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Not yet, they're still waiting to be fitted. The temperature is still to warm... maybe in a couple of weeks
Was just going to say...
For the last couple of years i've been charged because they're classed as a modification. No amount of arguing or explaining helped, and in the end i just gave up and paid it, figuring that my excess in the event of a crash would be far higher...
Completely bonkers
It's madness isn't it. It got me to wondering, The winter tyres are perfectly road legal tyres in the UK, if you're using the same rims and aren't changing the factory size of tyre is this much different from changing tyre brand? Say a car somes off the production line with Dunlop and when they're done you fit Michelin is it classed as a mod? If not what's the difference in winter tyres?
Worse still if you changed from Michelin (for example) to a cheap brand or a remould, still road legal but crap in comparison.
IME All Season tyres are what you want to run now and in the spring, once the temps are between 5°C and 15°C.
Otherwise run your old winter tyres that have <4mm of tread.
You need to keep your fresh >4mm tread winter tyres for when it really is icy and snowy.
Never mind making it compoulsory, my insurance company told me I have to phone them before fitting winter tyres as there may be an extra premium to pay. Why the hell would thay charge me more to make my car safer. I couldn't believe it! Would they prefer me to drive around on summers and end up having to claim off them?
IS THAT CORRECT
insurance are legal rip off....!!!!!!
IME All Season tyres are what you want to run now and in the spring, once the temps are between 5°C and 15°C.
Otherwise run your old winter tyres that have <4mm of tread.
You need to keep your fresh >4mm tread winter tyres for when it really is icy and snowy.
Not if they're bald Wab.
lucky i only do 4miles a day in it then i dont use the 80 all that often otherwise they would indeed be bald
Hot off the press; some common sense (at last....)
At last. I was surprised at the stupidity. In Canada, there are no such issues. In fact, some provinces, e.g. Quebec, make it manditory to run snow tires between certain dates, e.g. Nov. 1 and March 31. When this came into effect a few years ago, it affected the availability of snow tires across the entire country as demand exceeded the then current supply. All is good now.
I live in Vancouver which has winter weather much like Britain, lots of rain with the occasional snow fall (unless you drive up to Whistler or the local ski hills which will definitely have snow). As a result, I need a winter tire that is good in both the snow and the rain. I am now running Hankook W409 Winter iPikes. Great in the wet and snow. Decent in the dry too. (But soft so you want them off when the weather gets warm in the spring).
RS2'd 93 UrS4 5 spd sedan
94 UrS4 V8 6 spd manual avant
Stuck mine on, was really surprised even when fitting them, how soft and rubbery they felt.
Obviously not had any severe weather as yet but the difference on a wet cold morning is awesome. !
Quite looking forward to trying them in the snow!!!!
Temps in the civilised parts of the country are still far too high... not seen it lower than 7C in swindon yet and daytime temps are often 14-15C... crazy for mid november!
As soon as we get morning frosts I'll be getting mine put on. Here's a good test to compare winters vs summer (and all-season) on ice:
I agree a absolute joke i have to do it to about 10 cars at work because they all go to Germany. Insurance company still will not tell me if this is allowed or not as they dont know...
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so im fully prep'd for snow 
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