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[Debs.]

  I fancy four of these for the Deb`s Towers Winter; £300. for a set and with 20mm. of tread depth.......but, for the Disco, not the pup-mobile!

[Jimbob]

I fancy four of these for the Deb`s Towers Winter; £300. for a set and with 20mm. of tread depth.......but, for the Disco, not the pup-mobile!

now they look like the mean business!

[Lazydocker]

I fancy four of these for the Deb`s Towers Winter; £300. for a set and with 20mm. of tread depth.......but, for the Disco, not the pup-mobile!

now they look like the mean business!

Wow! Obviously you are in a different situation Debs, with the total isolation you are in and the enormous amount of snow you got last year

[V6 CDX-er]

get a cheap set of rims throw them on there from nov till january and you will certainly get 3 years out of them what kills winter tyres is heat (soft rubber) so it's a one off buy but think you aint using your summer tyres in that time either and when they get down to 5mm you use them for a season as summer tyres and i would say cheap winter tyres are better than summer tyres any winter day of the year purely for their way that they disperse the snow from under your wheels, i've driven on summer tyres in snow and to say it was scary was an understatement and these are good summer tyres but may as well have been slicks in the snow

I agree.

The usual arguments in the UK for not having winter tyres are that we don't get enough snow and then the cost of them.

I've used winter tyres on a variety of vehicles for a number of years, and for me it's a no brainer to have them fitted.

The argument for there not being enough snow in the UK fails, (IMO), because of the huge improvement in grip, stopping distances and therefore safety that these tyres offer when the temps are below 5 degrees celcius.

As for the csot, well, buy a cheap set of alloys or steelies and fit the winter tyres to these. Using the winter tyres from mid November to mid Febuary, you will proberly get 3-4 winters out of them. Also consider how much your insurance excess is, (which you would loose in the event of an accident), how much your insurance would go up by over the course of five years, (again, if / when you have an accident), and any recovery costs, hire car costs, and loss of earnings that you may incure, and winter tyres start to look like quite a bargin.

Those that have used them tend to keep on using them. That must surely count for something?

[jerry]

Am thinking Falken or Nockian but prices on the net from mytyre and the rest seem to be going up daily and Im still waiting for various dealers to get back to me who reckon they can better those prices but all are saying that theyre hard to get hold of ... :-/

[John Lindsay]

Anyone have a recommendation for winter tyres for an Omega 3 litre?

[V6 CDX-er]

Anyone have a recommendation for winter tyres for an Omega 3 litre?

Same as what has already been mentioned on here John.

I personally favour Vredestien snow-tracs, but have heard good things about the Nankengs (or however it is spelt).

[jerry]

been researching this for a while now and was looking at the nankings myself but some of reviews werent too good, esp re braking in wet/snow. The falkens and nockian came out well in mid price range for not an awful lot more.

[kevinminton]

After an unhappy experience last winter when a kerb jumped out in front of me, I have fitted winter tyres. Got them from Online Performance Tyres near Nottingham http://shop.ebay.co.uk/online-performance-tyres/m.html.  Good service, reasonable price.

Can't judge them in isolation 'cos new wishbones fitted (thanks Daz) and WIM alignment all done together. But they are definitely grippy enough for me on cold wet roads.

K

[cem_devecioglu]

get a cheap set of rims throw them on there from nov till january and you will certainly get 3 years out of them what kills winter tyres is heat (soft rubber) so it's a one off buy but think you aint using your summer tyres in that time either and when they get down to 5mm you use them for a season as summer tyres and i would say cheap winter tyres are better than summer tyres any winter day of the year purely for their way that they disperse the snow from under your wheels, i've driven on summer tyres in snow and to say it was scary was an understatement and these are good summer tyres but may as well have been slicks in the snow

I agree.

The usual arguments in the UK for not having winter tyres are that we don't get enough snow and then the cost of them.

I've used winter tyres on a variety of vehicles for a number of years, and for me it's a no brainer to have them fitted.

The argument for there not being enough snow in the UK fails, (IMO), because of the huge improvement in grip, stopping distances and therefore safety that these tyres offer when the temps are below 5 degrees celcius.

As for the csot, well, buy a cheap set of alloys or steelies and fit the winter tyres to these. Using the winter tyres from mid November to mid Febuary, you will proberly get 3-4 winters out of them. Also consider how much your insurance excess is, (which you would loose in the event of an accident), how much your insurance would go up by over the course of five years, (again, if / when you have an accident), and any recovery costs, hire car costs, and loss of earnings that you may incure, and winter tyres start to look like quite a bargin.

Those that have used them tend to keep on using them. That must surely count for something?

 

and one more point although stated before,

traction is meaningless unless you have the ability to stop..  and of course any traction from summer tires evaporates on hills ..

[jerry]

right, got hold of mytyres (whose prices have today dropped from yesterday  :-?) and they have all the ones I was looking at in stock, so a set of nockian winter + on their way for £312 and Ive lined up someone to fit/balance. Hopefully a better winter driving experience than last

[John Slavin]

I'm running a set of Continental WinterContact TS800s on my Shitroen Saxo, and though at 185/55 R14 they are obviously far too small for an Omega, the difference they make in cold/wet is fantastic and I can't recommend them enough.  Anyone considering winter tyres that remains unsure, go for it. Especially with RWD!

[jerry]

just as a sort of PS, have been advised that , whilst easier to change, the best way is to actually fit/refit tyres rather than have your winter ones kept on cheaper steelies as tyres are better stored on their own and not left inflated on rims. By the way, for anyone not convinced about better safety aspects of winter tyres over all season , check out some of test videos on you tube such as tirerack.com