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[Lazydocker]

I seriously considered getting another 3 "spares" to fit winter tyres to but never got around to it

I'll probably have a scout around the shops while I'm on the "mainland" next week as IIRCC snow chains are only about 20 Euro's or so in France

Chris... You may well get a text from me if I find them cheap

[cem_devecioglu]

if temperature drops below 9-10 celcius and its rainy you can use winter tires without any problem (they are more grippy)..

I'll strongly recommend..

but when the temperature goes above 15-20 celcius and its dry they will loose their teeth quickly..

[Gaffers]

I seriously considered getting another 3 "spares" to fit winter tyres to but never got around to it

I'll probably have a scout around the shops while I'm on the "mainland" next week as IIRCC snow chains are only about 20 Euro's or so in France

Chris... You may well get a text from me if I find them cheap

50+ for miggy size 

[Lazydocker]

I seriously considered getting another 3 "spares" to fit winter tyres to but never got around to it

I'll probably have a scout around the shops while I'm on the "mainland" next week as IIRCC snow chains are only about 20 Euro's or so in France

Chris... You may well get a text from me if I find them cheap

50+ for miggy size 

Sure when I looked last December they were sub 30 in France... I'll also be passing through Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and staying in Italy so got a few places to look

[albitz]

Buy a set of snow chains and use them if/ when you need them.
They only take a couple of minutes to fit afaik.

[cem_devecioglu]

Buy a set of snow chains and use them if/ when you need them.
They only take a couple of minutes to fit afaik.

not with frozen hands :-/

[cem_devecioglu]

tried all sorts of things nothing is practical.. except ready winter tires.. I start to use them on november and finish on march..

[zirax]

I'm also considering buying a set of winter tyres. This year if I don't get to work, I don't get paid. Granted last year was exceptional, but if it starts getting bad again I may buy a set to go on the spare wheels.

That being said, a full tank of LPG & petrol kept it nicely stuck on the road (bar the odd slide).

[Bojan]

ok...so,winter tires are a kind of enigma to you guys, right?
here in croatia we have 20-50cm of snow every year. sometimes it last for couple of days, and sometimes it lasts for a month, with lots of ice. then i can do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH0o_mQMlYc

as for the tires...you can manage with good set of summer tires, unless it is icy, or you have to get up a steep hill. HOWEVER, it is sooooo much easier to drive on snow tires. while others struggle to accelerate on summer tires, you don't even feel the slippery.

tip: get a set of steel 15'', buy a set of 195/65 r15 M+S snow tires, and then wait for snow....you will have a time of your lives

nokian produces great snow tires.
here, we usually buy SAVA ESKIMO S3...with price around 40€ per tire (195/65 r15) it is a best buy.

one more thing: NEVER buy a all-season tire...they are crap all-year-around

ps: winter tires need to be NARROW...so they can drop through the snow to something solid (asphalt or harder layers of snow)...

[feeutfo]

ok...so,winter tires are a kind of enigma to you guys, right?
here in croatia we have 20-50cm of snow every year. sometimes it last for couple of days, and sometimes it lasts for a month, with lots of ice. then i can do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH0o_mQMlYc

as for the tires...you can manage with good set of summer tires, unless it is icy, or you have to get up a steep hill. HOWEVER, it is sooooo much easier to drive on snow tires. while others struggle to accelerate on summer tires, you don't even feel the slippery.

tip: get a set of steel 15'', buy a set of 195/65 r15 M+S snow tires, and then wait for snow....you will have a time of your lives

nokian produces great snow tires.
here, we usually buy SAVA ESKIMO S3...with price around 40€ per tire (195/65 r15) it is a best buy.

one more thing: NEVER buy a all-season tire...they are crap all-year-around

ps: winter tires need to be NARROW...so they can drop through the snow to something solid (asphalt or harder layers of snow)...

Now that's what we want to know...

ESP the bit about all season tyres

[Vamps]

Buy a set of snow chains and use them if/ when you need them.
They only take a couple of minutes to fit afaik.

I was thinking along these lines, last year was bad but I was driving the Citroen and had no problem  Even in a sudden 'memorable' heavy fall while out with swmbo and had to take drastic action to pass some rwd cars on a slight incline, think I was about the last car up the hill for some hours...

Thinking back, with the exception of a couple of Series LR's when we used to have a lot of snow and I was driving rwd cars regularly they were much narrower tyres than nowadays....

[scimmy_man]

Last year in the worst of the snow I took the Disco to work,

I did think about a set of winter tyres for the car on a cheap set of rims, on the basis they will last probably 5-6 years if used november to say march? they will save wear on the expensive normal tyres.

[Bojan]

3 years ago we had some snow which froze up over night. they didn't plow it.

at that time i had a carlton 2.0 with 205/60 r16 avons summer tires. that night was crazy: i could accelerate, and drive, although the rear end was swiveling all the time and constant correcting steering was needed.
Next morning i switched to winter tires: 175/70 r14 nokians. the car was going like on tracks. nothing could stop it!

therefore, narrow winter tires, and preferably set of cheap rims, which are needed because you will probably have an urge to drive on snow like a child in a luna-park. and sometimes you hit a kerb-stone, pots on a road and all other stuff you can't see because of the snow. if that happens, you will be happy because of the couple-of-quid rims you fitted.

[Shimmy]

What fitment are the Omega wheels, and where would I be able to find some cheap steelies to fit some winter rubber?

[Del Boy]

Omega's are 5x110.