Winter tyres. Discuss.

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I swapped mine out on the daily 2 weeks back, gave me the excuse to drive around for a bit to reset the TPMS. only driving I've done since lock down started..
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Post by ed » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:17 pm

Should have bought Cross Climates rather than summers for the CRV - schoolboy!!
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Post by mckeann » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:34 pm

I have some Honda Civic steel wheels and winter tyres. Free to a good home.

Suitable for Gen 8, 2005-2011 model. May fit other models.

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Post by Mike Scib » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:45 pm

ed wrote:Should have bought Cross Climates rather than summers for the CRV - schoolboy!!
Cross climates are great tyres, I can’t see me ever buying winters over them again.


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Post by Victor Meldrew » Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:57 pm

Use cross climates on the Clubman. Excellent in heavy rain too.
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Post by campbell » Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:03 pm

Got to try ours in real snow, briefly, last week. Impressed.

Already v good in cold temps, and in rain as Victor says.

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Post by Victor Meldrew » Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:16 pm

campbell wrote:
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Got to try ours in real snow, briefly, last week. Impressed.

Already v good in cold temps, and in rain as Victor says.

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Post by Sanjøy » Wed Jan 20, 2021 5:41 pm

mckeann wrote:
Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:34 pm
I have some Honda Civic steel wheels and winter tyres. Free to a good home.

Suitable for Gen 8, 2005-2011 model. May fit other models.

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Post by Stevoraith » Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:43 pm

Interesting to hear the real-life views on all-seasons.

I did read (and think it’s maybe already been mentioned in this thread) that all-seasons actually suit a typical British winter better than full M+S tyres.

I do like to change the wheels in the winter, just for a different look and to get the diamond cut wheels away from the salt so I think summer tyres and all-season tyres may be the right combo for our climate.

Edit to add- having said that, the winters on the Skoda needed replaced this winter but I didn’t bother, have just kept it on the summers.
Plan is to swap the summer tyres out for all-seasons when those need replaced as I’m sure all seasons will be fine on that all-year as it never gets driven hard at all.
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by Mike Scib » Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:01 pm

Stevoraith wrote:Interesting to hear the real-life views on all-seasons.

I did read (and think it’s maybe already been mentioned in this thread) that all-seasons actually suit a typical British winter better than full M+S tyres.

I do like to change the wheels in the winter, just for a different look and to get the diamond cut wheels away from the salt so I think summer tyres and all-season tyres may be the right combo for our climate.

Edit to add- having said that, the winters on the Skoda needed replaced this winter but I didn’t bother, have just kept it on the summers.
Plan is to swap the summer tyres out for all-seasons when those need replaced as I’m sure all seasons will be fine on that all-year as it never gets driven hard at all.
I run my mums car on Cross Climates all year as she doesn’t drive fast so no issues with them overheating.

On my cars I will switch back to PS4’s in the summer.

Winters are obviously great in the snow, problem being that’s only about 10 days a year depending where you stay obviously, but personally I don’t like the way winters handle in the wet or dry if you push them slightly hard as the tread blocks start moving about.

Imo Cross Climates are a great compromise for our climate as you said, work excellent in the wet which is far more useful than working excellent in the snow for me plus are great in the dry but obviously not as good as a PS4. They are also pretty good in the snow too, far better than a summer tyre.


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alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination). :roll: :lol:

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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by Stevoraith » Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:20 pm

That’s good to know Mike, did wonder how good they were in snow.

The Bridgestone runflats I have on the 335 were surprisingly terrible in the small amount of snow we had a few weeks back.
PS4s and cross-climates sounds like the ideal combo.
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Re: Winter tyres. Discuss.

Post by Mike Scib » Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:27 pm

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I’m more than happy to drive down single lane backroads with them trying to get stuck to test them out Image


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alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination). :roll: :lol:

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