Should we be using winter tyres in the UK?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Well my winter tyres that I ordered are somewhere near Hannover now. Come on Fritz! I want my tyres!

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and so is the spring! :p

hehe Daniel. btw if you ordered Contis, Hannover is R&D... yours were probably built in Korbach or in Portugal :p :

Dexter do you mean ESP or traction control?

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

hehe Daniel. btw if you ordered Contis, Hannover is R&D... yours were probably built in Korbach or in Portugal :p :

Dexter do you mean ESP or traction control?

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Nah Donkey I went for the dutch tyres because they were cheaper :uhoh: Hopefully with them on the 500 will be as surefooted as a mountain goat. I did toy with the idea of getting Bridgestone Blizzak LM-30's which tested well in the latest Adac test and were even cheaper but the tyres I bought had been tested in 175/65 R14 T which is the size I bought so I thought I couldn't go wrong

you mean Russian :p :

well I guess any at all are better than none :)

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

and so is the spring! :p

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Metoffice says we should be cold for at least another week or so and even then the warming up is in doubt :)

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

you mean Russian :p :

well I guess any at all are better than none :)

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I wouldn't buy Russian tyres :) Indian ownership now :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vredestein

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Metoffice says we should be cold for at least another week or so and even then the warming up is in doubt :)

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You mean the guess-office

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

In addition to winter tyres, ESP is a must in winter conditions. It's worth noting that nowadays the ESP light flashes in my dashboard all the time while in the summer you forget there is the system.

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I would have happily specced ESP if I could have switched it off.

Everyone likes to show this video as proof that ESP is great but Tiff seems to make a conscious effort to spin the car with ESP off and IMHO it's a dumb test because who does 70 mph on sheet ice at least in the UK? :mark:

[youtube]wR1SSxpKitE[/youtube]

"if the system works here, it will work anywhere"

for normal driving on public roads, do everyone a favour and if you have it, leave it on :)

If I had ESP I would leave it on unless I was having a play on a very quiet road :)