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Tim in Scotland



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MTR's or Ice and Snow tyres?

Quandry.........................

Snow is forecast again, it's very frosty and icy here and I have a choice of Winter tyres or MTR's for a long trip to sunny and tropical Manchester and back............................ which to fit? I did a similar trip before Christmas on 20" summer tyres and on 6-10" of fresh snow and didn't get stuck. The car currently has the 19" Winter tyres on it.

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Tim to me the MTR's are NOT tyres for winter but for off-roading. As far as I am aware they are poor in icy conditions.
So to me this would be a no brainer - Ice and Snow tyres would be your prefer option Thumbs Up
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Whilst the MTRs would probably be better than the normal road tyres I would go Ice & Snow tyres. 2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
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I'd slash my tyres so I didn't have to go to Manchester Wink Wink

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Tim in Scotland



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Have already been advised by Smarticus that MTR's on snowy and icy roads on the Defender are less than confidence inspiring and brown trouser inducing! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
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Jonty wrote:
I'd slash my tyres so I didn't have to go to Manchester Wink Wink

Ducks and runs for cover...........


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From my experiendces gathered in the mountainous frozen wasteland that is Holland I'd stick with the wintertyres. RRS TDV8 Alaska White,Remap, JE exhaust,DPF Removed
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Tim Winter tyres are the best choice Thumbs Up 2008 RRS TDV8 HSE, Java black, Alpaca,.....
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Stay with winter tyres if you are only on tarmac. Much safer and definitely more economical. 2009 Range Rover Sport 2.7 TDV6 SE, Alaska White, Almond leather, tinted windows, active rear diff, tow pack, HiICE, full spare: gone and already missed

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Tim, I've got an almost brand new set of 4 of these...

http://www.coopertire.co.uk/content/discoverer-m-s-sport

in 19" if you're interested we can agree on a price - I don't think the shipping will be too much.

They've only done 300 miles (and I drove them all!) - They came brand new with my car when I bought it and I swapped to studded tyres urrr because you can and do here!!

Maybe you have some plans already, but worth a thought. - they get good write ups and are passed to Scandinavian standards. In snow they perform better than studded, but in ice studded are better. In the UK you cannot have studs so.... Thumbs Up
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Tim in Scotland



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Tornado, thanks for the offer but I have already got both the Pirelli Scorpions (the car is running on them now) and a set of GY MTR's AND the normal Pirelli Assymetrico 20"'s for the summer............................... along with a set of 5 BFG ATR's and another set of brand new BFG MTR's both sets on alloys for the 90 in the garage. Hope folks don't think I'm developing a wheel and tyre fetish Laughing 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW
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Tim, are you running Pirelli Scorpion Ice&Snow or normal Pirelli Scorpions?
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Tim in Scotland



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Ice and Snow Leo, have 20" Pirelli Assymetricos (standard factory issue) for the summer 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW
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