RS4 in the snow

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Post by klauster » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:01 am

I have had my winter tyres fitted and I can't believe how sure footed it is now, the Goodyears I had on were OK, but now its fantastic, I really would recommend winter tyres to anyone who doesnt want to let this snow and ice effect day to day driving :)
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Post by crispy » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:01 pm

I have had my winter tyres fitted and I can't believe how sure footed it is now, the Goodyears I had on were OK, but now its fantastic, I really would recommend winter tyres to anyone who doesnt want to let this snow and ice effect day to day driving
Couldn't agree more. This is the 4th winter my "winter tyres" have been on the car. What a difference they make - stunning. More with braking and steering than anything else.

PS Klauster, just out of interest, how did you get on with Barney and Hayseldens? A good job I trust.....
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Post by wolfgang » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:05 pm

What do you guys do with the old Summer tyres? I've never changed tyres for Winter before.
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Post by klauster » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:08 pm

crispy wrote:
I have had my winter tyres fitted and I can't believe how sure footed it is now, the Goodyears I had on were OK, but now its fantastic, I really would recommend winter tyres to anyone who doesnt want to let this snow and ice effect day to day driving
Couldn't agree more. This is the 4th winter my "winter tyres" have been on the car. What a difference they make - stunning. More with braking and steering than anything else.

PS Klauster, just out of interest, how did you get on with Barney and Hayseldens? A good job I trust.....
Can't thank you enough for the recommendation Crispy, He did an excellent job and all for a very good price. would use him again deffo :)
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Post by crispy » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:09 pm

I have the local tyre fitter remove them, and store them in my garage until spring is here.

Vice versa with winter tyres during summer. I know some pwople who have second sets of wheels, but I can't justify the cost (I would want genuine alloys because thats what I'm like!)
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Post by klauster » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:09 pm

wolfgang wrote:What do you guys do with the old Summer tyres? I've never changed tyres for Winter before.
pop them in the garage until spring :)
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Post by ShaneyB » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:13 pm

Couldn't agree more. This is the 4th winter my "winter tyres" have been on the car.
On Crispy's point. What sort of wear can I expect to get out of them? Obviously depend on conditions and how long we have snow but do they really last 4 years?
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Post by crispy » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:25 pm

My car has now done about 42K miles and its a March 07, so approx 950 miles per month. I put the winters on around Dec, and take them off around April so approx 4.5 months / season means they have lasted around 12,500 miles so far. Not sure they will make it through this year, but were measures at last months service at 4mm all round. No idea how deep the tread was when they were new, but they looked like something that would be more at home on a tractor!

I have been very impressed with the life of them, as I only get around 12k out of my summer tyres, and tend not to hang about too much.
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Post by crispy » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:29 pm

I hasten to add that I thought they were pretty expensive at £200 per cortner when I bough them, but when I checked on mytyres last week, they were showing at over £350 a corner!!

For reference I have been running the Dunlop Winter Sport 3D in 255/35/R19 size.

I think the next set will be the Wintrac Extremes at a more reasonable £190 / corner
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Post by ShaneyB » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:32 pm

Excellent.
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Post by ARSEY4 » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:44 pm

wolfgang wrote:What do you guys do with the old Summer tyres? I've never changed tyres for Winter before.
If you rub tiger balm into the tread and leave them in a warm shed the treads grow back.
What do you think you do with them? :D :lol:
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Post by Lewy1000 » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:09 pm

Im going to hire mine out to the local go-kart track, they need a new chicane
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Post by ShaneyB » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:14 pm

I was going to give mine to the Mrs but she has enough spare tyres.
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Post by Timster » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:17 pm

Shagga wrote:I was going to give mine to the Mrs but she has enough spare tyres.
Brilliant :D
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Post by klauster » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:24 pm

crispy wrote:I hasten to add that I thought they were pretty expensive at £200 per cortner when I bough them, but when I checked on mytyres last week, they were showing at over £350 a corner!!

For reference I have been running the Dunlop Winter Sport 3D in 255/35/R19 size.

I think the next set will be the Wintrac Extremes at a more reasonable £190 / corner
The cost of them is something to factor in, I got conti winter contacts, cant fault them as yet, and for £125 a corner they were a bargain if you ask me :)
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