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[cem_devecioglu]

interesting posts here.

just to add my $0.02 in..... we fit budget tyres all round and have had no problem in the snow LOL! 

sooner or later

[cem_devecioglu]

Last year (and this year) I ran winters from late October to late March, no problems spinning out or lighting the rears up (unless it's pouring with rain and I go from 0 to WOT with a significant amount of steering lock on exiting a junction) in temperatures from -5C to +15C..

I'd posit she's either bought knock off tyres or has no idea how to drive.


Next.

 

[henryd]

All that was needed was a little diesel spill on that corner and it wouldn't have mattered what tyres were fitted

[Webby the Bear]

interesting posts here.

just to add my $0.02 in..... we fit budget tyres all round and have had no problem in the snow LOL! 

sooner or later

to be fair cem, i try not to drive much in the snow irrespective of what tyre i had fitted anyway so it doesnt matter to me. and i drive ridiculously slow anyway so no point for me 

[cem_devecioglu]

All that was needed was a little diesel spill on that corner and it wouldn't have mattered what tyres were fitted

you have right.. here , diesels outnumber all others here, many of them throw small unburned particles from exhaust which cover my cars hood and the crowded roads .. so brake distances increase at the least.. 
 
 

[feeutfo]

I would add, as we have the same car, the tc is pretty good, it was corner speed that upset it by the sound of it. And that corner speed was at line astern speeds in rush hour on a motorway roundabout.
Other traffic had no problem. I asked similar questions, albeit more.... Carefully.

Because they had the correct tyres on.

[Shimmy]

Using summer tyres on one axle and winter tyres on the other is blatantly asking for trouble.  Nothing sensible about it.

As for winter tyres being useless at warmer temperatures, my mum forgot to remove her winter set last summer and had no issues, she drives a RWD 2.8 Merc.

[Lazydocker]

When I first got my saloon it had winter tyres on it and I chose to continue running them after April. They broke traction easily but no more so than cheapo budget summer tyres

[05omegav6]

interesting posts here.

just to add my $0.02 in..... we fit budget tyres all round and have had no problem in the snow LOL! 

sooner or later

Says who? Not all budget tyres are made of horsepoo

[cem_devecioglu]

interesting posts here.

just to add my $0.02 in..... we fit budget tyres all round and have had no problem in the snow LOL! 

sooner or later

Says who? Not all budget tyres are made of horsepoo

who said that.. but they are not designed for snow.. 2+2

[sassanach]

ive got winter tyres on my rangie and they are light years better than summer tyres in the slush and ice.have all you winter tyre haters  by any chance got wing wang el cheapo liquorice winter tyres on?

[feeutfo]

ive got winter tyres on my rangie and they are light years better than summer tyres in the slush and ice.have all you winter tyre haters  by any chance got wing wang el cheapo liquorice winter tyres on?

Nope, just no snow


But as you say, another excuse to put another range of cheap shite tyres in the market, we do not need.

[05omegav6]

These people have some for sale

http://www.mud-club.com/index.php?topic=82266.0

My tyres, as Lazydocker can testify, are M+S rated and work well in the wintry conditions that we occasionally get here. They also cost about half what some people have paid for allegedly superior (based on reviews) tyres

[feeutfo]

These people have some for sale

http://www.mud-club.com/index.php?topic=82266.0

My tyres, as Lazydocker can testify, are M+S rated and work well in the wintry conditions that we occasionally get here. They also cost about half what some people have paid for allegedly superior (based on reviews) tyres

Agreed, they are a good find for the omega Al.

[aaronjb]

I'm about to go out to pick up some shopping and it must be 10ºC out there.

I'm leaving the winter tyres on.

I'll let you all know if I fly off the road and die