Which Winter Tyres do you recommend

[mxt]

Checking for advice....

Which Tyre ........?
On what Car.......?
Cost..................?


Mine is 1.8 SRI 2004 with no winter tyres - just using The Force to guide me.

[kenp]

Michelin Alpine A4 or Continental TS830.

i have Michelin Alpine A3 on my estate, price cant be compared to the UK.

[Ziggy]

Dunlop winter sport m3 or d3. They win all the european tests. If you can find some in the Uk I would also recommend Nokian, but I couldnt find any other than WR's which are all season tyres, but may be ok for the UK.

Mine are on a 2.8 auto and ive had no problems. Remember to set off in 3rd or 4th

[Ziggy]

Michelin Alpine A4 or Continental TS830.

i have Michelin Alpine A3 on my estate, price cant be compared to the UK.

The problem is finding "proper" winter tyres in the UK

[kenp]

The problem is finding "proper" winter tyres in the UK

Humm okay.. didnt know that.. most tyre firms have got new shipments again here.. for those 25% thats still running on "all season" or summer tyres..

[kenp]

Dunlop winter sport m3 or d3. They win all the european tests. If you can find some in the Uk I would also recommend Nokian, but I couldnt find any other than WR's which are all season tyres, but may be ok for the UK.

Mine are on a 2.8 auto and ive had no problems. Remember to set off in 3rd or 4th

actually it was Alpine A3 and Continental TS830 that won in the recomended size for vectra...

[Wolflinn]

215 50 17 V Goodyear Ultragrip Performance.
Very please with them.On a 1.8 sri
Got 4 with 6/7mm left on them for £250
I think they have 8mm as new.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...6#ht_815wt_873

[luke4487]

I have two major recommendations: Both rated very highly but aren't as expensive as your michelins and continentals etc...

1. Vredesteins! Outstanding in my opinion. Had some 19" Wintrac Xtreme's last year which were brilliant. Got some Wintrac 3's now on my wifes clio and again they cut through snow like a knife through butter. Although thats obvious when you see the razor like tread design!

2. Nokians! Again a highly rated tyre and I have some 16" Nokian W+ Tyres fitted to the Signum this year. Not quite as good as last years set although I don't know if its due to the bigger tyre walls and the slight difference in width on the 16" rims!

I wouldn't recommend anything else. All of those have the 3 peaks sign on them which puts them in the top category of winter tyre. They also come in at a reasonable price too (although buy in summer as you will save around 50% on winter prices, or atleast in Germany)

[mattv6diesel]

Sunny m+s mud and snow cheapest i found yet did 130 miles in the bad snow yesterday and was fine. 235/36 zr19 w. VXR and were £64 each

[luke4487]

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/

Thats the equivelant of the site I use in Germany which is quite reasonably priced (although the prices have almost doubled now the snow has hit)