Winter Tyre Review

[Arm]

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That may be the case for normal winter roads but not if your driving on  snow or ice , you need the biggest contact patch available , lowering tyre pressure is one way of doing it ,

Thought the idea was to decrease the contact patch for snow ie narrower tyres.

[pistonbroke]

wouldnt argue about the merits of snow versus summer v winter tyres and yes narrow tyres have an advantage in snow

Just stating what I have always found works for me and has done in 40 odd years of driving for a living in various snow and sheet ice conditions when the roads have been undrivable  because of zero grip,  

Lowering the tyre pressures has always restored traction.

[Jonah]

Hi Jason, Which tyre place in Worcester did you get the Tracmax winter tyres from? Probably not got any in stock but you never know & it would be useful for future reference.

Thanks

[RedditchJay]

hiya

I will dig the reciept out tonight, he has still got some, search ebay WINTER TYRES and go on location closest to you, he had 3 sets on there last week with a buy it now at £172 for 4 tyres, depends on your size

[Matt Seabrook]

Windy is correct you need to open up the sipes by increasing the tyre pressure.

[RedditchJay]

I have been running my winter tyres a tad soft then at 28psi, my normal tyres run at 32 psi....... will increase the winter tyres to 35psi as I am fitting all 4 tonight and the weather is staying below zero all week...........

[Jonah]

Thanks for the info. I found the seller on Ebay.

Thanks again.

[windy]

Some pics of the Vredesteins

The jagged cuts are the sipes, these are the bits that flex and bite into the snow

[cast iron]

I also find with a standard road tyre softer works in the traction stakes, but I gues it depends on the quality of the snow

[Matt Seabrook]

This gets interesting towards the end for those who want to fit just two winter tyres.

[cast iron]

why did they fit different winter tyres when swapping them between the cars

[V 8]

Well, been driving for 40 years and didn't know any of that.   Thanks for the info fellas

[John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison]

Ummm - knobblies  

[Bananaman]

Do they make these tyres for jumbo jets?

Might save a bit of agro at the airports...    

[RedditchJay]

hahaha they need to..... they really work far better than I thought they would............a mate of mine though bought x4 remoulds {soft rubber} with a chunky tread pattern as he couldnt get winter tyres and they are working just as well....... snow..... what snow.... lol