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Offline Eccie

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Re: Which Winter Tyre?
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2011, 04:49:42 pm »
Nokian wr are simply amazing. Was reccomended them by a friend from Northern Norway.

Absolutely agree. I ran Nokian WR G2 on the golf last winter and they were faultless.

So impressed was I, that I have today collected another set of 4 to put on the Audi this winter, I'm 40+ and have driven more miles than i care to remember (mostly company cars) but having tried winter tyres over in Austria 4 years ago, and running them on my own car last winter, I'm a total convert, If you live in the north (anywhere above Watford) then I think your fully justified in running winter rubber


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Re: Which Winter Tyre?
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2011, 10:26:43 pm »
@ David25, Re: Conti TS830P,

1. Did steering "feel" change, did you lose any positive feel, especially in corners?

No loss of feel I'd say, the car felt really good in terms of how it steered.
That said it was on a Mk5 Gt 170 Diesel so yet to try them on the Ed30.
All I can say is that the car just gripped in all conditions and felt better on cold surfaces, not just snow/ice.

2. Any change in MPG?

As said it was on a diesel, but subjectively I didn't think it used any more fuel during the winter tyre running.

I read a lot of winter reviews on: tyrereviews.co.uk and ended up at the Conti 830P, the P is a different to the 830 if I remember correctly. As said earlier another set of these have been ordered for the A4.

Just for extra info: I asked my tyre dealer about how to store them through the summer, he asked Vredestein and was told that after a thorough clean the tyres still on my spare 18" wheels should be stored with one bar of pressure and not in direct sunlight, so the pile of wheels is covered in the garage waiting for the cold weather.

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Re: Which Winter Tyre?
« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2011, 10:31:30 pm »
2. Any change in MPG

I fitted my 205/55/16 Nokian WR G2's to the car when it had just 500 miles on the clock, when it was time to put the OE 225/40/18 Continentals back on the MPG actually decreased by about 3MPG - not quite what I was expecting!!
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Re: Which Winter Tyre?
« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2011, 01:59:21 pm »
have gone for the vreds as bit cheaper than Goodyear and Nokian £150.70 a corner from mytyres
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Re: Which Winter Tyre?
« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2011, 05:34:15 pm »
Vred's are a good tyre. Not a bad price either.

As a comparison the Conti's TS830P in 225/40/18 size I bought were £170 each fitted last Oct.

The 245/40/18 size are a bit more per corner this season. Either way winters are well worth the money in my book.

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Re: Which Winter Tyre?
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2011, 06:30:40 pm »
http://www.michelin.co.uk/tyres/michelin-alpin-a4

found them very good in last years sonw  :happy2: