It's snowing

Acme said:
Did you go out and ensure that all of your wheels maintained equal grip at all times? ;) :p
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Nope, I have no intentions of the MX5 moving if there is snow on the ground, not worth the risk with it being on AD08Rs and a turbo that spools very quickly. I'll stck to driving the Transit or other halfs Mini wearing winter tyres if I need to go anywhere
 
On the hills in the North Yorkshire Moors. Got quite a bit of snow this morning. Drifts probably deeper than a foot in some places. However the roads are clear! So i can drive home today! :)
 
Nasher said:
Until it melts and the roads are just wet, then they are worse than normal tyres :P
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I know you were teasing (presumably owing to the :p smiley...) but just incase...

Actually if it's sub 10C (or up to 7C can't remember) then winter tyres are actually more effective than summer tyres as the compound doesn't solidify like summer tyres do in low temperatures, therefore stay grippy at low temperatures. You can improve your traction significantly in the cold and wet with winter tyres. Of course if it becomes mild then you'll just wear the winter tyres away and increase your mpg and actually winter tyres on a hot summers day are awful and just rip to pieces (I exaggerate a little).

It's not just about ice and snow, they are just more effective at low temperatures and wet conditions. It's been proven time and again that winter tyres in cold wet weather and in snow and ice, do perform significantly better, to the degree that I don't know why it is not a legal requirement in this country as it is in other European countries!
 
Acme said:
I think winter tyres have some properties of a snow tyre as well, so they are good on cold roads, but can also hold snow and use it for traction?
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They have a deeper tread, and depending the on marque have similar to "fish scales" (run your finger against fish scales and you'll see what I mean) which creates more grip on snow. But generally they all have deeper tread.

This is a little off topic but kinda relevant too...
 
Acme said:
I think winter tyres have some properties of a snow tyre as well, so they are good on cold roads, but can also hold snow and use it for traction?
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There's not really any which thing as a "snow" tyre, at least that you'd drive on the road. They are two terms for the same thing. It's incorrect to all them "snow" tyres as freefaller says because they are beneficial when temps are below around 7 degrees.

Some winter tyres have tread designed to actuall hold snow in the , because one of the best grippers of snow is other snow, so counterintuatively perhaps the tread fills with snow and you stop quicker. Theya re also better on ice as well though.
 
Freefaller said:
I know you were teasing (presumably owing to the :p smiley...) but just incase...

Actually if it's sub 10C (or up to 7C can't remember) then winter tyres are actually more effective than summer tyres as the compound doesn't solidify like summer tyres do in low temperatures, therefore stay grippy at low temperatures. You can improve your traction significantly in the cold and wet with winter tyres. Of course if it becomes mild then you'll just wear the winter tyres away and increase your mpg and actually winter tyres on a hot summers day are awful and just rip to pieces (I exaggerate a little).

It's not just about ice and snow, they are just more effective at low temperatures and wet conditions. It's been proven time and again that winter tyres in cold wet weather and in snow and ice, do perform significantly better, to the degree that I don't know why it is not a legal requirement in this country as it is in other European countries!
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Awaits reply from Fox in 5....4.....3.....2....1.... :p
 
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