Its only a bit of snow

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Well if you guys think you need them then fair play, I can see the attraction of having more grip for a few days of the year when it's slippery out. Personally I can't afford such a luxury and the fact that I have never needed them kind of speaks for itself, they would be a terrible investment.

If we suddenly experience snow bad enough to justify them here in Hertfordshire then I'll eat my pubes...

Have you read any one elses reply in this thread?

Its not just more grip on a few days its more grip for 3-6 MONTHS

Also as for cost your not gonna be wearing out your summer tyres while using winter ones so theyll last longer giving you a saving that is the offset by having winter tyres.

Have a look on ebay (BIM theyer expensive as its just snowed) 195/55R15 winter tyres are sensible prices.

4 Bridgstone winter tyres £90 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-1955515-Brid...2a28f42226

4 Cheap winter tyres £60 and close enough you could collect them. - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195-55-15-part...3cce5261bb

4 BRAND NEW one £143 - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4X-tyres-miche...3ccb038fa2


So if you go for part worns were talking £10 a month or less.

Ask yourself this though mate, If your out driving next winter on your perfectly legal all weather tyres at a speed perfectly within the speed limit with your nipper in her baby seat and get hit a patch if black ice you didnt see or some snow thats slippyer than you expected and you slide gracefully sideways into a lamp post and injure your own flesh and blood or worse how would you feel? Would you curse yourself being too tight for a tenner a month until next winter? Would you kick yourself for not taking sound advice from people that are trying to help you? Would you ever forgive yourself?

Accidents happen, everyone makes misjudgments and you arent as good a driver as you think you are. Having a bit of a safety net is always nice.

I'm with CAR tbh (scary thought). Winter tyres are wonderful, I'm sure, but the expense and hassle don't really seem worth it for our weather, I run rainsports as they're as good a compromise as any, fantastic in the wet, pretty good in the dry, and as with CAR I have no problem driving in snow, you just drive slower, brilliant eh? Plus, surely snow tyres are no good for hooning around in empty snow filled car-parks if they're as good as you say they are?!

Hassle? What changing a set of wheels twice a year, yeah thats hardly hassle, I can change a 306 wheel in less than a minute, several people on this forum have witnessed this.

As for cost it wont cost you any extra long term as in the winter when your running on winter tyres your not wearing out your all weather tyres on your summer wheels. You go from doing a set of tyres every 2 years to doing 2 sets of tyres in 4 years.