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23 Nov 2013, 20:07 (Ref:3335773) | #1 | ||
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All season tyres
I need to replace my tyres and I'm considering buying All Season tyres (Goodyear). I'm living in UK (Milton Keynes), anybody has experience with this type of tyres?
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23 Nov 2013, 21:10 (Ref:3335795) | #2 | ||
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I find that in summer on summer tyres all cars have more than enough grip. So I wouldn't worry about compromise there.
I have winter tyres which rock in the cold, not lived with all weather. I've heard that the concerns about longevity of these tyres when it warms up is a thing of the past. |
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23 Nov 2013, 22:55 (Ref:3335824) | #3 | ||
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I don't know about "all season" tyres as they can only be a compromise !
but I would agree about winter tyres, I have a customer that lives up a long uphill drive without a decent approach so you can't get any speed up for a start. I couldn't drive the car up to the top on snow but after fitting some Yokohama winter tyres it drove up quite easily. If someone had told me that I wouldn't have believed them , being the cynic that I am ! |
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23 Nov 2013, 23:41 (Ref:3335846) | #4 | ||
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I've just got a set of winter tyres for my Landcruiser to replace the all seasons that were on there which we're useless in the wet, and snow.
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24 Nov 2013, 09:52 (Ref:3335946) | #5 | ||
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I have been wondering about these tyres as well. The tests I have read seem quite inconclusive because they are done either when it is warm or cold but not both (for obvious reasons).
I will fit a set when I need to replace my tyres otherwise I will just keep wondering. And living in Yorkshire means quite cold winters... |
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24 Nov 2013, 22:15 (Ref:3336205) | #6 | ||
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Mike,I don't know what car you have but the best thing is to get a set of steel wheels from a breakers yard and fit some winter tyres on them so you can keep your original set and the salt won't sod them up !
I personally haven't got a set of "winter tyres" on any of my vehicles and the case I was talking about was a customers car with non switchable traction control, so you couldn't get up any speed to have a decent go before the engine ecu detected a spinning wheel and killed the engine. In snow I use my old 1997 Escort diesel on skinny crap tyres, with no performance and loads of weight over the wheels it will climb a mountain ! and normally being in Spain in Dec/Jan we don't get snow and ice in our area |
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24 Nov 2013, 22:24 (Ref:3336209) | #7 | ||
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Thanks. I haven't problems in the past with my previous cars that had reasonable tyres. My current car with 110bhp has a ridiculous 225/55R17 tyres and I guess they'll have problems in the snow.
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24 Nov 2013, 22:53 (Ref:3336237) | #8 | ||
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Yes it's true that wide tyres aren't the best in conditions like snow/mud and to be honest I wouldn't use a decent car thats still worth loads of money in snowy conditions anyway.
I count myself lucky in that I have a varied collection of vehicles that I can use for different applications throughout the year. |
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From what I've heard, Gordon only dares expose his remarkable cluster in Spain. Those extra few degrees centigrade are important to him.
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I ran a Fiat Marea Weekend 130JTD (Estate with the 5 cylinder diesel) for 15 months continuous on Goodyear Ultragrip 8 winter tyres. I covered about 25,000 miles and took 2mm off the fronts, and 1mm off the rear. To say I was astonished at the lack of wear would be a serious understatement since my previous car chomped through its OEM Continental Sportcontact 3s in only 8,000 miles for the fronts.
During the summer months I did not notice any difference in handling to summer tyres. I think you would have to push beyond 9/10's to notice. In winter on cold roads I had more confidence, and when it finally came to snow and ice on the roads the difference was night and day. Pushing a £40k Audi A5 up a hill out of the Metro Centre in my £1000 Fiat had me in stitches. Anyway, as for all seasons. The phrase 'Jack of all trades, master of none' springs to mind. This video from tyrerack explains it best (skip 30 seconds in) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2wTg0l3_wI |
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26 Nov 2013, 22:55 (Ref:3337189) | #13 | ||
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On this side of the pond, we call all-season tyres "tyres"... Or tires actually. If you're looking for a standard tire, I suggest the good ol Michelin LTX or BF Goodrich Traction T/A (if they sell those there). In my experience, Goodyear is not good at making a tire quiet nor round.
They make ultra-high performance all-seasons now that have the same or similar compounds to the summer versions but with different patterns. |
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27 Nov 2013, 11:19 (Ref:3337321) | #14 | ||
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I run a BMW 330d M Sports Tourer, it is utterly useless in snow and ice, so two choices, either buy a secondhand set of wheels and fit winter tyres which would not be cheap or buy another (second) car, I opted for this option and bought a Peugeot 106 and fitted it with a set of Kumo All season tyres. All I can say is previously I run a Golf GTi with Bridgestone All Season tyres fitted and it transformed the Winter handling and got me to and from work in the snow, I live in Chipping Norton which is the highest town in Oxfordshire and it often cut off.... With regards to Summer grip/wear, not a problem, I still got 18k miles out a set of fronts - not bad.
If I was not running a high performance car, I would always fit All Season tyres and keep them on all the time. They they be a bit more expensive than 'normal' tyres, but they work. Hope this helps. Bladders |
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As I said in an earlier post I use different vehicles for variying conditions/trips and lets face it if you were involved in a crash in the snow in a decent car it would normally cost more in repairs and aggro that it would to buy an old cheapo runabout in the first place ! Obviously age and cost of insurance plays a big part in this as I am aware of how much some people have to pay, however people could take their decent car off the road for a while in the winter. Last edited by GORDON STREETER; 27 Nov 2013 at 13:51. |
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I thought about buying a set of steel wheels to put winter tyres on given how crap my car is is the snow/ice - my insurance wouldn't cover me though as it counts as a 'modification'
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30 Nov 2013, 22:57 (Ref:3338767) | #19 | ||
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As above get a decent insurance company, I've spend the last week getting insurance quotes for my latest high performance vehicle and the mention of a second set of wheels with winter tyres has caused no problems.
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If I get a set of OEM alloys and put winter tyres on that's fine - it's the non OEM wheels bit they didn't like. Might have a look at options when the insurance comes up for renewal though.
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What is it about Alloys ? we all know they can't be straightened any sense after a clout, they corrode and crack, they leak round the rims and most of the standard road ones are heavier than a steel ! also the pikey boys nick them for scrap (along with anything else that's about).
Most cars only come with a steel spare anyway (if at all) time the insurance companies woke up !!! |
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It's about time we went the Australian route and have compulsory 3rd party insurance as part of the road tax and registration so the car is insured not the driver. If we had this I don't think I'd bother with comprehensive as you do get stitched up all ways by insurance companies here.
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I have to have a fully comp traders policy because although I don't tear about in customers cars and never had a claim, that's not to stop some as***le crashing into me without any cover at all ! |
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