Winter Tyres & Black Ice

spacey2012

On ice the narrowest tyre will win.

sunshinetours

luci wrote: »

I didn't wait until the middle of winter, I started trying to get them the third week in November!

Unusual size maybe? They are becoming more popular here now though so hopefully supplies will be easier

spacey2012 wrote: »

On ice the narrowest tyre will win.

No a winter snowflake marked tyre will "win" (whatever that means!) on a stopping or steering contest all otehr things being equal. Narrower smaller diameter tyre are usually preferred for serious winter driving but here in UK its the compund teh tyre is made of that makes the greatest difference

Loganfire

Well after reading this page I did some research and thought it's about time i got some winter tyres, so I did my researches went to a few on-line site cos I want them fitted as well and guess what, my vw dealer in Huddersfield was one of the cheapest beating etyres and blackcircles. So tomorrow I will get four new Dunlop Winter Response for £300 for my blue-motion polo

red_eye

Deleted_User wrote: »

Lots of black ice on the road early this morning on way to work at 5.30am. Very slippy, car sliding all over the place.

Just wondering if Winter Tyres help with black ice or not?

nothing can grip ice no mater what colour the ice is.

MonkeySaving?

red_eye wrote: »

nothing can grip ice no mater what colour the ice is.

Tell that to my ice axe. :rotfl:

[Deleted User]

vaio wrote: »

Nah, I remember seeing an ABI rule (agreement?) that winter tyres don't need to be notified subject to the normal rules about being the right size etc

As long as they match size and speed rating recommendations from the car manufacturer there is no issues with insurance.

vaio

In my experience winters invariably have a lower speed rating than the equivalent summers.

Gloomendoom

vaio wrote: »

In my experience winters invariably have a lower speed rating than the equivalent summers.

The ones I bought don't. They match the original spec exactly.

Gloomendoom

red_eye wrote: »

nothing can grip ice no mater what colour the ice is.

Sorry, but that is just plain nonsense. The grip is relative.

Winter tyres have a better grip on ice than summer tyres. Studded winter tyres grip even better. These things, well...

[Deleted User]

^ Are those studs legal on UK reads?