We all know this, of course, but it's worth repeating as we get towards possible winter weather - 4WD on summer tyres isn't as good as using winter tyres. A 2WD with winter tyres is going to be a better place to be than your nice shiny 4wd on summer tyres if it snows.

A nice comparison of 2WD + winter tyres vs. 4WD + summer tyres here:



So if it snows and you're one of the many RRS owners that fit "ordinary" tyres to your vehicle, remember that you're possibly going to struggle and take extra care.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Whilst you'd expect the winter tyres to be better, the scale of the difference is amazing. A salutatory lesson! Robin
2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8
Gone:
Jaguar S-Type V8 4.2 Sport
MGZTT 190 2.5

I fitted winter tyres for the first time ever last year, and the difference was unbelievable.

The week before I had slid down a single track road towards its junction with the A9, and nearly came a cropper. The HDC was trying hard but had no effect. Previously owned 1999 Disco 2 TD5
Disco 3 HSE TDV6 2007
Gone 2007 TDV8 RRS1 in Buckingham Blue.

How do know if the knocking at the front has been sorted?

You can hear the knocking at the rear better

I remember a video with Ford Kuga, 2WD and 4WD, going up an indoor ski sloop.
Same message, the 4WD on summer tyres got further than the 2WD but slid all the way back down so, in my view, a worse outcome. 2010 HSE TdV8 in Stornoway Grey.
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Yes, the 2WD Kuga on winters got most of the way up, the 4WD on winters got all the way up. The two on summer tyres didn't do much different other than the 4wd getting a bit further before failing and sliding back.

Winter tyres are the best option for any car, 2WD or 4WD. The new breed of winter rated AT and "winter rated summer tyres" blur the distinction a good deal. Of the latter type, the Michelin CrossClimate 2 is very impressive, being nearly as good a full winter tyre in many tests, whilst still doing a very good job the rest of the year too. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

In that case are general grabber at2/at3 any good or should I be changing my tyres for a full on all winter tyres rather than all season tyres? RRS TDV6 2010

What about mud and snow tyres? Range Rover Vogue ‘17 TDV6

Gone: Range Rover Vogue '11 4.4TDV8, Range Rover Sport ‘59, Range Rover Sport ‘56

Sham91 wrote:

In that case are general grabber at2/at3 any good or should I be changing my tyres for a full on all winter tyres rather than all season tyres?

Winters (in my experience, anyway) have significantly more grip in cold, wet and icy conditions - not just snowy.

They use much softer compounds than summer tyres, which heat up much more quickly (also due to the sipes and relatively 'tall, skinny' tread blocks - much like a M&S tyre, which gives them much better grip in the cold.
Deeper tread patterns also work better in standing water etc.
I can't explain why they grip better on ice other than the softer compound, but of course they don't grip anything like a studded tyre (which we don't get over here at all) 2014 BMW 530d Touring, 2006 BMW 650i, 2018 Mini Cooper S

 Robin
2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8
Gone:
Jaguar S-Type V8 4.2 Sport
MGZTT 190 2.5

Don’t forget to check with your insurer. Somebody mentioned it on the Disco3 site as theirs was classed as a modification. I’m with Admiral and they said it’s not a modification. 2006 2.7 TDV6 HSE in Cairns Blue.

For some insurers it seems even opening the drivers door is a mod!!!!!  Robin
2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8
Gone:
Jaguar S-Type V8 4.2 Sport
MGZTT 190 2.5

Does sound about right! 2014 BMW 530d Touring, 2006 BMW 650i, 2018 Mini Cooper S

Sham91 wrote:

In that case are general grabber at2/at3 any good or should I be changing my tyres for a full on all winter tyres rather than all season tyres?

Jimmy_75000 wrote:

What about mud and snow tyres?