winter tyres

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

After the wheel refurb I have a spare set of 15" alloys.  As I've had no joy selling them, I'm thinking of sticking a set of tyres on for the winter and keeping the refurbed ones smart for summer use.

Any ideas what is a good choice of tyre for crappy uk winter driving conditions?

Cheers


David

[kanujunkie]

pass but speak to Adam (Jap GT300) i think he has some snow tyres going

[Anonymous]

pass but speak to Adam (Jap GT300) i think he has some snow tyres going

Hmmm, cheers - but...  I had done a little search before I posted and spotted the reference to Yokohama studless snow tyres.  A coleague of mine got himself a celica import.  That came with jap snow tyres of some sort - may well have been the same.  First day he had it he managed to smack it into a curb sliding off a bend on a dry road!  So I'm not son keen on them.

Guess what I'm after is an affordable uk tyre with good wet weather performance - maybe at the expanse of dry conditions high speed performance.

Then come spring the shiny wheels come out again with the toyos on.

Cheers

David

[roger]

On the assumption you don't want snow tyres, TBH I don't think you will get much better than keeping the Toyo's on.

There might be a specialist wet only tyre out there, but if there is I bet its expensive, and I bet you lose something on dry days (like rubber).

[kanujunkie]

probably a good idea this, i've notice the Toyo's are rather slippery in the wet, leafy conditions we have at the mo, could be fun in the snow  s:twisted: :twisted: s:twisted:

[roger]

There we go again Stu, good to have 2 different points of view   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

[kanujunkie]

There we go again Stu, good to have 2 different points of view   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

aye, that one it is   s:wink: :wink: s:wink:

[Anonymous]

LOL, two views couldn't be further apart   s:D s:D  

To be honest, the most likely course of action is going to be a nice new pair of toyos on the front and let the shiny wheels take their chances in the crappy weather as I can't aford to be buying six toyos for the '2 (in addition to the 4 I need for my car!)

Just felt like a nice idea to make use of the spare set of wheels - otherwise they're just a waste of space!

David

[filcee]

This thread has some info on winter tyres.

I found it by using the search button, and the search term "winter AND tyres" (without the double quotes).

HTH

[Anonymous]

my toyos have been nothing short of superb at the moment...no slipping or sliding.  s:D s:D