Winter Tyres ??

AdrianC

neilmcl wrote: »

Actually it's the sipes cut into the tyre tread that makes all the difference especially on ice.

It's a combination.

AdrianC

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

My Imp (RWD, for the youngsters that have never seen one)

Seen one? I owned one.

Hateful device it was, too...

Gloomendoom

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

My Imp (RWD, for the youngsters that have never seen one) always did absolutely fine in the snow on its normal tyres.

Beetles were the same. The rear engine meant lots of weight over the rear wheels.

neilmcl

AdrianC wrote: »

Seen one? I owned one.

Hateful device it was, too...

I've very fond memories of driving an imp, particularly during the winter.

pgoncalv

AdrianC wrote: »

You'd also be typically storing them on rims, preferably covered or inside.

Would hope so, best to get some old wheels to make it easier to swap!

Anyway, it will be a long time before I need winter tyres. They may help a little with icy roads but should make no difference on shiny black ice. :-)

Hopefully gritting will be here for years to come, that does take care of most black ice.

molerat

AdrianC wrote: »

Seen one? I owned one.

Hateful device it was, too...

One of my favourite cars, absolutely loved it. 1967 capri blue. I remember a major modification I did - fitted a heater blower :eek:

facade

I had an orangy red one.
I loved it, handled like a go-kart, if anything, better than a proper mini in the dry.

Different story in the wet mind

bigjl

pgoncalv wrote: »

Would hope so, best to get some old wheels to make it easier to swap!

Anyway, it will be a long time before I need winter tyres. They may help a little with icy roads but should make no difference on shiny black ice. :-)

Hopefully gritting will be here for years to come, that does take care of most black ice.

Gritting won't make a huge difference with Black ice, in my experince black ice can often be were there is a flow of water across a road.

Let's be perfectly honest when did anybody last encounter black ice?

But if you think black ice is the only reason to have winter tyres then you don't know much about winter tyres

AdrianC

bigjl wrote: »

Let's be perfectly honest when did anybody last encounter black ice?

What most people mean by "black ice" is "a bit of road that was slipperier than I was expecting".

But if you think black ice is the only reason to have winter tyres then you don't know much about winter tyres

Or black ice.

bigjl

My idea of black ice is a thin super smooth layer of ice that is almost impossible to see.

Probably one of those things where people have different ideas of what it is depending on where they grew up or indeed when they grew up.