There's plenty of reading about budget winters. I just don't see the point in sacrificing traction in everything but snow.aquazi wrote:This thread is pretty amusing to be honest.
I have winter tyres... I put them on between november/ march and earlier this year it reached 15 degrees in march and i still had them on... They work fine just wear quicker. The same cant be said for summer tyres in winter, dont work fine at all.
My winter tyres were budget falkens and they work a million times better then my eagle f1's when its wet and cold, let alone with snow.
My take on it... Better to be safe then sorry... Tyres are the only contact you car has to the road... Forget brakes and suspension in my mind tyres are the most import thing... Even if it doesnt snow anything below 10 degrees budget winters will perform better then the best summer tyres.
And skinny tyres are good for snow, and normal road use... Just not for bends... But tbh how people plan to track their car in snowy cold weather so that really matters? If you want to save a few quid get skinny winter tyres all around.
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My summer tyres are going to provide more traction for the majority of the winter If this winter is anything like the last.
If it snows I just won't be on the road. If I need to be for work purposes then I always have the option of a rental car.
If you enjoy the experience of preparing for adverse weather conditions and have the free time and money then I see no problem with buying winters. But making it law to change to winter tyres is completely stupid.
I have worked up in the north east and Scotland a fair but and the winters are noticeably worse. But the majority of UK drivers are living in the south.
You guys are all a fair bit older than me so maybe you have experienced some harsh winters that I have not. But in my living memory I can only recall two occasions where it has actually snowed to the point the roads have been covered. And even then people still got around without killing children and bursting into flames.