Wheels/Tyres: Anyone else getting their Winter tyres ready?

[Daim]

Originally Posted by lillia

^^ Good! This is something else that new winter tyre users (and quite a few experienced ones) need to be reminded of. Firstly, it's no use buying brand new winter tyres and then sticking them on the car only after the roads first get icy or after the first snowfall. They need to be driven in for a while to be effective. Secondly, since this is the time of year that temperatures drop and snow starts to fall, it's good to be prepared - you won't be caught out like so many of my neighbours are each year, when there is a mad rush to swap out summer tyres for winter ones after the first "sudden" snowfall and consequent massive pile-up on one motorway or another. So if you've bought/got winter tyres, put them on now.

I like the saying the news agencies in Germany use when snow falls:

"Tausende Deutsche sind vom plötzlichen Wintereinbruch überrascht worden"

Which means:

"Thousands of Germans were surprised by the winter arriving"

This is always said around X-mas. Erm... X-mas is in Winter and Winter time is always colder...

[Pandamedic]

Fitted mine and the missus winter wheels today. Nice dry day to be doing it and all, but wait.... Did I read the temperature right!! 18c lol. That explains why I was getting a sweat on in just a t-shirt lol. Still we're both ready for the winter now

[Wiznae]

Originally Posted by lillia

^^ Good! This is something else that new winter tyre users (and quite a few experienced ones) need to be reminded of. Firstly, it's no use buying brand new winter tyres and then sticking them on the car only after the roads first get icy or after the first snowfall. They need to be driven in for a while to be effective. Secondly, since this is the time of year that temperatures drop and snow starts to fall, it's good to be prepared - you won't be caught out like so many of my neighbours are each year, when there is a mad rush to swap out summer tyres for winter ones after the first "sudden" snowfall and consequent massive pile-up on one motorway or another. So if you've bought/got winter tyres, put them on now.

Thanks - as a first time buyer of winter tyres (Barum Polarus 3) I appreciate the info, my local tyre man said wait until the temp drops but what you say makes sense - I will have them fitted asap

[Wiznae]

Originally Posted by GEORGEROV

hI mhl , mytyres.co.uk has them listed and you can then get links to various evaluation sites, mainly german (can be translated with google chrome etc ). They get a good middle of the road write up. Seem to be good value.

As a point of interest I purchased a set of 4 Barum Polarus 3 205/60/16/H from mytyres.co.uk for approximately £366 which were delivered last week, however, when I revisited the same web site this week the same tyres are now selling for £124 plus each - "What a jump"

[Daim]

Originally Posted by Wiznae

As a point of interest I purchased a set of 4 Barum Polarus 3 205/60/16/H from mytyres.co.uk for approximately £366 which were delivered last week, however, when I revisited the same web site this week the same tyres are now selling for £124 plus each - "What a jump"

Cool, they now have the Polaris III? I've got the Polaris II and my last Volvo had the Polaris I. I'm satisfied with them - they got me around in that bad snow "storm" in Harwich last year :smile:

Please keep us updated on their performance.

[Wiznae]

Originally Posted by Daim

Cool, they now have the Polaris III? I've got the Polaris II and my last Volvo had the Polaris I. I'm satisfied with them - they got me around in that bad snow "storm" in Harwich last year :smile:

Please keep us updated on their performance.

Will do - probably my error but it was a set of 4 Polaris III that I purchased

Cheers

[lillia]

Originally Posted by Wiznae

As a point of interest I purchased a set of 4 Barum Polarus 3 205/60/16/H from mytyres.co.uk for approximately £366 which were delivered last week, however, when I revisited the same web site this week the same tyres are now selling for £124 plus each - "What a jump"

Yup, I've observed the same thing. I've been looking at 225/50/R17 and 215/55/R16, hoping to size down for the winter season. Some winter tyres have nearly doubled in price over the past two weeks. And the lower-priced ones are all out of stock! I'm being punished for my procrastination... but I had good reasons.

[Daim]

Well, it is no wonder, as rubber (natural product) is currently a shortage product due to the floods in the producing nations (Thailand, India etc.).

[CJL]

I noticed the same thing last year, particularly on mytyres.

I don't put winter tyres on my V40, but I also have a 4x4 pickup which wears Michelin Latitude Alpins during the winter.

[Laney760]

Hope I'm not repeating whats already been asked. I will shortly need one new tyre so I'll be replacing two. Can you have winter tyres on just one axle and your normal tyres on the other (axle dependent on whether you are rwd or fwd)?