You won't be disappointed with those. I went through last winter with a set on my Yeti and they are brilliant.

If it means I can get off the drive without my neighbour having to push it will be a definite bonus.

Here's another Fabia driver on the Yeti section!!

Just at the start of the really good (bad) winter two years ago I had a really bad day driving across Inverness on "clear" (no snow) but very icy roads......... :S ........I then thought Sod it! (I have "made do" on all my cars since 1994 on normal tyres) and bought a full set of Michelin Alpins for my standard fit alloys. In the following spring I then had made up a set of TD Prorace 3 alloys with Toyo Proxes T1-R's (wheels are bigger in dia and wider...which I always wanted...but within Skoda OEM sizes).........I have never looked back........only to see the faces of the 4x4 drivers (on standard tyres) as I overtake them... ...wish I'd done it years ago...would have stopped alot of #### scary :S moments!!!!!

So in a few weeks i will be giving the car a service and swapping the wheels over again...for the third winter.....bring it on I say!!

P.S. I'm into Mountaineering, Ice climbing, Telemark ski-ing, Ski-mountaineering...etc and this is a pic (in the current calendar voting competion...vote!!)....of the roads where I am!!

Edited 8 October, 201114 yr by fabdavrav

Why do people keep thinking that their car came equipped with SUMMER tyres? Trying going into a tyre dealer and asking for a summer tyre. Or look on one of the tyre manufacturers web sites for the same. Do you think you will find any?

Errrr...yes!!

Michelin's own web site for the UK.....a list of SUMMER tyres for Skoda!

http://www.michelin.co.uk/tyres/tyre-selector/?lensId=4W&tyreSegment=1&optionName=brand&brand=skoda#filter=summer

Have you noticed the national advertising campaign by Audi plugging their winter tyre package? I can't recall any motor manufacturer doing this (in the UK) before. Perhaps the manufacturers will plug the wisdom of this before the goverment,and raise better awareness amongst the motoring public!

Do you really think Audi are doing this for our benefit - it's to make money and stop all their cars turning up on the news like the BMWs you normaly see :p

READ HERE GUYS;

http://www.exactaweather.com/UK_Long_Range_Forecast.html

READ HERE GUYS;

http://www.exactaweather.com/UK_Long_Range_Forecast.html

well he certainly called it right on the Summer, cool and exceptionally wet. We have solar panels installed so we can see a graphical read out of how much (or little) sunshine there has been. April was good and then gthe figures have declined steadily month on month :wonder:

READ HERE GUYS;

http://www.exactawea...e_Forecast.html

Just did ,and it made me chuckle.

We're going to have most snow in Nov,Dec,and January.There's a surprise.

A forecast is little more than informed guesswork.Sometimes very well informed ,but the further you predict into the future the more inaccurate it becomes.

Anyone remember the brilliant "forecasts" before the Hurricane in 1987?

Have you noticed the national advertising campaign by Audi plugging their winter tyre package? I can't recall any motor manufacturer doing this (in the UK) before. Perhaps the manufacturers will plug the wisdom of this before the goverment,and raise better awareness amongst the motoring public!

Anybody seen the Continental Winter tyre commercial? I saw it on Tuesday on 5*.

Mike

Just did ,and it made me chuckle.

We're going to have most snow in Nov,Dec,and January.There's a surprise.

A forecast is little more than informed guesswork.Sometimes very well informed ,but the further you predict into the future the more inaccurate it becomes.

Anyone remember the brilliant "forecasts" before the Hurricane in 1987?

Its based on El Nino predictions and follows a pattern..So I do believe it

What you fail to see is that computer technology and the the Science of Oceans and atmosphere has moved on..Predictions like the one described are based on this technology and previous weather and climate patterns..There is less guesswork than there was in 1987 when they got it famously wrong as you state.

In respect to this Thread...Now is the time, if you havent already, to get some winter tyres..You are more than likely going to need them!!

Anybody seen the Continental Winter tyre commercial? I saw it on Tuesday on 5*.

Mike

Not seen the advert but Continental are sponsoring '71 degrees North' on ITV1 with a suitable 'tyre in the snow' trailer.

Anybody seen the Continental Winter tyre commercial? I saw it on Tuesday on 5*.

Mike

Yes Mike I've seen that advert a few times now, it's a step in the right direction.

Also this Canadian site rates all kinds of tyres, including winter My link

My Yeti will don it's winter boots at the end of the month.

My Octavia and the Wife's Fabia will get them the First week in November

Got a spare set of alloys for my Roomster, (not keen on steel ones ),and ordered my set of winter tyres from Oponeo now too. Hopefully this car will now get me evewrywhere I need to go without fuss in the cold stuff, just like my Yeti did last winter on its cold weather boots.

Hi from already snowy Switzerland

Of course we have winter tyres here and I havent fitted mine yet, 50cm of snow on Saturday, the reason - I have just picked up my Yeti and I am waiting to get the tow bar installed and told the dealer that when I come in for the towbar I will fit the winter wheels however, the weather had different ideas !

A couple of points:

In the UK you get wet heavy snow which makes the use of winter tyres more sense than the "all round" tyres usually installed as winter tyres have more sipes (cuts in the rubber) to clear the water away quicker from your footprint.

If you use the winter tyres in the dry they will wear more quickly and also increase fuel use as they really stick to the road as they are made of a softer compound.

A happy and safe winter motoring

A couple of points:

In the UK you get wet heavy snow which makes the use of winter tyres more sense than the "all round" tyres usually installed as winter tyres have more sipes (cuts in the rubber) to clear the water away quicker from your footprint.

Normally I would agree but the last two winters we have had soft powdery alpine snow, but I agree, the use of proper winter tyres makes even mre sense here given that even when there is no snow we do tend to have cold, wet roads (some would say that describes the last two summers as well)

If you use the winter tyres in the dry they will wear more quickly and also increase fuel use as they really stick to the road as they are made of a softer compound.

I understand that winters wear less in the summer than summers do in the winter....The tyres are NOT a softer compound. That is a myth. They are a different compound which does not go hard at sub 7 degrees, like summer tyres do.

Winters do not stick to the road more than summers in the sumer, or we would all be using them in the summer. I managed to 4 wheel drift in winters when the weather was reasonable and well over 7 degrees. Took me by surprise, though I did have plenty of room and no other vehicles around.

Some winter tyres can also have less rolling resistance than summer tyres as well.......not all of them, but some of the big names claim that, and therefore will be more economical than summers.

Winter tyres do not stop quite as quickly as summers in summer, but miles sooner than summers in winter.

I understand that winters wear less in the summer than summers do in the winter....The tyres are NOT a softer compound. That is a myth. They are a different compound which does not go hard at sub 7 degrees, like summer tyres do.

Winters do not stick to the road more than summers in the sumer, or we would all be using them in the summer. I managed to 4 wheel drift in winters when the weather was reasonable and well over 7 degrees. Took me by surprise, though I did have plenty of room and no other vehicles around.

Some winter tyres can also have less rolling resistance than summer tyres as well.......not all of them, but some of the big names claim that, and therefore will be more economical than summers.

Winter tyres do not stop quite as quickly as summers in summer, but miles sooner than summers in winter.

The Bard has spoken

Oh +1

TP

Rockhopper, sir I stand corrected ! My english is bad, I think "rolling resistance" is what I should have said about driving on winter tyres in the summer/dry roads regarding the wear and fuel useage.

Your English is far better than my, whatever language you speak

Just fitted mine, bought from Loadsawine earlier this year.

Continental Wintercontact ts830's. 205/55 16"s on Seat Altea 6.5j ET50 alloys.

Just cleaned the O/E 17s and about to put them away on the wheel tree and cover them until March/April.

I had them balanced and fitted by my local Kwik Fit-nice guys who did the balance and change for £20.

This morning in St Albans it was after 10 am before the temperature reached 7c.

Night time forecast temps from the BBC will not beat 7c this week although no ice and frost. Nevertheless morning and evening temps will be in the zone where winters work better than summers. My Dunlops will be snug and no further worn when they return to use.

Finally got mine ordered - will be fitted on Monday next week. After considering various opinions on here, and reading a lot of test reports, I've gone for the Goodyear Vector 4 Seasons 225/50-17, to be fitted to the standard alloy wheels on my car. I'll be interested to see how they go.

With 22k miles under the original Dunlops I'm about due for a change anyway. I could probably squeeze another 1000/1500 miles or so before I get down to the legal limit on those, but for safety reasons I've always preferred to change before it was strictly legally necessary, and with wetter and colder roads every day as we approach winter ...

I looked at the online suppliers, and whilst I could have saved a few quid by going down that route I prefer to do business with my local independent tyre dealer (Murt's of Hebden Bridge). They provide excellent personal service that's worth paying for. They've come to my aid in a few crises in recent years and I like to support local business when I can.

Just noticed coming home tonight; a wet and windy one with temps of 8 degrees, that the factory Continental PremiumContact 2's aren't so Premium Contact and there feeling a bit like solid tyres despite the 60 profile. Noted before on the wife's last to cars this design of Continental just doesn't like winter :no:

Think the Hankook's will be coming out of hibernation soon :yes:

TP

Just noticed coming home tonight; a wet and windy one with temps of 8 degrees, that the factory Continental PremiumContact 2's aren't so Premium Contact

TP

Indeed. I drove 70 miles this evening in temperatures of 2.7 Celsius. The limited-slip diff and the electronics were working hard to curb wheelspin whenever I opened the throttle. Tyres feel like concrete in these temperatures. (This was not the Yeti I was driving, but it will be tomorrow if possible.)

Vredesteins fitted yesterday - we had hail again and it feels decidedly chilly today. On the radio this morning they forecast "a highs of 7 to 8 degrees". Not exactly high really and with that northerly wind it feels much nippier :wonder: