Winter tyres on V8 - Page 2

Ragman · 12th December 2011, 20:26

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Originally Posted by 75SCO

Thanks, I have registered at the 260 by the looks of things, got a user name and searched for winter tyres on there but only found two posts. Thanks anyway.

I've sent you a PM on the two-sixties

75SCO · 12th December 2011, 20:56

Found out that was the case, just emailed with Tim, happening now.

Ragman · 12th December 2011, 20:57

Get ready for some sleepless nights - loads of reading to do

skygates · 13th December 2011, 13:42

I have a full set of four virtually unused full winter tyres for sale. They have 7.8/7.8/7.6/7.6mm of tread.

I used Winter Tyres last year, in the OEM size 225 / 45 /18 XL.

The car is excellent with Winter Tyres, I had far more control over my car, (stopping, going round corners, going up and down inclines) than 4x4's with normal tyres.

The only problem is that while I had full control of the my car, 99% of other's did not. The worst offenders being all wheel drive vehicles who believed they could drive faster and stop quicker than anyone else (even though they had summer tyres) just because they had AWD!

Anyway, rant over. In the end I just decided not to use the car in the dangerous conditions for fear of being hit by other drivers.

This year the car is staying off the road in Winter and I am selling my winter tyres:

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=99190

They are Wintrac Extreme, they are full Winter Tyres but very high performance and rated for higher speed driving than most over winter tyres.

ksilver · 13th December 2011, 15:39

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Originally Posted by skygates

The worst offenders being all wheel drive vehicles who believed they could drive faster and stop quicker than anyone else (even though they had summer tyres) just because they had AWD!

I fully agree, last winter in one single day an X5 just about piled into the central reservation while overtaking me on a sharp bend, a freelander skidded off the road in front of me and a discovery had to dive into a ditch (rather than collide with me)!

They are all seemingly oblivious to the fact that they can't stop or corner better than anyone else on the road. In fact given the weight of some of these things and the width of their tyres they may be worse.

colintf · 13th December 2011, 16:39

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Originally Posted by 75SCO

Found out that was the case, just emailed with Tim, happening now.

that's good

12th December 2011, 20:56	#12
75SCO Regular poster Jaguar X-Type Estate Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Scottish Highlands Posts: 97 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yep Found out that was the case, just emailed with Tim, happening now.

12th December 2011, 20:57	#13
Ragman This is my second home ZT 260 SE Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ashington, West Sussex Posts: 3,512 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Get ready for some sleepless nights - loads of reading to do __________________ I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

13th December 2011, 13:42	#14
skygates Newbie ZT260 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Worcester Posts: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have a full set of four virtually unused full winter tyres for sale. They have 7.8/7.8/7.6/7.6mm of tread. I used Winter Tyres last year, in the OEM size 225 / 45 /18 XL. The car is excellent with Winter Tyres, I had far more control over my car, (stopping, going round corners, going up and down inclines) than 4x4's with normal tyres. The only problem is that while I had full control of the my car, 99% of other's did not. The worst offenders being all wheel drive vehicles who believed they could drive faster and stop quicker than anyone else (even though they had summer tyres) just because they had AWD! Anyway, rant over. In the end I just decided not to use the car in the dangerous conditions for fear of being hit by other drivers. This year the car is staying off the road in Winter and I am selling my winter tyres: http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=99190 They are Wintrac Extreme, they are full Winter Tyres but very high performance and rated for higher speed driving than most over winter tyres.