Mayo snow tyres

cheesey1

Can anyone advise me on snow tyres and where to get them in the Mayo (Swinford) area.

Thanks.

irishgeo

cheesey1 wrote: »

Can anyone advise me on snow tyres and where to get them in the Mayo (Swinford) area.

Thanks.

snow tyres are not suited to our climate as it rarely snows that often or enough snow for them to work properly, what you want is winter tyres.

here is good article on it

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/motors/2010/1201/1224284474032.html

your going to have a hard time finding winter tyres by the look of it.

snow socks might be the answer.

biko

You're probably better off buying online and have fitted locally.
At least that's what I always do.

MarkoC

irishgeo wrote: »

snow tyres are not suited to our climate as it rarely snows that often or enough snow for them to work properly, what you want is winter tyres.

here is good article on it

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/motors/2010/1201/1224284474032.html

your going to have a hard time finding winter tyres by the look of it.

snow socks might be the answer.

I totally disagree here with your statement.
Winter tyres are more than suitable for Irish climate during the winter months and far better solution than so called socks or chains.
Last 6 weeks proved it clearly how bad are the socks, and how good are the winter tyres.

Looks like you didnt read the article propery ... Winter tyres are not all about the snow but also about the temperature and again, last 4-5 nights it was even below 0 and ice on the roads.

GTE

MarkoC wrote: »

I totally disagree here with your statement.
Winter tyres are more than suitable for Irish climate during the winter months and far better solution than so called socks or chains.
Last 6 weeks proved it clearly how bad are the socks, and how good are the winter tyres.

Looks like you didnt read the article propery ... Winter tyres are not all about the snow but also about the temperature and again, last 4-5 nights it was even below 0 and ice on the roads.

Ahh be fair now. He made a clear distintion between Snow and Winter tyres and from how I read it advised the Winter tyres and the snow socks as a backup as Winters are damn expensive this season.

To the OP I would buy off the web and fit locally though the prices are mad! I got two in the Summer for 60 or 70 each and now they are touching 140 each!
With that said the tyre I got isn't listed everywhere so maybe the more common Winter tyres would be easier and cheaper to get. Main point is be careful when looking on line and realise it may be cost more compared to other places, even if you go local.

I got two standard Hankook Summer tyres in a local garage for 75 each incl fitting and balancing etc.
On eiretyres.com they are 63ish with free shipping but about 5 to 10 each for fitting and a drive out to find the fitter that it sends to.
On camskill.co.uk they are an impressive 50 euro but I believe you have to pay shipping and find your own fitting place.

For the ease of it I went with the local dealer but it pays off in the end to do your research and find the best saving (both money and effort) for you.

irishgeo

irishgeo wrote: »

snow tyres are not suited to our climate as it rarely snows that often or enough snow for them to work properly, what you want is winter tyres.

here is good article on it

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/motors/2010/1201/1224284474032.html

your going to have a hard time finding winter tyres by the look of it.

snow socks might be the answer.

MarkoC wrote: »

I totally disagree here with your statement.
Winter tyres are more than suitable for Irish climate during the winter months and far better solution than so called socks or chains.
Last 6 weeks proved it clearly how bad are the socks, and how good are the winter tyres.

Looks like you didnt read the article propery ... Winter tyres are not all about the snow but also about the temperature and again, last 4-5 nights it was even below 0 and ice on the roads.

learn to read mate before jumping on my opinions, i told the OP they needed winter tyres not snow ones.

MarkoC

irishgeo wrote: »

learn to read mate before jumping on my opinions, i told the OP they needed winter tyres not snow ones.

Theres no such tyres like SNOW tyres, so obviously OP meant winter tyres, you became very smart ofcourse with your second post on a row

Well im very sorry, snow tyres do exist they are also called winter tyres
So the OP was very wright with his question ? ! !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_tires

tossy

Not this again! there is a huge thread on this subject already.The Op asked for advice on getting tyres in Mayo not on the merits of buying them!

GTE

MarkoC wrote: »

Theres no such tyres like SNOW tyres, so obviously OP meant winter tyres, you became very smart ofcourse with your second post on a row

Well im very sorry, snow tyres do exist they are also called winter tyres
So the OP was very wright with his question ? ! !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_tires

Picking at the wording like that is not doing you any favours.
The OP has not indicated that he is knows the difference between full snow winter tyres (which could be called snow tyres) and highway winter tyres for lack of industry standard terms.

Until the OP can clarify this the second poster was very very right to make the distinction for him as time and time and time again we have to explain that winter tyres does not equal snow tyres or for another example to dispell the myth that winter tyres only work in snow.

Irishgeo said that what the OP wanted was Winter tyres as they suit our roads better and then you say you disagree and that the OP needs Winter tyres as they suit our roads better.
You also attacked his post on the temperature issue and the fact they are not all about snow. This is something that is encapsulated in the general idea of his post and not something he made a mistake on.

Simple case of not reading the post properly so best off to drop it now as there is a clear distinction that needs to be made on this subject for all posters.

Another simple case is that full snow tyres are not suitable for our roads as they are probably studded and even if not they could be much to soft. What suits our roads are highway winter tyres as I have seem them called which are more biast towards being a Summer tyre for the winter with good snow characteristics.


http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055788724&page=46&highlight=winter+tyres
This is the huge mega thread that was the recent Winter tyre discussion.

Tigger

I got mine in toghers on breaffy road in castlebar

MarkoC

bbk wrote: »

Another simple case is that full snow tyres are not suitable for our roads as they are probably studded and even if not they could be much to soft. What suits our roads are highway winter tyres as I have seem them called which are more biast towards being a Summer tyre for the winter with good snow characteristics.

Sry but this is simply incorrect
Again, there are winter tyres and studded winter tyres, you can also call them snow tyres. Theres no such tyres like highway winter tyres. ALL winter tyres are suitablbe for highways, for the snow and ice conditions, studded ones are just for extreme nordic weather conditions, where is more snow and ice.

Or can you point me out special snow tyres and compared them winth winter tyres please.

"Probably" isnt enough here if we go into facts.
/me drove on winter or so called snow tyres about 10 years ...

Just to make myself clear here, there are 3 types of tyres for passenger vehicles.
1. Summer tyres
2. All season tyres
3. Winter/snow tyres (doesnt matter how you call them, they are either studded or not and obviously noone is going to get studded ones in Ireland.

Thanks

KoNiT

Try togher tyres, I was there in winter & he said he had full stock then..

thenashlegend

Tigger wrote: »

I got mine in toghers on breaffy road in castlebar

Go further out the Breaffy road, and just before Breaffy house resort turn right. There's an independant mechanic/tyre shop up there about a mile that has given me an excellent price on tires for my A4 and my parents Starlet.

GTE

MarkoC wrote: »

Just to make myself clear here, there are 3 types of tyres for passenger vehicles.
1. Summer tyres
2. All season tyres
3. Winter/snow tyres (doesnt matter how you call them, they are either studded or not and obviously noone is going to get studded ones in Ireland.

Thanks

Oh for heavens sake man :pac:

Winter tyres is a general term. It encapsulates studded and studless. We agree on that.

What I am saying is the studless can be split again. The Hankook W300 for example is considered in Canada to be a highway orientated winter tyre compared to others on the rest on the market which would have a more chunky tread pattern for extra snow performance. All the highway orientated winter tyre means is that the snow performance and tread design favours main roads over heavy snow and ice. That is what is perfect for us.

It would be more suited to cars going on main roads and most regional roads and less so compared to the chunky ones for more extreme conditions.

It is very clear in the tyre reviews on the web.
As you have said we have the road temps that need Winter tyres.
Looking at reviews of tyres some work better on the snow then others but have good tarmac results. The main point there is that the ones that dont work as well on the snow can work perfectly fine on the cold, dry and wet tarmac that we have a lot. They are the ones that are classed by the public in other countries as highway and motorway orientated Winters. This is how they can have a lot on common with a good All Season tyre.

Now that is sorted. There is nothing else to be said as we are singing off very similar hymn sheets.

Fact of the matter is my problem with your posts here is that they are based from you misreading someones post and slamming them as a result.

I think you use the word "obviously" too much.
We do not know if the OP has the view that a lot of drivers have which is:
"Winter tyres are only for heavy snow" which can be seen as "Winter tyres = snow tyres"

This is wrong and we, as decent posters have to make sure that the distinction is clearly made until we can establish whether the OP does or does not know his stuff.

MarkoC

bbk wrote: »

What I am saying is the studless can be split again. The Hankook W300 for example is considered in Canada to be a highway orientated winter tyre compared to others on the rest on the market which would have a more chunky tread pattern for extra snow performance. All the highway orientated winter tyre means is that the snow performance and tread design favours main roads over heavy snow and ice. That is what is perfect for us.

It is very clear in the tyre reviews on the web.
As you have said we have the road temps that need Winter tyres.
Looking at reviews of tyres some work better on the snow then others but have good tarmac results. The main point there is that the ones that dont work as well on the snow can work perfectly fine on the cold, dry and wet tarmac that we have a lot. They are the ones that are classed by the public in other countries as highway and motorway orientated Winters. This is how they can have a lot on common with a good All Season tyre.

Now that is sorted. There is nothing else to be said as we are singing off very similar hymn sheets.

Hankook 300's are just so bad winter tyres so some person called them "highway winter tyres" doesn make any sense to me.
Better winter tyres perform way better on the same road conditions (dry, wet, icey, snowy)
Yes look at the tyre tests, Hankooks are really bad, thats why someone mentioned they are "highway winter tyres" and who said they perform better than Nokian Haakkepeliitas on dry and wet conditions ?

Winter tyres are not classified as snow winter tyres and highway ones!

Or if you can point it out please as i cant find it ..

OP asked for the snow/winter tyres, simple and all winter tyres are suitable for Irish roads and the better tyres you get, the best.

Cheers

Alanstrainor

bbk wrote: »

Oh for heavens sake man :pac:

Winter tyres is a general term. It encapsulates studded and studless. We agree on that.

What I am saying is the studless can be split again. The Hankook W300 for example is considered in Canada to be a highway orientated winter tyre compared to others on the rest on the market which would have a more chunky tread pattern for extra snow performance. All the highway orientated winter tyre means is that the snow performance and tread design favours main roads over heavy snow and ice. That is what is perfect for us.

It would be more suited to cars going on main roads and most regional roads and less so compared to the chunky ones for more extreme conditions.

It is very clear in the tyre reviews on the web.
As you have said we have the road temps that need Winter tyres.
Looking at reviews of tyres some work better on the snow then others but have good tarmac results. The main point there is that the ones that dont work as well on the snow can work perfectly fine on the cold, dry and wet tarmac that we have a lot. They are the ones that are classed by the public in other countries as highway and motorway orientated Winters. This is how they can have a lot on common with a good All Season tyre.

Now that is sorted. There is nothing else to be said as we are singing off very similar hymn sheets.

Fact of the matter is my problem with your posts here is that they are based from you misreading someones post and slamming them as a result.

I think you use the word "obviously" too much.
We do not know if the OP has the view that a lot of drivers have which is:
"Winter tyres are only for heavy snow" which can be seen as "Winter tyres = snow tyres"

This is wrong and we, as decent posters have to make sure that the distinction is clearly made until we can establish whether the OP does or does not know his stuff.

MarkoC wrote: »

Hankook 300's are just so bad winter tyres so some person called them "highway winter tyres" doesn make any sense to me.
Better winter tyres perform way better on the same road conditions (dry, wet, icey, snowy)
Yes look at the tyre tests, Hankooks are really bad, thats why someone mentioned they are "highway winter tyres" and who said they perform better than Nokian Haakkepeliitas on dry and wet conditions ?

Winter tyres are not classified as snow winter tyres and highway ones!

Or if you can point it out please as i cant find it ..

OP asked for the snow/winter tyres, simple and all winter tyres are suitable for Irish roads and the better tyres you get, the best.

Cheers

Jeez lads get a room. PM each other if you want.