 Poster: A snowHead
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| gvj wrote: |
ThanksBasil
Yes, the handbook advises only fitting snowchains to tyres with R16 so they must be ok on the car.
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Surely 205/55/16 is a smaller dialmeter than 215/55/16.
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No no - the first figure refers to the how wide the tyre tread is - only the later two figures refer to diameter so the two sizes have the same diameter. How have you found the set-up? |
205/55R16 has an overall diameter of 631.9mm
215/55R16 has an overall diameter of 642.9mm
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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gvj,
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I appreciate the theory that the overall diameter will be the same and that narrow tyres are better in snow but has anyone out there taken this route
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I'm doing the same. The current tyres are 285/45R19 on the back and 255/50/R19 on the front.
Recommended winter tyre size is 255/55R18 all round. |
Narrower winter tyres will be better on snow covered tarmac, it's only when you're driving on bottomless snow that you need really wide tyres.
255/55R18 is a very common size for Discovery 2 and Range Rover P38, so there should be plenty of choice and availability.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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gvj, The 55% is the ratio of height to width, so they are not the same.
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No no - the first figure refers to the how wide the tyre tread is - only the later two figures refer to diameter so the two sizes have the same diameter.
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Apologies all round - something I knew once!
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Just heard an ad for Continental winter tyres on Classic FM - talking about lack of grip below 7 degrees - I think this is the first such ad I've heard of. Are winter tyres becoming more mainstream in the UK?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Given recent winters - quite probably!
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pam w,Yep, seems like it - my mate has just bought a new (ahem..) BMW and they now offer to store a set of winter tyres at their depot for free with a changeover when necessary...
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| Are winter tyres becoming more mainstream in the UK? |
Definitely true to say that talking about them on the internet has become as mainstream as ipuke docks on hifis, car dashboards & microwave ovens etc. If I didn't know better I'd reckon that Steve Jobs himself was MD of KwikFit.
I remember as an 18 year old having to ride to work through many weeks of nasty 80's winter weather on my trusty Honda Camino moped. Snow up to the pedals and sizzling on the exhaust at times. If only I'd have known about winter tyres back then, I'd maybe still be alive now. Oh ...
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well the winter tyres are working well in newcastle tonight. Just driven my car (without) followed by my wife's (with) and you could tell the difference in the snowy / slushy roads
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Here's hoping they're worth it. One set of Hankook Ice Bears waiting to go on tomorrow, courtesy of Camskil.
they look remarkably like the tyres my dad had on his Morris Minor. He bought that car in 1962 and had snowchains in 1963, as did a lot of other folk back then.
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Winter tyres all the way in the winter....they make such a difference!!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Interesting today I think, just traded my car with new Vector 4 Seasons for a new one fitted with big fat Michelin Pilots, back to sliding around or taking the Espace or Land Rover to work.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| pam w wrote: |
| Are winter tyres becoming more mainstream in the UK? |
Definitely true to say that talking about them on the internet has become as mainstream as ipuke docks on hifis, car dashboards & microwave ovens etc. If I didn't know better I'd reckon that Steve Jobs himself was MD of KwikFit.
I remember as an 18 year old having to ride to work through many weeks of nasty 80's winter weather on my trusty Honda Camino moped. Snow up to the pedals and sizzling on the exhaust at times. If only I'd have known about winter tyres back then, I'd maybe still be alive now. Oh ... |
No such things as winter tyres back then, as tyres were different.
The modern tyre in the 80's had massive tread blocks, lots of water channels, was narrow and the cars were light.
Modern tyres these days are effectively F1 grooved tyres in ultra wide sizes on heavy cars.
Still wouldn't like to have done it on a moped though 
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mitchelin alpin worked well for the drive from newcastle to bishop auckland, shame the traffic was such a nightmare, a 45 minute journey took 2 hours 30 mins.
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You know it makes sense.
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chrisb, I was thankful I was only working a mile from home this morning, and did not have to travel to Bishop Auckland myself.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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jon-, In the late 60's I rallied for the Rootes/Chrysler group and on snow we use Hakkapeliitta tyres which were definitely winter tyres designed for snow. However I will agree that the first of todays breed was the Goodyear Utragrip Contact back in 1979 which had the early version of the sticky type rubber compound that is now used, at the time I had studs added to my set because I was not convinced by the marketing people. I am a total covert now 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I just read a report in the newsletter from our local "apartment owners association" in France that Haute Savoie - which manages 3000 km of roads - had decided to reduce its expenditure on salt so motorists could expect to have to drive more often on snowy roads. Given the financial climate it's quite likely that Savoie will follow suit (and the communes who manage the more local road network might do the same, I suppose).
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