The below are all from My Tyres which have been very good when Ive used in the past. Even tho they are haveing some bad press of late.

I have narrowered my search down to these.

Goodride SW608 205/50 R17 89H

£ 66.20

4

£ 264.80

Nankang Snow SV-2 205/50 R17 93H XL

£ 69.10

4

£ 276.40

Achilles Winter 101 225/45 R17 94H XL

£ 63.00

4

£ 252.00

I have looked about and the only place I have seen any is the autoexpress page. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/total_tyre_guide/259435/winter_tyre_test.html

I would like the cheapest but not only are they a none descript they are also not the OE spec tyres. 225/45/17 is the cheaper alternative people go for instead of the 205/50/17 on the mk1 vRS. There is a few things Ive noticed with doing that:

1: MPG is slightly lower with 225 45 17

2: speedo miles shows slightly more miles

3: Speedo reading/MPH is off (not accurate anyway but pushed even more out)

all that for the sake of a few £ a corner? you will make up the extra outlay in MPG, (I would ne way)

I have read some reasonable stuff on the Goodride SW 608?

whats your thoughts?

I dont see the point in spending lots of money on tyres that will only be on the car from Nov/Dec - Feb/Mar and do a max of 4k miles a year on mainly Mways then Ill be refitting one of the 3 other sets.

Falken 452 (225 40 18) will be replaced with Michelin Pilot Sport2 (LCR ronals)

Toyo t1R (225 45 17) will be replaced with 205 50 17 (spiders set 1 black)

Michelin Pilot Sport (225 45 17) replacing with winters (spiders set 2 silver)

Hoping to sell my TD Pro Race 1.2 18"

cheers

billy

Can't comment on the other two but I have put the SV 2's on wifes Golf MK6 recently and they seem pretty good, ok not tried them in the snow or ice yet but in the wet they are certainly ok. I have had Nankang tyres before or an RB% and they were decent thats why I went back to them.

I've got Nankang SV2's on mine because they were very cheap with some quite reasonable reviews. Driven on them for about 2 weeks now (not yet in snow of course) and can't find anything to complain about.

We have SV-2's on the old's Kia Sportage - they are better than summer tyres, but are pants in comparison to the Vredestine WintracXtreme's on my Superb. - And yes, I'm comparing a 4x4 to a 4x4.

Ok, so they are more monies, but are well worth the extra.

I had them on my wife's Cee'd (fornt only, naughty, i know) for 2 years - i cant get them this year, so she's now got SottoZero's on the front, and the 2 season old Vredestine's on the back. The SottoZeros get a good write up, but will tell you next year...

Al.

I have now done 2000 miles on the nangkangs, and considering its not been really cold here, I have been quite impressed so far, not much drop off to my summer tyres, better in streaming wet conditions, so bring on the cold!

I'll reveiew them when Ive driven them in freezing, and icy conditions...

I bought them because 1) they were available, and 2) reasonable reviews here.. http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Nankang/SV2.htm

I dont see the point in spending lots of money on tyres that will only be on the car from Nov/Dec - Feb/Mar and do a max of 4k miles a year on mainly Mways

Interesting way of looking at it. :think:

Personally i looked at it a completely different way... I want a very good tyre fitted to the car when the road conditions are at their worst! and not the cheapest budget tyre I can find.

Interesting way of looking at it. :think:

Personally i looked at it a completely different way... I want a very good tyre fitted to the car when the road conditions are at their worst! and not the cheapest budget tyre I can find.

Fair one, but the winters Ive selected will be better than the selection of summers I have and have used every year for the last 9 years so just fancied some winters as it is more important to keep the car going now I am a skummy civi lol. I managed last year with the Falkens but dont just want to manage.

Some reviews not many but may help

nankang

nankang

goodride

Achillies

they are the ones I found too, looks like its the Nankangs then.

SV-2 ordered lol

SV-2 ordered lol

been at the cumbrian run today in the most soaking wet conditions you can imagine, and they performed very well to cut all the water away