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Will any of you be fitting them this year?

I don't normally but the summer tyres fitted at the moment are mis-matched and one leaks whilst another has cracking in the sidewall - so they need replaced. As it is coming up for winter, I thought it best to go for 4 winter tyres.

Having looked on Gumtree, I found a set of Yokohamas (only used for one winter) for £130 ($200) which I'll pick up tomorrow and have fitted and balanced on Friday.

Knowing my luck the year that I fit winter tyres will be the year Scotland gets absolutely no snow, but likewise if I were not to fit them I know we would get an avalanche, so better safe than sorry eh?
 
I always put on winter tires. Since I just got a new car in the summer and the winter tires from my previous car are not the correct size, I had to order new rims and tires. They are being installed on Fri. They are also studded.

Gary
 
It's northern Cali, north central Valley actually so, it can get colder? Got snow a couple times in my life? But 20s will happen, as will 110 in the summer, still 70s and 80s now
 
Winter tires?!

Wow... I can't imagine having to change my tires with the season. That would suck! Out here in the SF Bay Area, it gets down to the 40's Fahrenheit, sometimes 30's but that's relatively rare. Given that we're supposed to have an El Niño weather pattern this winter, it should stay above the 30's for sure.
 
"!Wow... I can't imagine having to change my tires with the season. That would suck!"


 


To me it is no problem at all, but I guess it is just what we are used to.  I couldn't imagine going through a winter without having to dig the car out and defrost the windows etc... 
 
Yeah, I'm not a big fan of it either Gary, but I have to admit there is a certain pleasure from stepping outside and breathing in a lung-full of cold, crisp air. 


 


Makes you feel "alive"...


 


And then your fingers go numb and you start cursing it!!!
 
Here in the sunny South, all-season radials are all you need. When I lived in the Appalachian mountains, I knew some people who ran studded tires in the winter but I never did. Most kept them mounted on a second set of rims for easy bolt-on, bolt-off swaps and most only put them on the rear of the car if rear-wheel drive or the front if front-wheel drive.
 
Well it turns out that getting the winter tyres fitted was a blessing because having taken the summer tyres off, it turns out all four were worn worse than I thought - one dangerously. 


 


Now it is running on 4x Yokohama W.Drive V905 winter tyres with the M&S (mud and snow) stamp on the sidewalls.  Second to fitting off-road tyres, that's as good as you are going to get, so winter can do all it wants now - I'm prepared!
 
Never had them, don't want them. I live in Michigan and we get plenty of snow and cold weather. If I can't get where I need to go with front wheel drive and all season tires, I don't need to go! Worst I've ever done was gone in the ditch once about 5 years ago. At the time I had a tiny car that was awful in snow so it was expected.
 
I got my studded winter tires installed today so I'm all set as well. All season tires are OK if you don't do much winter driving or just drive around in the city. If you drive alot on the highways, in severe snow storms, on hilly roads, in freezing snow and rain...then winter tires are a must....and make a HUGE difference in both driving and stopping capability. I've driven many winters with all seasons and with FWD.....the difference with winter tires is like night and day. Also I have a very steep, long driveway. When I come home from work and there is a foot of snow there is no way that FWD with all seasons is going to make it up my driveway...even when I had FWD with winter tires, there were times I could not get the car all the way up the driveway. I now have AWD and winter tires and there has only been one time when I could not get the car up the driveway and that was because the snow was slushy and wet and immediately turned to ice when the tires lost traction and started to spin. And don't even suggest that I don't know how to drive...I've been driving for 40 years in these conditions.

Gary
 
I may not drive a car, but I do ride my mountain bike in the winter & put studded tires on it. It's pretty easy to ride a bike in the winter, as long as the roads are recently plowed.

Jamie - You be nice on your comments about Ontario & our winters now! Yes, we may get a lot of snow here, but trust me, this ain't Greenland for cryin' out loud. And if you think it's bad here, Saskatchewan & Quebec are even worse for snowfall. We manage to survive, LOL. Now if I could just find a handsome man like Gary to snuggle up to on those cold winter nights & keep me warm ;-)

Rob
 
I live in upstate New York and As far as winter tires go we have some rough winters here as I live in what we call the north eastern snow belt. In the last 3 years I have been trying to find a decent set of all seasons for my Chevrolet blazer and finally found a good set. I have 4 Goodyear wranglers on my truck, excellent traction on rough road, mud and snow!
 
I don't change tires here. Iowa has some pretty good winters and I just use all season tires. This year I have my first all wheel drive vehicle, purchased a new Buick Encore. So far I love it. Much smaller than my Buick LaCrosse.

The LaCrosse came in all wheel drive and my mechanic told me not to get it. He said it would not get around any better than the front wheel drive version and gas mileage would suck at best.

I am impressed with the gas mileage on the Encore. 26-28 in town 30-34 highway...now to see what the first snow brings and how it handles...

Good driving skills is always the best answer. Slow down, allow room for stopping and I have never had a problem with all season tires and front wheel drive...

It is always fun in the winter watching all the big 4 wheel drives in the ditch as they pass those of us who are using common sense and good driving skills.
 
Growing up

In the foothills of NC , I learned how to drive in snow, many people used studded snow tires, but my Mother used chains, she never missed work because of bad weather.
 
I have 4 mounted soft compound winter tires on wheels for my Neon. They came with the car when I bought it from lil sister.
I used to have a bunch of extra rims for the Dart with good used skinny studded snow tires mounted. I would put them on when needed then switch back when snow was gone. I ran 4 wheel studs as you need to be able to steer too as I found one year when it swapped ends on me and up a curb with no damage.
The last few years no need as if its that bad we don't work and usually have enough supplies to last a while.
Used to have a ww2 jeep and a power wagon and know how to drive in it with all the playing and doing cookies in parking lots I did.
I always love having a advantage so short of another military 4x4 studs or special tires is it.
 
RE Power Wagon

My uncle had a big old 53 Dodge built weapons carrier truck as well as a 4 door command car,Flathead six!
 
my pw

Mine was a 41 1/2 ton closed cab weapons carrier pickup with a winch. Like the ambulance in mash in a pickup version. It had a newer 56 Plymouth 230 in it instead of the original 218.
The Jeep was a Ford GPW and still had the axe and shovel mounts, grab handles, and a rear PTO drive probably added after the war.
Had a Willy's engine that was pretty tired and no oil pressure when warm but it still ran well enough and never blew up in the few years I had it.
Your uncle's 53 was probably a M37 and was the most advanced design of the series with a two speed transfer case and probably a removable hard top with a heater.
Jeep only had a hole punched in the top of the floor so heat from the manifold would blow in. The 41 had a nice round heater with a fan and switch with a light that adjusted to set the temp probably added later as well but sure was nice, and the windshield would crank open.
Miss them both and hope to someday get one or both again.
 
M-37

That's what it was, it had a Southwind gasoline burning heater out on one fender, I remember it said something about being for Artic conditions...it was 30,000 BTU and would run you out in a few minutes!
 
Yup, living in upstate NY I put them on my daily driver (Toyota Land Cruiser) with my winter set of rims.  The BMW stays in the garage until the snow all melts.


 


I figure it's worth $1000 every few years to be safe!  You can put a price on tires, but not on your life or safety!


 


Safe driving everyone!


 


Rich
 
We seem to be getting our catch up on winter rain this year? Last week , wow! Glad I replaced my old tires a couple years ago, they looked new? but na, they slid all over the place, rubber was old and hard. Much safer now, even in a tankish vehicle.
 

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