Quality Budget Winter Tyre
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What sort of mileage do you get out of them Paul?
I actually really liked the Falken Ziex that I had a few years ago.
Oh, and, for all the years i've been motoring (who else remembers stage coaches and hansom cabs), i've never seen the necessity to buy "winter tyres" .
Call it indoctrination from my youth.
I've always gone for Yoko's for all-out dry grip, ideal for when I had a decent two-seater that needed them, but totally hopeless on anything remotely damp, plus they last for what seems like minutes.
Michellins for mile munching, hard as nails, I don't think they're poor in any respect of grip but I've never been that enamoured with them.... Last a lot longer than most other things though. My Cavalier had a set that I binned because they were crazed and aged rather but still had tons of tread after several years of hard use!
My wife swears by Continental Sport-Contact, they are a great all round tyre but damned expensive (especially the rate she can whittle through them) and £££'s once you get in to anything other than an exceptionally common size.
Toyo Proxes are another great all rounder, maybe Toyo do some reasonably priced winter tyres?
Regards,
Andy
*Your mileage may vary....... This is a minefield!
Michellins for mile munching, hard as nails, I don't think they're poor in any respect of grip but I've never been that enamoured with them.... Last a lot longer than most other things though. My Cavalier had a set that I binned because they were crazed and aged rather but still had tons of tread after several years of hard use!
My wife swears by Continental Sport-Contact, they are a great all round tyre but damned expensive (especially the rate she can whittle through them) and £££'s once you get in to anything other than an exceptionally common size.
Toyo Proxes are another great all rounder, maybe Toyo do some reasonably priced winter tyres?
Regards,
Andy
*Your mileage may vary....... This is a minefield!
I've always relied on driving to the weather conditions, 'less stick less speed' an amazingly simple and logical thing to think, so as long as it has enough tread and inflated to the correct pressure, any vehicle can stick to the road. I don't subscribe to this rubber and automotive snobbery. I'd say go for what you can afford, but in reality, in this country, we don't need them.
I'm after an all-rounder that would pass a European "do you have winter tyres on your car pal?" police check.
for all the years i've been motoring (who else remembers stage coaches and hansom cabs)
I think we're losing sight of the fact that Jim is canvassing opinion because he needs specific winter tyres for his European trip. In certain countries, they are mandatory. Whether the driver feels they are required or not is immaterial.
I ran a set of Avon Ice Touring winter tyres for 2 winters. They were about £400 fitted for 17" wheels on a Jaguar X-type. Very happy with grip, etc. I guess they would be cheaper for a cougar on 16" rims although the handbook recommends 15" winter tyres ?.
I'm loving the Toyo T1R's I have on now - fantastic in the dry or wet (the amount of spray they were chucking out the back on the way home today was very surprising!). Don't know what they're like in snow yet but I suppose I'd be cheating anyway!
My post is not in reference to the OP, it is however in reference to the multitude who swear by non mandatory winter tyres in a country that gets very little snow, and when it does snow it grinds to halt so you can't go anywhere anyway. Money better spent on something useful like extra blankets and a shovel.
Quality and budget used in the same sentence
Easily done in standard tyres. Forgive me if I don't get the joke.
This is exactly the point. I MUST have winter tyres for the trip. I don't actually WANT any. Hence I'm not willing to shell out £200 a corner.
My rubber of choice frankly. I've spent more than twice that and gained very little in the way of performance. This leads to my post. If Falken can do it in the dry someone can surely do it in the snow?
I have other rims, unfortunately the new brakes I've slapped on won't accommodate them. Don't get me wrong, I can find winter tyres for reasonable money, I'd just prefer something I can half rely on somewhere other than the mountains.
All I was after was a recommendation.
All I was after was a recommendation.
They lasted 3 years of driving between north Yorkshire and the midlands every weekend plus shows and minimeets then lasted another 2 years driving from by tonys field to Redditch each weekend think being parked up in tonys field for 8 months is what finished them, still loads of tread but sides had cracked
I have other rims, unfortunately the new brakes I've slapped on won't accommodate them. Don't get me wrong, I can find winter tyres for reasonable money, I'd just prefer something I can half rely on somewhere other than the mountains.
All I was after was a recommendation.
What brake setup are you running now?
Brembo 2 pots from Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo w/ 325mm discs. Had them from Snowcat. Plus Mondy Mk3 rears in a coupla weeks.