Tomorrow I am swapping my winter tyres and rims over for my summer version. I was wondering how many anglophiles or people of other lands do the same?

Here in Switzerland the majority of folk do this as a ritual and necessity, and winter tyres are fabulous below about 7 degrees c.

Off topic...shameless. I am looking for some of those fancy fan dangly traction spider whatnots for my 20 inchers

I run winter tyres on a spare set of wheels

But only because my summer wheels are diamond cut, and I can't face them being damaged by the salt and on our roads
If I'm going to have a set of winter wheels, I may as well have a set of winter tyres fitted to them

I really feel the benefit of the winters. They really do stick like p** to a blanket. It also gives me a chance to refurb the kerbed rims during down time.

I have a set of winter wheels and All Season tyres for my RRS2 and have had sets for the RRS's, FFRR's and Evoques that have gone before. Haven't needed to put then on for the last 4 winters as I have been fortunate enough to have spent them in nice hot and sunny countries while the car has sat unused at home. I'm now looking for a set of 21" Ice and Snow tyres to fit on my set of 21" SVR wheels (there are standard SVR issue tyres on them at the moment that look like all season tyres). Winter tyres are not a legal requirement in the UK but when I have been running them, even with Terrain Response GGS setting, they certainly inspire a lot of confidence, unlike the AT's and MT's that I run on my Defender - they are just lethal on icy roads. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

I run winters on my spare set of 19s for my Alps ski trips. I think I would run out of ground clearance before I ran out of grip in the snow with terrain response and also being a heavy car, I feel it stops better and is much more predictable around the bends.

I also like the fact that in the really cold temperatures up high if it snows on the mountain roads I'm tooled up for the job!  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

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I run Mts on my 1996 expedition 300tdi disco. in ice and snow here, they scare the ex cremont out of me. No confidence at all.

I had a separate winter wheel & tyre set for my first L320 and just a separate winter tyre set (to be used on the same wheels) for the second one. Didn't get winter tyres for my L494 hoping to test how the standard all season tyres perform. Unfortunately the conditions around here last winter never got to a stage where I could really tell  Current: Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro PHEV with some optionals on top
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Gone: MY13 RRS 3.0 SDV6 HSE Black Edition, Orkney Grey/Ivory
Gone: MY09 RRS 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Santorini Black/Almond

Buckster wrote:

I'm tooled up for the job!

Sounds like you carry some 12 guage shooters too  Visitor from fullfatrr.com
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Sometimes you need chains too

 Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

harrij07 wrote:

Tomorrow I am swapping my winter tyres and rims over for my summer version. I was wondering how many anglophiles or people of other lands do the same?

muddywheels wrote:

Sometimes you need chains too

So you send the Mrs out in tight thigh boots, crop top, a pair of driving gloves and it appears ONE snow chain and presto your ML is no longer stuck!  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

I didn't even notice the snow...or the car...or the chains  2014.5 Mariana Black 5.0 Supercharged V8 Autobiography

I'm sure if you did Tim plenty of LR owners would offer to pull her out and she wouldn't need the chains  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Mine came fitted (in December) with brand new tyres Pirelli scorpion "winter" tyres, don't have a spare set of rims. Have spoken to a tyre dealer & he said they will be fine all year. Don't really want to spend (yet another) £600😡
Any views on winter tyres over the "summer"??

Some owners use them all year round but AA doesn't recommend it

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Winter tyres are not really suited to all year round use though – summer tyres will give better performance when temperatures are higher and roads dry – so you'll need two sets of tyres if you're going to choose specialist tyres for winter.