Winter tyres, serious size question
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yeah that ones
40,000 mile tread wear warranty? I bet they grip like a greased ferret! lol!
My only real experience of snow tyres is driving Gibbo's Evo to Oxford and back in the dry and a few years back driving spiked winter tyres in Sweden on a Merc A Class hire car. On Gibbo's EVO in the dry they were soft and felt it and also gave away quite early. I'm sure a proper set of dry tyres would have moved the game on loads. Last year I drove my RS4 through the winter in bad snow, sometimes very deep snow with tyres that were passed their best and bar once in a car park drift I never came close to getting stuck and I drove past my neighbours 5 series and CLS for 3 days parked on the lane in as they couldn't move. On their cars if they had winter tyres I am sure they to would have moved OK and got up the hills and I can see the advantage in such situations as being without your car when you need it for business is a pain. Powerful RWD cars can be terrible in snow, my M3's and all of the BMW's I had and used in snow were utter crap so I can see its a judgement call if you run these tyres or not but let's be clear, they are all about snow really and if you don't have snow or bad ice I see zero value in them, if you do I suggest they are priceless unless you have proper 4wd because at no time did I want for winter tyres last year....not once.
dam man cant you read ? the original 16 inch tyres are pilots
But they are not fitted to your car
They are in the context of my point.
This is the kicker for me. The mrs leaves for work at 7am, she'll often be the one of the first people to drive out, and the roads near are house aren't salted and get no sun until mid day.
Fitted winter tyres on her car yesterday, will take them off I imagine in March. The piece of mind for her is worth it alone.
After having crashed last winter on a hill which she entered at 5mph with fairly fresh summer tyres, she was really shaken up.
As for me, I had to leave my car in the same spot for 3 weeks until the ice cleared from the road to my parents house before I could even think about moving it
, but I don't really need my car, so I'll stick to my summer tyres and just leave the car standing still if the conditions worsenI mean the ones you've fitted to your car. You've shown us pictures of your car, it has 18 inch wheels.
Thought you were off to America anyway, so why do you need to prepare a car for a winter where you'll be abroad?
This is the kicker for me. The mrs leaves for work at 7am, she'll often be the one of the first people to drive out, and the roads near are house aren't salted and get no sun until mid day.
Fitted winter tyres on her car yesterday, will take them off I imagine in March. The piece of mind for her is worth it alone.
After having crashed last winter on a hill which she entered at 5mph with fairly fresh summer tyres, she was really shaken up.
As for me, I had to leave my car in the same spot for 3 weeks until the ice cleared from the road to my parents house before I could even think about moving it
Yeah ice alone is a killer , its different if you live in a builtup area with all nice salted , gritted roads , but some one us live back of beyond and need alittle reassurance
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good god , i posted pics of the car while i restored it , it had 16 inch wheels .
and yes i am going abroad , but the wife still has to drive........
and it looks like America then Gabon , then maybe Vietnam later next year , so i really dont need winter , but if you think i would take my wife to any of thoses places with me your very mistaken
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But it doesnt now, why would we be talking about wheels you used to have
I used the present tense not the past tense.i wasnt talking about any wheels i had fitted at the moment to start with , i stated that , in Scotland at least we need winter tyres , i didnt say i had fitted at this moment 10.45 pm on dec 1st i said they are not a gimmick.
you came in right away and basically tried to crap all over my experiance with winter tyres by stating that i had "ditch finder" tyres on my CLK and my father had nexens....lol
this was a winter tyre thread and still should be , not a thread about what ditch finders i have on my car , sorry to the OP , but one reason as stated is Gm might not recommend winter tyres that size , as winter tyres are better higher in profile and from 185 to 205 max for max benifits
you came in right away and basically tried to crap all over my experiance with winter tyres by stating that i had "ditch finder" tyres on my CLK and my father had nexens....lol
this was a winter tyre thread and still should be , not a thread about what ditch finders i have on my car , sorry to the OP , but one reason as stated is Gm might not recommend winter tyres that size , as winter tyres are better higher in profile and from 185 to 205 max for max benifits
Not sure where to start with that comment, so I will just say that most brands don't offer a 40k mile warranty because they have some grasp on the practical physics of the product they manufacture.
Thats not a tyre wear garantee , that says that the tyre will not have a manufacturing defect if they last that long ...come on guys ....