summer tyres

[anonymous-user]

I have been reading all the threads about winter tyres, and how people still have summer tyres. How much summer do we actually get to justify the tyre. =

Surely the better option is for an all year tyre?

[007 VXR]

The Spruce Goose said:

Surely the better option is for an all year tyre?

Best option is summer and winter tyres at the right time of year

[anonymous-user]

007 VXR said:

The Spruce Goose said:

Surely the better option is for an all year tyre?

Best option is summer and winter tyres at the right time of year

comon either is a joke. We get 2 days of summer and maybe a week of snowming a year. What we need is damp and drearier tyres...That is all year..

[Rubin215]

The Firestones on my Beetle are described as an "All Season Tire."

[007 VXR]

In the summer i want the best grip i can get

[BeeRoad]

The Spruce Goose said:

007 VXR said:

The Spruce Goose said:

Surely the better option is for an all year tyre?

Best option is summer and winter tyres at the right time of year

comon either is a joke. We get 2 days of summer and maybe a week of snowming a year. What we need is damp and drearier tyres...That is all year..

Summer in tyre speak is whenever the temperature is above 7 degrees C, ie three quarters of the year at least for most of the UK. Wet or dry is irrelevant.

[cptsideways]

This is PH you should have a car for every occasion

[007 VXR]

cptsideways said:

This is PH you should have a car for every occasion

True

[anonymous-user]

I cringe at spending anything over 200 pounds just so I can go 5 mph higher in all conditions.. I think this winter tyre stuff is pretty pointless really for the real amount of snow we get a year..

I will stick with my summer tyres (until I end up in ditch and eat my words)

[lescombes]

BeeRoad said:

The Spruce Goose said:

007 VXR said:

The Spruce Goose said:

Surely the better option is for an all year tyre?

Best option is summer and winter tyres at the right time of year

comon either is a joke. We get 2 days of summer and maybe a week of snowming a year. What we need is damp and drearier tyres...That is all year..

Summer in tyre speak is whenever the temperature is above 7 degrees C, ie three quarters of the year at least for most of the UK. Wet or dry is irrelevant.

+1 remember too......many "Summer" tyres have the V tread pattern which is really rubbish and next to useless in the winter, especially snowy conditions and heavy rain, where a block type tread is best....
In the main Summer 7c below 7c Winters......If like me you go for both and change to winters at October 1/2 term week..then back to Summer's at clocks change/easter temp dependent....

[007 VXR]

The Spruce Goose said:

I cringe at spending anything over 200 pounds just so I can go 5 mph higher in all conditions.. I think this winter tyre stuff is pretty pointless really for the real amount of snow we get a year..

I will stick with my summer tyres (until I end up in ditch and eat my words)

A set of summer tyres cost me over 1000.00
So god knows how much (if they do them) a winter set would cost
So not driven the car for a month

[Dracoro]

The Spruce Goose said:

I think this winter tyre stuff is pretty pointless really for the real amount of snow we get a year..

Blimey, yet ANOTHER person who doesn't know what winter tyres are.

Please mods, can we have a sticky informing people what winter/summer/"all" season tyres are please.

Thanks

[anonymous-user]

Dracoro said:

The Spruce Goose said:

I think this winter tyre stuff is pretty pointless really for the real amount of snow we get a year..

Blimey, yet ANOTHER person who doesn't know what winter tyres are.

Please mods, can we have a sticky informing people what winter/summer/"all" season tyres are please.

Thanks

I know what winter tyres are, but the correct term should be cold weather tyres..

my point is an all year tyre..or don't drive?

Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 18th December 19:53

[joebongo]

We have such a borderline temperature range in tyre terms this is exactly why we need both.

Winter skinny wheels and snow tyres for end Oct to End Apr. Summer fat wheels and summer tyres for the rest of the year.

Easy innit.

[007 VXR]

joebongo said:

We have such a borderline temperature range in tyre terms this is exactly why we need both.

Winter skinny wheels and snow tyres for end Oct to End Apr. Summer fat wheels and summer tyres for the rest of the year.

Easy innit.

I agree

[anonymous-user]

joebongo said:

We have such a borderline temperature range in tyre terms this is exactly why we need both.

Winter skinny wheels and snow tyres for end Oct to End Apr. Summer fat wheels and summer tyres for the rest of the year.

Easy innit.

I do believe that condition if t he tyre is what counts too. at least 5mm depth..

the threads I have seen are winter tyres, 'they will sort me out',but really they make a gain in grip but other factors can be taken into account.. Like not driving like a muppet..

[Dracoro]

The Spruce Goose said:

Dracoro said:

The Spruce Goose said:

I think this winter tyre stuff is pretty pointless really for the real amount of snow we get a year..

Blimey, yet ANOTHER person who doesn't know what winter tyres are.

Please mods, can we have a sticky informing people what winter/summer/"all" season tyres are please.

Thanks

I know what winter tyres are, but the correct term should be cold weather tyres..

my point is an all year tyre..or don't drive?

Edited by The Spruce Goose on Saturday 18th December 19:53

Why does it need the term "cold" weather? It winter in these month regardless of whether it's snowing or not. Tyres for use in the winter, seems quite clear what they are.

You may know what winter tyres are as opposed to snow tyres, summer tyres, all season tyres etc. are so why make the direct association of winter tyres and snow? We only have what we can read to go on, we can't read your mind

Anyway, what is the difference between summer and all-season tyres? What do most people have on their cars anyway? Are "all-season" tyres a bit neither one nor the other? i.e. too crap in summer, wear quickly etc. and nowhere near as good as winter tyres in colder weather?

The Spruce Goose said:

the threads I have seen are winter tyres, 'they will sort me out',but really they make a gain in grip but other factors can be taken into account.. Like not driving like a muppet..

Well quite, any/most driving aids leads the mongs on the road to get complacent. Your point also applies to traction control, stability control, abs and so on, idiots then think they can drive like idiots as the "car will sort it out" when they overdo it.

Edited by Dracoro on Saturday 18th December 20:05