With daytime temperatures anywhere between 5 and 10 centigrade, I am thinking it may be time to replace the steels/winter tyres with OE alloys/standard tyres.

Is there any adverse effect on the winter tyres by keeping them on a little longer? While the potholes remain, I would prefer to keep the steelies on a little longer.

Thanks

At those temps, no problems at all. Mine are staying on for a while yet.

Winter tyres work better than standard tyre at temperatures of 7 degrees C or lower. So if you are driving at lot at 7 or lower winter ones will still work better.

I was told by the guys at the Porsche Experience Centre, Silverstone, last October that they had run a Cayenne on winter tyres all year round and found no detectable extra wear compared with a similar car on summer tyres. Rough and ready comparison I know, but personally I have ceased to worry about leaving winters on "too long". Mine will probably stay on until April.

Easter was invented for swapping tyres round, but if it is snowing, leave it until spring Bank Holiday.

I've been running the same winter tyres all year on a VW Beetle for the last 3 years with no problems at all.

If you drive within the speed limits winters are fine even in the summer. I see a lot of cars in Germany running winters all year with no problems either.

Thanks chaps for the advice. Much appreciated.

With daytime temperatures anywhere between 5 and 10 centigrade, I am thinking it may be time to replace the steels/winter tyres with OE alloys/standard tyres.

Is there any adverse effect on the winter tyres by keeping them on a little longer? While the potholes remain, I would prefer to keep the steelies on a little longer.

Thanks

Should also have addressed the other issue - that winter tyres begin to lose their grip advantage as temperatures rise, but this seems to vary by brand/compound. Also issues like bigger tread blocks affecting steering feel. Plenty of sites you can find out more about these things, including manufacturers' own websites.

Winters going to stay on the GFs Yaris all year. It does around 6000miles a year and is putting out all of 60bhp so I think they will be fine

The continental Europe spec winter tyres are fine all year round, as they're closer to an intermediate than the very much softer Nordic spec jobs we run: 200km at motorway speeds at 25c will totally destroy a Nordic spec tyre. If the Police don't pull you for running studded tyres... On the other hand, I've seen RWD cars get stuck in 2cm of snow in Germany and Austria on their high speed rated 'winters'...