Police got me - all on tape

[tt82]

Originally Posted by Projectblue

Could you say which area & and which vehicle, because I'd be surprised if that was regular.

Obviously if you got up close and read the script on the sidewall, then they must have had them.

Oldham area of Greater Manchester. IIRC it was on a BMW estate.

Originally Posted by yoda960

Or just simply looked at the tread?

Bit of both, it pulled up along side me at the traffic lights.

[Projectblue]

Originally Posted by yoda960

Or just simply looked at the tread?

sorry, my previous reads back a bit short - meant if you had identified them then they must have been.

[Projectblue]

Wonder if they were trying anything to get the 530d's to actually grip lol

[yoda960]

Originally Posted by Projectblue

If you took just RPU (traffic) so say 40 vehicles. Each vehicle has to visit the service centre. So that's a downtime of a min 1hr.
Then you have to store 40 x 4 tyres - where do you put those?
Cost of tyres is what? 160x 100?= £16,000 + storage + fitting costs + downtime whilst they are fitted. £20k vs benefit of ??
(note, I'm not say winter tyres are not beneficial, just that there is a cost/benefit issue).

Well if they stopped one smacked up police car then that could easily be worth it in one go

[Projectblue]

I doubt it would. In fact it would make it worse because the first bump they had on summer tyres they'd blame on the fact they thought they had winter tyres on.
Or vice versa.

[jepho]

Originally Posted by Dancake

Winter tyres are a gimmick though.

You are incorrect. I have fitted winter tyres to my car for the very first time in more than 40 years of driving cars and I am mightily impressed with them. After reading several professional reviews, I chose to buy Continental Winter Contact TS 830 P and I consider the £155 per corner cost to have been a very wise investment. It is clear to me that spending £620 (for a simple life-saving measure and it is at a relatively small cost) to keep you from kissing the scenery in our unpredictable weather conditions, in which I drive between 20,000 and 30,000 miles per year; is the single most effective active safety measure that I have ever undertaken.

I have been driving in all winter conditions from freshly fallen snow, packed snow, slush, ice and black ice; in temperatures of up to minus 6 degrees celsius and it is a world of difference away from using summer tyres. The available grip and the stability of the car with its improved braking distances in wet or icy conditions has really surprised me.

The well-designed sipes clear standing water from the road rapidly and driving in very wet conditions is now much improved too, in terms of the stability of the car where it has hit a pool of standing water on a motorway. These Contis are also supposed to have very good wear characteristics too and I am hoping to get some excellent mileage from them. I will leave them on during the summer months too. There is no increase in road noise from them.

Am I a convert to the fitting of winter tyres?
YES!

Would I fit them to my car again?
YES!

Would I recommend them to my friends and family members?
Absolutely; 100% YES!

[Volvo2002]

Never used winter tyres and never will.

[tt82]

tut tut tut. Don't dismiss them till you've tried them Tom.

[jepho]

Originally Posted by Volvo2002

Never used winter tyres and never will.

It's not the rare colour of your car that keeps it glued to the road. Never is a long time and given that you have to pay for a set of tyres or else you cannot drive your car, improving your grip in winter whenever you can does appear to be a desirable thing.

[Anadinolin]

Originally Posted by Volvo2002

Never used winter tyres and never will.

Come, join us tom, jjjooiiinnn uuusss

Winters do make a difference