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So why shouldn't I have winter tyres please?

Adenuf
in Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013 - 2020)

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Winter tyres don't cost any more money.

Remember that whilst you are running winters your summers are on holiday in the shed, i.e not being worn.

Yes, you need to find the money upfront but after that the cost evens out and it works out no more expensive.

You have to figure in the cost of a second set of wheels but this is a cost I'm happy with as it means my 'best' set is used in the summer and stay looking good whilst my winter set are the ones getting covered in dirt and salt.

Exactly this.

If I'd not bought a set of winter tyres for my Yeti, I'd have had to buy a new set of summer tyres for it in the year before I traded it in. So I would have spent the same, but sold the car with tyres the next owner was going to get the lion's share of the use from. By happy coincidence, the Yeti's winter wheel/tyre combo will fit our current Octavia, so I will get a couple more winters from them, with luck, or at least one anyway. So, by doing that, they've actually saved me money. :-)

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