Nottm_S2

My S got stuck on an incline of about 1 in 30

Luckily a passing ped helped me. The snow was 25..... mm deep

Scottland

Used them briefly on my old Clio and they were brilliant. Definitely worth ~£30 to keep in the boot for emergencies. Not sure how well they would work on rear drive though.

chilled

So in the end I decided to get winter tyres. And for that I am very thankful. Even in torrential rain they are outstanding, clear water like nothing I've ever experienced. Which considering the rain storms I've just driven through to and from Skye, made them a great purchase for that alone.

But then as I left Callander and headed towards Glen Coe the rain turned to snow. And the tyres didn't even blink. It was never a white road, just slushy all over, but considering BMWs' propensity for not liking even a hint of snow, they were marvellous. Never even a hint of a problem when you could see other cars around me were having to go pretty gingerly.

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unclefester

The only problems i've found ( snow and soaking wet performance aside) is that in the damp / greasy dry they're a bit 'slick' but then they're not mean to be performance tyres. You'll rub them out like a cheap school eraser if you abuse them above their preferred operating temperature

GaryB

I must stop dicking about with mine on. They're bouncy fun and wonderfully predictably slippy squirmy. (Like the chunky chicks from my youth)

Nottm_S2

I havent bothered with my winters yet. 9.5C here today. I only really care once frosts set in but that weather you've posted is their element

TangoVTEC

What's the winter prediction then chaps? Will there be more white stuff after that little puffing we got early December?

I seem to remember the south east got snow around the end of January last year.

Nottm_S2

They reckon not a cold one but maybe some snow

http://www.ukweatherforecast.co.uk/w...ther-forecast/

I'll put the winters on if it snows

Nick Graves

It took bloody ages for the Dunlop Winter Sports to 'break' on the 86.

They were hilariously bad in the wet/grease at first. First time I've ever held a car yawing like a dragster during a full-bore start with the wheel turned in a straight line. With only 197bhp.

You don't need a Xmas tree with a dashboard like that when every roundabout is a YouTube drift.

They're fine now, though. Which is sad, in a way.

chilled

The weirdest thing is the sidewall flex and that took a while to get used to, but I've done 1000 sprited miles on them now, ranging from dry and warm (10 degrees) through to torrential rain and snow and I think they're great.

Ultimate grip is down (quelle surprise), the TC light flashes at the oddest time, but they're very predictable and once you learn to turn in twice due to the sidewall flex compared to the run flats they've replaced, ultimate cross country pace is down so little it's genuinely surprising. 210 miles Edinburgh to Leeds in 3:15. With a 15 minute delay on the Edinburgh city bypass.