Driving on winter tyres all year round

handlemaster

Im using Goodyear ultra grip 9 tyres. I was told the summer tyres need to be changed. looking at cost. would it make much difference with fuel economy to drive on winters all year round and not buy new summer tyres.

737max

winter tyres bring a bit more road noise and increase fuel consumption marginally.
Ireland is rarely so hot that the winter tyres would deteriorate more quickly.
In a continental climate changing between summer and winter tyres is necessary. Hibernia(the land of winter) doesn't have a continental climate.

NIMAN

I used to have all season tyres on my frv, and I know the tyre dealer was telling me the other day that a lot of people are now driving on these type of tyres all the time as the mileage they get is as good as standard tyres.

A guy from work got 25K on a set of all seasons.

Now these are probably different to winter tyres, but perhaps look into all seasons? Mine were Hankook. Do we actually get weather bad enough for true winter tyres? Are they not made for driving on permanent snow?

Toyotafanboi

Summer tyres are fine for all year round use in Ireland.

737max

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Summer tyres are fine for all year round use in Ireland.

Not on sideroads in the countryside where the farmers insist on dragging muck out on to the road on the wheels of their oversized John Deeres.

Toyotafanboi

Do winter tyres grip muck better than summer tyres?

737max

they don't grip muck, their thread displaces it to get traction on the road.

Neilw

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Do winter tyres grip muck better than summer tyres?

Their mud and snow symbol would suggest they do.

handlemaster

So winter tyres are on the car. Whats the answer. Is it worth buying a New set of summer tyres or just leave the winters on all year round ?

737max

this would be a question to ask in March, not on the 2nd of December.

Toyotafanboi

Neilw wrote: »

Their mud and snow symbol would suggest they do.

Aren't "mud and snow" tyres and "winter" tyres two different things with different thread patterns for different scenarios.

Anyway, personally in an Irish climate I'd rather use "summer" tyres all year than "winter" tyres all year. That being said plenty of people drive on winter tyres all year round out of ignorance alone and they seem to be ok, maybe not optimum but they are round, black and hold air.

R.O.R

I ran a set of winter tyres for nearly 2 years, and one of those summers was a scorcher, with no issues at all.

Didn't notice any lack of grip or higher fuel consumption and got decent wear out of them.

tossy

I tired to run winters all round on 2 occasions..

First attempt was with 17'' Vredestein winter extreme on a pretty heavy (reasonably powerful) 4wd car they were fine in pretty much all conditions until one july day driving on roads that were greasy after a long dry spell - i've never had such little faith in a set of tyres lol.

Second attempt was on 15" Michelin Aplin 4's on a lighter less powerful 4wd car and they were excellent in all conditions that being said though this car wouldn't spin wheels on a skid pan

Blazer

There's no way I'd leave winters on year around.
Once it got 12c or higher i would find my car very spongy going around bends..basically the compound is too soft in higher temps to grip correctly.
Then again I used to push my car around so not really a surprise but regardless of car I'd be switching them for summers.
Its not costing you anything extra as both sets of tyres give you the extra life..you just have the cost upfront for both.

jspuds

Try michelin crossclimate, best of both worlds.

Cee-Jay-Cee

tossy wrote: »

Second attempt was on 15" Michelin Aplin 4's on a lighter less powerful 4wd car and they were excellent in all conditions that being said though this car wouldn't spin wheels on a skid pan

1.5L Impreza by any chance??

jimbis

Blazer wrote: »

Its not costing you anything extra as both sets of tyres give you the extra life..you just have the cost upfront for both.

I have a few customers that do this. They are all based in the mountains so very worthy of it. Buying 2 sets of tyres can be a bit of a hit but in the long run its worth it for them.

soundman45

Hankook 4 season tyres for my car find them very good have used then full time last 2yrs no plans to change.

CJhaughey

I ran Conti TS860 all year on an Avensis estate, no problems in the dry and no noticeable wear, the summers here tend to be coolish and wet and I don't find they suffer from premature wear.