V60 R-Design winter tyres

[Easington]

Just to add my 2p into the mix.

Insurance companies class winter tyres as modifications that need declaring. I spoke to mine about declaring a towbar I'd had fitted and they said "no charge for that modification, unlike fitting winter wheels & tyres".....

[Tannaton]

Originally Posted by Easington

Just to add my 2p into the mix.

Insurance companies class winter tyres as modifications that need declaring. I spoke to mine about declaring a towbar I'd had fitted and they said "no charge for that modification, unlike fitting winter wheels & tyres".....

A few do, most don't, but always worth checking.

[Bonefishblues]

I haven't heard of that for a number of years tbh. Which insurers do?

[Adrian888]

Some insurance companies are clueless. It is a legal requirement to have winter tyres if travelling to many EU countries in winter so how is complying with the law a modification? I would challenge it if my insurers tried that with me.

[Zebster]

Hardly any insurance companies need to be notified about fitting winter tyres... https://www.abi.org.uk/globalassets/...commitment.pdf

From... https://www.abi.org.uk/products-and-.../winter-tyres/

For the last 15 years I've fitted winter tyres to my car, up until I got the Volvo. However I now have a spare set of suitable wheels and shall again resume fitting winter tyres once it gets properly cold. I recently bought a full set of ContiProContact 235/40 18 from eBay for the bargain price of £220.

[Bonefishblues]

I'm amazed there are two who do tbh. Providing they meet manufacturers specs, they'd be hard-pressed to dispute a claim.

[Tannaton]

Originally Posted by Bonefishblues

I'm amazed there are two who do tbh. Providing they meet manufacturers specs, they'd be hard-pressed to dispute a claim.

Why would you want to penalise customers who spend extra money making their car safer? It makes no sense...

[Bonefishblues]

Originally Posted by Tannaton

Why would you want to penalise customers who spend extra money making their car safer? It makes no sense...

Ah but yes but no but this is the world of the insurer of course! Makes yon Volvo driver (who already thinks he (and they are mostly blokes, I'm sure!) is impregnable) venture out in snowy conditions when we know that accidents happen. QED those Winter Tyres are a liability.

The prosecution rests

[Bigchewie]

Just to add my opinion, have previously ran winters on the my old A3 (quattro beast in the winter) the v50 that followed, was good on the winters summers in even light snow were useless. and on the better half's Ibiza full on snow tyres, Vredstien Snowtracs, absolutely unstoppable in snow and generally decent in winter. Just picked up a new to me D5 V60 the other week and came on Vtredstein Quatrac 5's well 3 of them, inital impressions are good had them in some cold and wet conditions, and happy with them i think there dry summer performance may not be amazing but considering buying a second set of alloys with good summer tyres.

The Quadtrac 5s seem well priced can pick up an appropriate 18 for around £100 or a little more fitted.