Hi,

Sorry for yet another tyre question but I need to get some winter tyres for my SVR which is on 21"' rims. They need to be robust enough to cope with the French Alps in winter and have the M&S / Snowflake symbol to future proof them. Default starting point is the Conti CrossContact Winters but interested to see if anyone had recommendations for anything else. I had a set of Vredestein Wintrac Pro's on my previous X5 and they were fine (and about £80 a corner cheaper).

Thanks in advance......

Found 6 choices for you on Camskills

https://www.camskill.co.uk/m124b0s12491p0/..._275_45R21

Vredestein would be my choice  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

2013 SDV6 HSE Black Edition- Orkney Grey with Ebony & Ivory. LR Facelift RAI, Genuine G4 Expedition Rack, 4x Warn SBD-160 Spotlights, Warn 9.5XPS Winch, Mantec Underbody Protection and Sump Guard, Full Easy Lift Suspension Module, LR Light Guards, Light Force HTX230 Hybrid spotlights, 18” Compomotive PD1881 on 265/65/18 BF Goodrich KO2, ARB fridge, TuffTrek awning 😎

there are some used for sale on the fullfatrr forum...

The Continentals regularly do very well in winter tyre tests (albeit those tests are normally on smaller car-size tyres). I would tend to look at the wet and dry braking results and go with one of the best in those. That's where tyres can earn their price back as that's when you avoid the potential accident (or not, of course).

Traction is less of a problem - no one does "emergency starts", do they , and who even gets close to the lateral grip limits of tyres on the road? 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed