When to switch to winters?

[LondonGT]

Normally put winters on once it gets below 7 degrees.

Just put Michelin cross climate tyres on my wife's car which I'm hoping will avoid having to swap to proper winter tyres when the worse weather comes.

I just missed these when I had my last set put on, can you let us know how they are over winter as this solves a lot of storage and cost issues having two sets.

Anyone on here with a rear wheel drive car will know the benefits of winter tyres. Generally it's not been too bad the last two winters but as said, the compound works best under 7°c so if you're using the car in the morning on cold days that's when I'd change over.


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[grey golfster]

Don't do what I did, forgot, and left winters on wifes fiat 500 all year...the mighty 1200cc stripped  fronts to bare over the summer.....Appx 6000 mls on a set of decent Goodyear winters 
Wasn't even a particularly hot summer....

[Tanuie]

Never used winter tyres.

[stealthwolf]

Pretty much this.  Consistant morning temps below 4-5 deg is usually when I switch.

This.

The only thing I found with winters, is they're horribly squishy if you get a sunny day that pushes the temp up to double digits./quote]
+1. Last year I put them on a bit earlier than usual because we had a few icy mornings. But by the afternoon, the temp had picked up to above 10*C. So this year, am going to wait until it's cold all day long before sticking them on.