video showing the difference between snow and summer tyres in the snow

[rdfcpete]

Vote for Nankang SV2's @ £100 a corner  I've not got stuck in anything with them, including a steep incline from a standing start in 5 inches of snow on a residential street.

They're also very good in the wet too. I'm certainly convinced and will get at least four winters out of them as the wear rate is pretty steady.

[RedRobin]

The snow will be gone in a week or so. Winters are pointless IMO for the most part.

....Agreed.

You only need winter tyres if you have to drive in the snow and ice (December/January/February in the UK). A good quality tyre such as Goodyear's Asymmetrics are absolutely fine in the wet. You need to adjust your driving to the conditions and slow down in the wet regardless of your tyres because of reduced braking distances (on any tyre) and reduced visibility due to spray.

[PDT]

Agree Robin, but driving to the conditions isn't always possible. On black ice even at very low speeds its easy to get into a slide, and there's not a thing you can do about it once it starts, like this:

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Wouldn't advise jumping out though 

[camfollower]

Accidents are just that, they happen because they are unplanned no matter how well your driving or planning for something to happen... unless your driving everywhere at 5mph and have employed a flag waver to escort you through the winter months.   Premium winters are superior at low wet temps and will stop you better than prem. summers like F1 AS2's in these conditions, where the latter compound has become too hard to work effectively... it's just the way it is.

Snowed heavily in April last year 

[RedRobin]

Agree Robin, but driving to the conditions isn't always possible. On black ice even at very low speeds its easy to get into a slide, and there's not a thing you can do about it once it starts

....I know. From direct experience, 20 mph skid on black ice one christmas morning many moons ago while driving a heavy Ford Granada and ended up upside down in a field hanging from my safety belt and laughing my head off! The tyres back in those days were what? And the road hadn't been gritted.

As said earlier, my solution is to simply not bother to drive my car in the snow and ice. But I realise that some folks feel they don't have a choice and winter tyres etc will be best for them. I don't see why I should be legally obliged to have winter tyres just because it's March or whenever when I'm driving on a fine snowless day.

Very fine pic, 'camfollower'  

[Andy]

that will be the cross ply tyres Robin

[RedRobin]

that will be the cross ply tyres Robin

....I expect they definitely were cross ply on the big 1930 Rover I used to drive.

[camfollower]

UK is definitely a big PITA regarding Winter conditions... let's have the failing Jet Stream shift us into a Scandinavian climate or not - at least then we can snow chain up!