winter tyres?
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ok its the winter season
you have you pride and joy!
the scoob
you go round a roundabout following another car they smoothly exit the roundabout while you are still spinning round!!!!
ok no change in your driving ..you decide you want some WINTER tyres!
but what?! £93 EACH quoted from a scoob dealer for something to use in the winter only?!
i just want to know is there such as a ALL-weather tyre!?
anyone help?
you have you pride and joy!
the scoob
you go round a roundabout following another car they smoothly exit the roundabout while you are still spinning round!!!!
ok no change in your driving ..you decide you want some WINTER tyres!
but what?! £93 EACH quoted from a scoob dealer for something to use in the winter only?!
i just want to know is there such as a ALL-weather tyre!?
anyone help?
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No
A tyre that works well at high speed and high temperature will be stiffer at say zero degrees. Rather than sitting flat on the road it will tend to bend up at the edges so you have less rubber on the road. It is also a harder rubber so the coefficient of friction is much less at low temperatures.
It has a tread designed to throught out water at high speed. It is crap at getting rid of snow.
A winter tyre will have difficulties at high tempreture say 120 mph at 20C. The tread will be far too soft. On a very wet road at say 50 mph the braking will be crap. I have experience of this.
It will throw snow out at zero degrees.
It will be soft at zero degrees so it will have more grip.
You are driving in reality a racing car. You have a road tyres that 15 years ago was only available for the track. Or an all seasons tyre that cannot do over 90 mph and will give handling and grip that was reasonable in 1970.
Take your choice but the winter tyre on my 1981 Golf GTI were much better than the 175 70 13 HR standard tyres in the bad weather. Today 175 70 13 HR would feel poor on a scoob.
A tyre that works well at high speed and high temperature will be stiffer at say zero degrees. Rather than sitting flat on the road it will tend to bend up at the edges so you have less rubber on the road. It is also a harder rubber so the coefficient of friction is much less at low temperatures.
It has a tread designed to throught out water at high speed. It is crap at getting rid of snow.
A winter tyre will have difficulties at high tempreture say 120 mph at 20C. The tread will be far too soft. On a very wet road at say 50 mph the braking will be crap. I have experience of this.
It will throw snow out at zero degrees.
It will be soft at zero degrees so it will have more grip.
You are driving in reality a racing car. You have a road tyres that 15 years ago was only available for the track. Or an all seasons tyre that cannot do over 90 mph and will give handling and grip that was reasonable in 1970.
Take your choice but the winter tyre on my 1981 Golf GTI were much better than the 175 70 13 HR standard tyres in the bad weather. Today 175 70 13 HR would feel poor on a scoob.
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