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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7884 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In Kent, I'd probably go with all seasons these days rather than full winters.
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Balloonengineer Member Since: 03 Sep 2017 Location: Kent Posts: 173 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for your reply
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fisha Member Since: 25 Sep 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 1280 ![]() ![]() |
When I bought my L405, it had Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 22" winters fitted. As I didn't have a set of summer tyres, I ran them into the summer, and they shredded pretty badly to the point they were done as they had thrown / torn sections the lugs and became horribly unbalanced. I'm not harsh on the car and felt they gave out too easily. I'm personally not a fan of conti tyres in general ... haven't been for many a year. I know others like them, but not me.
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Philip Member Since: 05 Jan 2010 Location: UK Posts: 2540 ![]() ![]() |
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cass Member Since: 12 Oct 2011 Location: northumberland Posts: 711 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
If you ask a 100 people for their opinions on tyres you'll get at least 110 different views |
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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7884 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Jon's tests on Tyre Reviews are the best source of comparison. Pretty much no-one else drives them back to back, so might like (or not) their current tyre, but that's not particularly objective - and new tyres are released regularly. Jon ran a test recently, but I can't find the link - comparing different winter tyre widths, concluding that the difference was negligible. I run Continental 22" Winters now, I'm on my second set and think they are great. I'm on my second set, but I've only ever run them on an L405. On my L322 I used to run Vredestiein Wintraks which were also good, but that was a while ago. Any winter will be much better than any non-winter in appropriate conditions. However, in the UK, you rarely get those conditions exclusively, for a prolonged period. So you end up compromising when it gets a bit warmer. It probably doesn't matter too much on a RR, it's not really a performance car, but things like braking distances can vary quite considerably. |
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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7884 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Here's the comparison of different widths of winter tyres.
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Dutchgit Member Since: 17 Sep 2023 Location: Emmerich am Rhein Posts: 174 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Not having had any experience with them yet but I'll show you my pick for new all season tyres.
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Sandyt Member Since: 07 Nov 2013 Location: Wraysbury Windsor Posts: 2243 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I have Goodyear Ultragrip suv on at the moment and they have been very good prior to that Continentals and have to say my choice was made on availability when I needed to change
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3028 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Unless you live in a very rural area with non gritted / snow ploughed minor roads you need to get along I'd say pure winter tyres are pretty pointless in the UK as if the snow gets bad enough to stop normal traffic (as happeded last week in the Lake district) you are just going to be stuck behind other cars anyway. Given the cost per tyre on RR's ( often 3x as much 'normal' cars)an all season tyre makes the most sense. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322) |
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Dutchgit Member Since: 17 Sep 2023 Location: Emmerich am Rhein Posts: 174 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Had the new Pirellis fitted yesterday and only done about 20 km on them of which about 10 on the motorway. Very pleased so far, nice and quiet and a better straight ahead stability. Virtually no input needed to keep driving straight ahead on a fairly good surface with light rain. Cornered nicely too but I didn't feed Fatty Fat the onions yet.
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JoolsB Member Since: 16 Aug 2020 Location: The North Posts: 274 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I live in the north and cover a fair few miles and run GG AT3s all year, never had a problem in any conditions. As mentioned above, when the snow gets bad, it doesn’t really matter how capable your car is as the roads are blocked by others anyway. If it’s really bad I’ll get the defender out but still have the problem of other cars being stuck in front. |
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