Should we be using winter tyres in the UK?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

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

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Blizzaks are the best I have heard of, that said, you will get your winter tires likely just in time for the thawing. AS I said, do you see enough snow in the Welsh Riviera to justify this expense?

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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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ESP, Electronic Stability Program, traction control doesn't do anything, won't help you stay on the road. In fact it's a hindrance in snow. ESP on the other hand works great. If you go to a corner too quickly and turn in, it's pretty surprising how well it stabilizes the movement. Obviously there are limits to that but it does save lives.

ESP....that isnt' Mika Hakkinen in a box, but it is better than nothing...lol

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

ESP, Electronic Stability Program, traction control doesn't do anything, won't help you stay on the road. In fact it's a hindrance in snow. ESP on the other hand works great. If you go to a corner too quickly and turn in, it's pretty surprising how well it stabilizes the movement. Obviously there are limits to that but it does save lives.

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:up:
I was just wondering if your ESP lamp was blinking all the time due to traction control or stability correction. Bad traction control can be a pain on snow, I know... specially if it cuts the power :p :

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Blizzaks are the best I have heard of, that said, you will get your winter tires likely just in time for the thawing. AS I said, do you see enough snow in the Welsh Riviera to justify this expense?

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Blizzaks are not normally top league.
Daniel you'll be lucky if you get any winter tyres from Germany at all... they've been pretty much sold out here for months :D

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Originally Posted by Daniel

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

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

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by jove you're right!

Indian Winter tyres what is this world coming to :p :

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

Blizzaks are not normally top league.
Daniel you'll be lucky if you get any winter tyres from Germany at all... they've been pretty much sold out here for months :D

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Got them and fitted them today :p

http://members.iinet.net.au/~fenix19...0/Wintertyres/

They're pretty much as you said they should be Donkey :) Seem slightly grippier on the cold and damp tarmac but on the ice and slush there is a crapload more traction and the car brakes a lot better. I drove on a road nearby which still has a load of slush and ice and even when there was wheelspin I was still going forward unlike with the Potenza's where you just stood still :mark:

Thanks for your advice Donkey! :kiss:

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Got them and fitted them today :p

http://members.iinet.net.au/~fenix19...0/Wintertyres/

They're pretty much as you said they should be Donkey :) Seem slightly grippier on the cold and damp tarmac but on the ice and slush there is a crapload more traction and the car brakes a lot better. I drove on a road nearby which still has a load of slush and ice and even when there was wheelspin I was still going forward unlike with the Potenza's where you just stood still :mark:

Thanks for your advice Donkey! :kiss:

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You had Potenezas?? Oh lord they are the WORST!!!!

Donkey is right by the way, the irony of the Indians making winter tires...lol...it is sort of like a Canadian Curry shop run by a guy from Inuvik....

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

You had Potenezas?? Oh lord they are the WORST!!!!

Donkey is right by the way, the irony of the Indians making winter tires...lol...it is sort of like a Canadian Curry shop run by a guy from Inuvik....

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My Potenza's are great. Unless it's cold, snowy or icy.

The tyres are made in the Netherlands btw, just owned by the Indians and I'm happy with that :)

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Originally Posted by Daniel

My Potenza's are great. Unless it's cold, snowy or icy.

The tyres are made in the Netherlands btw, just owned by the Indians and I'm happy with that :)

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My potenzas on my rx-7, (this being back in 1994) were awful in anything but the dry. I hope they have improved over the years, but I know they would be awful in snow.