Winter Tyres ?

MadMan-JaMeS said:
So lets say the door panel shows 32psi.

How do they know thats fine for all tyres ? Or is that the correct pressure for 185/65/R15 Tyres of all manufacturers
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The pressure is (mostly) determined by the weight of the car and the size of the wheel/tyre.

A 185/65R15 Michelin, won't need a different pressure to a 185/65R15 Pirelli, on the same car.
 
Nasher said:
50psi all round.
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Please do not inflate your tyres to 50 Psi all round.

I would imagine the Xsara Picasso is somewhere around 30-34 in the fronts and a bit less in the rears, but the sticker inside the door or the owner's handbook will tell you.
 
Ok most cars are around 30-35psi. You can lower it a bit in bad conditions.

But don't go lower than 30 normally unless it's something very light.
 
I really wouldn’t bother in the U.K.
Been running cross climates for 2 years and not needed them yet.
 
SkodaMart said:
I really wouldn’t bother in the U.K.
Been running cross climates for 2 years and not needed them yet.
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Yeah, I love my Cross Climates, it fits my needs

leave work at 5:30am, 5 days a week, cant afford to take anytime off as i wont get paid for it, also i have to work all over xmas, we dont get holiday in December, and we only get 2 days off a year that we are closed, rest is holiday

if you were in Scotland, you would run Winters in Winter
 
I’m currently working in Scotland.
Commuting from Manchester once a week.
I would use cross climates again but not sure I would fit winter specific tyres.
 
Having spent 25 years living in the Angus Glens we would always swap from summer to winter tyres each spring and autumn.

We would buy as second set of alloys foir the bay and fit winter tyres. I have used Nokians mainly and they were a godsend some winters when even with 4x4 there would be no traction with summer tyres.

One year I used winters all year on my then car, a Touareg and they were fine. The tyre many=factueres say that if you only have one set of tyres for all year use, then winters are better than summers in climates where snow and ice are a factor in winter.

Now being in Lincoln, I haven't bothered fitting snow tyres but the wife's Q3 with winter tyres was needed when we had the beast from the east.

Personally, as has been said already, further south in the UK I would fit all seasons so that you lose the slight worry of those winter days when ice and slush are present, while not really reducing any driving dynamics in summer (for a non-chav, don't need to be the fastest guy in town style of driving.)
 
I'm on a similar latitude to Lincoln and can't remember any time during the "beast from the east" period when anything caused concern for me in my Golf with regular tyres. The need for all season/winter tyres is massively overstated for most scenarios. Drive to the conditions- same as you should do for rain, heavy traffic, and so on.
 
Fusion said:
I'm on a similar latitude to Lincoln and can't remember any time during the "beast from the east" period when anything caused concern for me in my Golf with regular tyres. The need for all season/winter tyres is massively overstated for most scenarios. Drive to the conditions- same as you should do for rain, heavy traffic, and so on.
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Well, how about 6 foot snow drifts and completely cut off villages?

A Golf with summer tyres would not even have moved a foot, let alone be able to drive anywhere.

I agree that you need to drive to the conditions, but there sra some conditions where it would be impossible and foolhardy to attempt without the correct equipment.
 
Nasher said:
If it's deep you still might get stuck with winter tyres. You'd need chains or studs, but they aren't legal in the UK.
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Absolutely. We had to tow an Octavia estate out of the snow so we could get past. The problem was the wind blowing across the fields and any break in the hedgerow was creating a bank of snow.

The road would lokk snowy but passable and then suddenly you are in three or four feet of snow. After a week of being snowed in it got to the point where people in pickups and 4x4s were venturing out.
 
lol: your braking+steering, would be compromised, let alone tyres damaged, tracking probably, too
... used them once ~8yrs ago Cambs
 
The UK almost never has conditions that warrant the long term use of chains or studded tyres - but they aren't illegal. What is illegal is causing damage to the road surface, which yes tyres or chains would cause to a road that wasn't covered in a consistent layer of ice or snow.

I've used chains to get a friend out of a ditch once. They are incredibly effective.
 
Besides we are cursed to mild winters - I bought a pickup and made preparations, tyres, etc., in case of proper winter weather.
 
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