Rite-o

im thinking im going to save my beloved BBS's from the winter months

Im going to try get some 225/45/17s on a set of spiders

I was wondering what you guys use ?

Being theres not always snow and ice and rivers on the roads everyday , i'd like to have something that wont end up with the car in a hedge on a dry day when i get issues with my right foot

i was just thinking chuck another set of Rainsport 2s on them like the 19s for £350

But................. id like to take on other options too

I just use my barely legal summers tyres I'm too tight to buy another set of rims and tyres just for winter.

Does your car do enough miles to warrant winter tyres?

If you have a spare set of rims and you need to buy tyres for them then there really is only one answer .... winter tyres! (note the name 'winter' they are not just snow/ice tyres, but a tyre for 7°c and lower)

Anything else is a compromise.

A winter tyre offerss you just 5% more grip

Just from a small Fabia point of view..........just swapped over onto my narrower winters and did the same drive last night at 2C that I did last Friday at the same time and conditions (damp/cold/rainy/sleat).........I could put my foot fully down without the car feeling "loose" and I had full traction.......ok so it's only a small fabia......but if I can feel the difference what must it be like in a more powerfull car?????

A winter tyre offerss you just 5% more grip

On what?

TÃœV SÃœD claims

• 55% shorter braking distance on snow*
• 41% more lateral grip on snow*
• 6% more resistance to aquaplaning on curved roads**

*Compared to a Goodyear summer tyre. Braking distance on snow from 50 km/h to 5 km/h, measured by TÃœV SÃœD Automotive in March & April 2011; Tyre Size: 205/55R16; Test Car: Golf VI; Location: Arctic Falls (Sweden); Report nr: 76245861. ***Compared to a Goodyear summer tyre, measured by TÃœV SÃœD Automotive in April 2011; Tyre Size: 205/55R16; Test Car: Golf VI; Location: Papenburg (GE); Report nr: 76245861

I just use my barely legal summers tyres I'm too tight to buy another set of rims and tyres just for winter.

Does your car do enough miles to warrant winter tyres?

its out and about abit more its more the fact id cry if it slipped and mashed a BBS

I just cant bring myself to risk them after spending a kidney on them im worried that a little slip on ice would end in a munch out my yummy rims

Ive moved now and the main way in is a lane and then a steep ass hill which i can see being happy to be a bugger

Ive peeked at some winter tyres and eeeeek they dont come cheap

From my post earlier on this year.....

To Add to this I dug up the important stats from http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/248524/winter_tyres_tested.html

Jaguar XKR 60Mph to 0 (braking) on standard tyres 238.4M !!

Same test on winter tyres 100.8M !!!! AND THAT IS NOT A MISS-PRINT!!!!

This test was done at the Bedford Autodrome West Circuit with one to two inches of snow on tarmac!!

Only 5% more grip eh???????

Oh yehhh...this is what a main "B" road looks like uphere in winter..playtime and passable on winters...summers....dream on!!!

Ive peeked at some winter tyres and eeeeek they dont come cheap

No dearer than a summer tyre .... IF you buy them at the right time, you think they are dear now then wait until we get the first bit of snow and everyone panics the price will shoot up even more.

The trick is to buy them in August / September when the prices are more realistic, the colder it gets the more the prices go up

If you can find them in the summer of course ...

Just been looking on camskill. The stock level and choice is pretty poor. Price-wise, those are the prices I remember paying 2yrs ago when I bought my current winters.

Look for 205/50R17 as well as 225/45R17, it'll give you a bit more choice.

Found some nokian things on ebay??? £555 for 4 of them ??

Doh :(

They had some good reviews it seems ???

I ran Nokian WR G2's last year (now fitted to SWMBO's Golf) and I was very impressed with them, I also only wore 1mm off the fronts in 4,500 miles (the rears hardly wore at all)

Another vote for the Nokians. I had to pull a stuck vw touareg out of the snow in my Octavia with Nokians last winter.

I had to pull a stuck vw touareg out of the snow in my Octavia with Nokians last winter.

Please say your Octavia was 2WD.......

I got my spare rims last Jan and then kept watching tyre price for ages, I bought the tyres around July this year.

1st pic is a comparison of 17" Spiders vs 16" winters.

After lots of research, I could not find a bad reason for using winter tyres (apart from the cost in buying them!).

A recent article on them from Pistonheads:

Pistonheads - winter tyres, are they worth it?

Please say your Octavia was 2WD.......

I was thinking that ....,that would be awesome lol

hmmm ........... very cool

http://www.nokiantyr...me=Nokian+WR+D3

and maybe even cooler ....... but i cant find them anywhere

http://www.nokiantyres.com/tyre?id=21399126&group=1.01&name=Nokian%20WR%20A3

holy sheeeeeet !!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.tyres-pne...17,94,V,XL.html

£632 eeek

i see you get a H or V rate option too....... hmmmm would a 130mph rating suffice

"Winters offer 41% more lateral grip" - Yes but 1.41*bu99er_all is still bu99er_all!

Yokohama advertise that they make dries, wets and Winters (based on ad running in Autosprout) so do you Winter tyre advocates carry a complete spare set of rims and tyres and change when it starts and stop raining? Thought not!

if it snows bad I walk or work from home. If I live up north then I might get a set

I thought Nokians were cheap Chinese tat?

if it snows bad I walk or work from home. If I live up north then I might get a set

They are WINTER tyres though not SNOW tyres!

I thought Nokians were cheap Chinese tat?

No they are a highly regarded Scandinavian tyre (I did my research before buying them)

"Winters offer 41% more lateral grip" - Yes but 1.41*bu99er_all is still bu99er_all!

Funny that... I passed many people who were stuck during the snow last winter who obviously had no lateral grip, yet my "extra 41%" meant I had no issues at all ... go figure :think:

From Finland it seems

http://en.wikipedia....ki/Nokian_Tyres

im in Brizzle and we mite get 2-3 inches 2 or 3 times lol that lasts 2 or 3 weeks

But more so its tyres for the spiders to save the CH's from ice and salt etc which is about for whats seems forever

as people say tho its not just snow they are aimed at, its cold and wet and ****e weather or in the uk ..... everday

just seems Rainsport 2s = £350

Nokian D3 = £550

Nokian A3 = £650 speed rating dependent tho

Please say your Octavia was 2WD.......

Yes. Octavia l& k 2wd

Yes. Octavia l& k 2wd

:rofl:

I bet the VW "Toerag" driver was P155ed off with his "superior" 4x4!!!...... :rofl: ....I bet their face was classic!!!

Did you have to really restrain yourself from not looking sooooo smug???