I got my winter tyres fitted today which i'd bough 3 months ago.Looks like i've timed it well because snow is expected this week around here, although even if it doesn't snow then the low temps are still a justifiable reason to have them on. It's already 5 degrees outside now and will get colder.

Secretly i am hoping it does snow so that i can see how got the tyres are...and if really gets bad or i get stuck i've also got snow socks in my boot as a double buffer.

I've inflated the tyres to 34 psi., The manual states 0.2bar more than summer tyres which i think is about 2 bar approx. Normally i run my summer tyres at 32. Just wondering what other people with winter tyres have as pressures and whether you've experienced driving on snow with them on?

Edited 23 November, 201015 yr by newskoda

My Winter alloys and tyres (205/55/16) are inflated to 32psi....So you're in the right ball park

Put mine on today. Gone back on to original furby 16" instead of the 17" octy spiders for the winter.

Running the exact same size as Chris at the exact same pressure.

Trying Dunlop Winter SP 3d's to see if they are as good as they are supposed to be. After much reading of all the tests that have been published this year it seems to be either these or Goodyear Ultragrip 7+ which come highest in the tests.

Last year I wasn't able to confirm the correct pressure for winter tyres -- some Skoda documentation said 0.2 bar above normal tyre pressures and others said to just use normal pressures. I chose to try the 0.2 bar above. When I examined the tyres before refitting them this year, it appeared that there was slightly more wear to the middle section of the tread so this year I'll be trying normal pressures. The extra wear was more pronounced on the rear tyres, and maybe I imagined it on the fronts, so I'll be re-checking this weekend.

My Winter alloys and tyres (205/55/16) are inflated to 32psi....So you're in the right ball park

are you lads running that size of tyres on a fabia vrs? That was the only size i could get but i kept getting told i wouldnt get away with that size without rubbing issues so just had a mahoosive ball ache finding winter tyres in 205/45/16 and now waiting 6 days on them coming from germany.

Ready to kill someone atm :S

are you lads running that size of tyres on a fabia vrs? That was the only size i could get but i kept getting told i wouldnt get away with that size without rubbing issues so just had a mahoosive ball ache finding winter tyres in 205/45/16 and now waiting 6 days on them coming from germany.

Ready to kill someone atm :S

i think you can run a different size but i went for the standard 205/45/16. I'm amazed how much softer the rubber is compared to summers....you can really feel the difference when you press the tyres by hand.