SNOW!!!!

[ms51ves3]

[Bendy]

[Jenks]

Correct bendy. And they are so much better. People are just driving normally here despite the snow. Most people have snow chains or whatever. But they don't use them unless its so bad. At the moment, the only people using them are the post and the farmers.
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[iCraig]

I personally think we should have intermediate tyres here in the UK, as the cost of everyone having 2 sets of wheels/tyres is something like £5.5 Billion according to Honest John, and then there is space needed to store them....

[WildGoose]

Outside in a corner of the garden under a tarp at a push, or the dark corner of a shed.

How much do people waste on far less important things? To give some meaning to the figure of 5.5 billion.
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[ms51ves3]

[Bendy]

[ms51ves3]

[Bendy]

[Phoenix]

My BMW had Continental winter tyres on when I got it, that went through 2 winters and this is the third one now and I'm back on standard tyres. To be absolutely honest so far i've felt no difference at all but i've not yet driven in snow as deep as I did last year, if I went out today it'd be a good comparison but I don't plan to. I live in a cul de sac and there's about 10 inches of snow on the road and nobody has used it, no idea what the main road is like as I cannot see it but even if I made it i'd only be setting out to get stuck in traffic. I'll wait until monday when I have to drive.

There's no doubt snow tyres or even new road tyres will give you better grip in the snow but I think you need to look at some with some crazy rugged tread patterns to really feel an advantage, the sort of tyre that I imagine will wear fairly quickly and be quite noisy too. They're probably only worthwhile for anyone susceptible to large amounts of snow (country) and have a car that just wouldn't cope with normal tyres.

[WildGoose]

[stonesie]

The poles at work have no bother driving in snow, but they do think we are stupid for not using winter tyres...

I have tried some on the car and they have made a pretty big improvement especially on compacted snow/ice.

[benandthe]

I went from the south coast to Essex yesterday by train to sit with the mrs as she drove back from uni today, rather than taking us 2 1/2 hours it took 5 1/2.

We span the car 180 degrees on the A12 too, right before the M25, north west of London, scary stuff seeing as at the same time as we were sat in the ditch there was a massive pile up, horse boxes on the back of cars kicking out the back end and hitting cars from the rear, lorries jack-knifing, multiple cars trying to brake but skidding and hitting each other. it was chaos...

Unfortunately my girlfriend drives a Hyundai Amica, stupid tiny thing with tiny crap wheels.

Pretty much everywhere in the UK is unprepared for snow, and even those that are prepared still aren't properly ready.

[G]

Often small wheels offer your best chance in these conditions.

Big wheels are more likely to 'float' on the surface, while smaller ones can cut through it.

As above - I see a lot of people moaning, but very few willing to do anything about it themselves .
If you or your car can't handle the conditions; don't go out, for a start.
I did take the m3 out (sporty summer tyres) a few times last year, but only when traffic wasn't busy - only needed a push once and that was parking up for sledging as I was trying to be considerate and leave room for others (still got it to the top of the hill which others were failing to do.)

[oldpink]

got held up on the M6 last night for 4 hrs due to lorries blocking the road
traffic in both directions was stopped from just before 2 am till 6 am
lucky the bus was quiet and I had room to curl up & sleep through most of it
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[Relentless]

Yes ,,, more pics people !!!! ....

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[Robby]

Winter tyres make sense, particularly if you're keeping the car for a few years.

You buy a set of cheap steel wheels on ebay and put your winter tyres on them and use them over winter, then have a set of summer tyres on alloys for summer.

[Tonka]

[Ariel Badger]

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[Ichy]

Having spent a fair amount of time in Germany I've always tended to have snow or all terrain tyres on at least one of the cars and a set of snow chains in the boot. The chains are about £40 a set and the tyres, on average, are around £60 each for the wifes Rav4.

Last year we had snow and ice from November until March and we only missed one day at work. No problem driving around the Staffs Moorlands over the last couple of days and we dropped off the Christmas presents in Birmingham today despite the main roads still having snow on them. Each to their own but they seem to suit us living in semi rural areas.

Never bother taking them off and we get 20-25k miles on them.