWS extreme from Conti would be ideal in the UK climate for all year round use and would work well on the snow we do get.
Check the tyre out:-
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=ExtremeContact+DWS
As you can see it seems a good tyre.
Unfortunately its not available in the UK.

So does anyone know of a similar all season tyre here in the UK, I've not tried looking to hard so I may have just missed something obvious but am interested in finding something like the DWS extreme for the Jaguar as its not an all out handling machine and it will be used in winter months mainly but winter tyres are massively over-priced and for the amount of snow we get there is no need for a dedicated winter tyre as such as a decent Summer tyre still offers good performance even in the cold, its only in ice/snow summer tyres completely fail.
So if anyone knows of a tyre they have used in light snow and has performed well please let me know.
What I might do is just order a set (4) of the DWS Extreme from the USA as they are only £250 plus shipping, plus VAT.