jammer2209

Awesome, apparently:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...&#entry12511105

That's just one review though.

www.tyretest.com
www.tyrereviews.co.uk

4x4 freak

Cheers Jammer,

Put my order in today so should have them soon all being well

jammer2209

No worries, enjoy!

I've got my Nokian's in my living room at the moment - house smells like kwikfit, and they're getting fitted Monday. Mobile fitter is coming round, doing 4 tyres for tenner each and a fiver thrown in at the end for petrol-money. All other quotes were £20 per tyre fitting.

4x4 freak

Wow i really am not having the luck,

DT have not got any in stock,

Yet even better taken the money and not emailed/Rang to tell me they where out of stock, I had to chase them up on it,

Is there anywhere at all that has some winter tyres in?

I am fed up of looking now,

Just get another set of RE050's at this rate to replace the rears,

gbduo

I am amazed Event have not got any in, especially with the current cold snap!

Almost looking forward to the snow forecast for the South on Sunday to test the tyres out. Almost.

4x4 freak

Going to run 205/55 all round,

Only option I can see ATM that is not a cheap nasty budget tyre,

Both from kwik fit,

Continental winter contact TS830 and Michelin Alpin A4,

Any other options before I put in a order?

jammer2209

I've had the Nokians fitted and had first spin today. £380 delivered and £45 mobile fitting - best money i've ever spent. Unbelievably grippy!

Can see why they came 4th in this winter tyre test:
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2010-...r-Tyre-Test.htm

All the best to all of you trying to source winters, and hopefully this crappy weather will sod off sooner rather than later.

unclefester

Snow hahahahahahaha what's that then, isn't it meant to be slippery I'd say 1cm of fresh snow this morning, maybe a little more. Certainly not show stopping but enough to make you take care on summer rubber.

So .... quiet roads, empty car parks - deliberately trying to provoke bad behaviour.

1. Standing start no wheelspin
2. 2000rpm then pop clutch no wheelspin
3. 4000rpm pop clutch bit of snatching from the tyres but no actual wheelspin.

It took 6k rpm and a hard clutch pop to get the wheels to spin and within half a doughnut they'd caught up with themselves. Only managed to keep it spinning by applying a lot of lock and using the upper end of the revs. Got a few questions from the McD staff when i'd finished hooning around their carpark All in the name of science i told them!

Same story in a straight line, moderate to heavy acceleration simply does not shift it and braking is the same.

So having overtaken just about everything on the A5 that was doing <30mph in the slow lane whilst I sailed past at 60+ in the fast lane .... I have to say I will never go back to summer tyres during the winter ever again. The look on the face of the driver of the Imprezza Sti that eventually came past was priceless, you could literally see WTF written all over it.

What i really want now is some proper snow to see how that goes. I don't intend on treating these like winter road glue but you have to know where their limits are.

To anyone that is happy to brave it on summer rubber because
i've been fine so far' to say you're missing out is an understatement.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Squeak

Just need to find a supplier

unclefester

Nokian WRG2 are also an option by the looks but stocks seem a little low tbh?