Motoring Discussion > winter tyres Accessories and Parts
Thread Author: sajid Replies: 173
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 Sun 22 Sep 13 23:57 
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Sajid, i know some people do this but its really inadvisable to mix winter and summer tyres on your car, the handling and grip characteristics can change dramatically as the weather and more importantly tempertures drop.

You could find yourself in the uneviable position of finding ice on a corner, and your front winter tyres gripping well and the rears doing a good impression of unbraked casters.

Winters on front and all season on the back? well i might consider that but only if i knew the product and its likely performance, at the very least the all seasons should be snowflake/mountain marked meaning they are winter tyre rated anyway.

Ideally you should all four tyres of the same type, either summer, all season or winter.

Note some tyres listed in online suppliers are called all season, but that might be for the US market where all season isn't the same as whats accepeted here.

All season to be worthy of the name should have the snowflake/mountion symbol embossed on the sidewall, the term or sidewall stamp M&S confusingly isn't relevant in this context, that only applies to the tread design not the temp range.

There thats clear as mud innit...:-))
Last edited by: gordonbennet on Sun 22 Sep 13 at 23:57
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