Budget winters Vs summer tyres..
29 December 2014, 10:04 PM
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Budget winters Vs summer tyres..
I'm hoping to pick up a cheap bugeye as a winter hack, as my BMW is already becoming hopeless.
Now, I was considering buying a set of winter tyres just to make sure I can get where I'm going but they range from £50-140 in the size I require.
Will even the budget winters be better than the summer tyres that will come with the bug?
Now, I was considering buying a set of winter tyres just to make sure I can get where I'm going but they range from £50-140 in the size I require.
Will even the budget winters be better than the summer tyres that will come with the bug?
01 January 2015, 03:37 PM
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This might be useful... http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article...-Tyre-Test.htm
Also note...
Also note...
Unsurprisingly, in the snow, the summer tyre was useless, stopping over 31 metres longer than the best winter tyre in snow braking, and unable to gain enough traction to even complete the snow handling tests!
Dry testing also presented no surprises, with the summer tyre convincingly besting every winter tyre on test, stopping 4.6 metres shorter than the best winter tyre in dry braking, with a similar advantage in dry handling. The compromises a winter tyre has to make for snow performance means with todays technology, a winter tyre will never outperform a summer tyre during dry braking.
Dry testing also presented no surprises, with the summer tyre convincingly besting every winter tyre on test, stopping 4.6 metres shorter than the best winter tyre in dry braking, with a similar advantage in dry handling. The compromises a winter tyre has to make for snow performance means with todays technology, a winter tyre will never outperform a summer tyre during dry braking.
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