Couldn't understand why everybody was having a struggle getting out of the estate this morning






Nokian WRG2's (all though branded as 'all season') are superb in the snow

 

yeah great pic

 

Nice pics mate, big up the Nokian tyres. This is the first winter i have put them on(Nokian wr), and im shocked how good they are. Got me 60 miles to work on Monday morn in this weather without an underwear error!

 

nice!

 

I'm impressed with my Nokian's too, although I am not going looking for snow, LOL.
I live on a nice hill so will see how they perform the deeper and icier it gets up here.

 

Embarrasingly I realised I'd put the wrong damn' size tyres on the mytyres site and was being quoted £170 each for the Nokians...

Then I put the right info in (225/40/18) and the price went down to £120. A bit more reasonable, and I can't see any reason to not fit 225 when the car normally takes 235 width.

So an order being placed in the morning

 

I run them on my Forester too. They are fantastic in the snow!

 

I stuck em on mid Sept, They were better in the dry(apart from noise) than my horrible Yokos i had on, amazing in the wet,and now impressing me greatly in the snow. Ice nout will save you so beware the false confidence.
Still it makes you smug going past skidding 2wd crappers who look longingly as i cruise along. I like to revel in it as most of the time they laugh at how much jungle juice im gobbling.
I paid £85 each for mine the price seems a hell of a lot more now(Mmmmm), If they are done by next winter it's a must buy again. Those crazy Finns sure know how to make a good winter tyre all right.

 

I've not had a problem up to now even with summer tyres on, the only prob I have now is that the snow is so deep and my car is low, so it would be like a snow plow and I would worry about the front bumper getting ripped off!

 

my sti has taken me too and from work (and 3 colleagues) round hilly Sheffield for the past few days on Toyo Proxies. It's done really well. Am well impressed.

 

Summer tyres are no match for winter tyres in these extreme conditions i think thats pretty obvious.
You might think its ok, but if you had winter tyres you would notice a big difference. Im going to buy fekin snow chains if i can. I havent been home all week its drving me mad.

 

Defo not doubting this, just impressed Vredesteins have gotten me around no probs, just more worried about plough effect damage

 

+ 1

I'm sure winter tyres better, but so far scoobs' taken me all over.

 

A set of winter tyres should last you at least 4 years. MY Nokian WRs lasted me 4 winters before I binned them. This also means your summer tyres will last longer as they are not being used whilst you have your winters on. it is not rocket science!!

 

My conti wintercontacts are on their 4th winter now and will prob be replaced next summer...

 

Good show, Im just paranoid about them wearing out quicker. Ill get them off mid June in this country then!

 

Went to order, and the price had gone up to £160.

Sod that. So have gone for some Uniroyal Rainsport 2's. I know these are pretty decent in the snow as I've used them before, probably the best summer tyre you can get for the winter IMHO

 

I've got nokian WRG2s on their 3rd winter now and still 6mm tread (altough last winter didn't do many miles). Should be good for next winter two, should be replaced at 4mm really to keep them effective.

 

Thought this article was interesting...

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/au...eeze_hits.html

Insurers increasing premiums for having winter tyres on the car!!

 

That's just another excuse to rob motorists.

 

just had conti wintercontacts fitted onto my vrs (now all the bloody snow has gone) cheap set of small alloys jobs done. stopping power on snow is crazy

 

Looks cool CJE Even with alllllllll that rubber! Cool that stopping is improved so much

 

how much tread do the contis come with?