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regarding cross climates I have read mixed reviews on them and with the poor performance of the tourer I just feel a dedicated winter tyre may suit better for the tourer.
If I had a SUV or 4x4 estate or a FWD that performed well in the snow then I would defiantly consider the cross climates for all year.
The car also just had new summers in the last few months so would like to get use out of them, there will be a cost and loss either way, but I just think a winter tyre would suit best, I may be wrong but some reviews have put me off for the tourer anyway
Wait till October, get winter tyres fitted to your existing alloys, store your summers.
Come April next year, pay £40 to get your summers refitted, store your winters.
£40 October next year and the following April, trade the car in with the summers on, sell the winters.
Job done.
Winter tyres will beat 4x4 in snow / icy conditions. Even better is 4x4 with winter tyres.
Had them on my FWD V60 this year. Provided snow not deeper than the bumper it just charged through. Particularly handy on motorways where there's only one lane clear, as you can use the uncleared section and avoid people who are either stuck, or driving along at 5mph.
I've bought a new car and was that impressed I've got a set of winter tyres to go with it.
The quotes locally I've been given are between £60-80 to do the tyre swaps a time. If it was £40 as chipster said then great. Also a few will not carry out the work if tyre are not on their systems.
I have managed to speak with an online supplier and they have some 2nd hand 2016/1017 official Honda 16" alloys, that each have some lacquer peel. £199 for the lot with brand new center caps, could be a good option.
Is there going to be any issue going from 17's to 16s or just a case or swapping over? Will prob need to tell insurance. I will have these balanced when the tyres get fitted to them.
Just to add my 2p, I had a golf mk6 2.0tdi which was a bit crap in snow. I fitted winter tyres and in the next bit of snow, it would drive straight past 4x4's which were struggling like hell on their SUV tyres.
I then got a Touareg (I know, feel free to shoot me) which came with standard SUV tyres. SUV tyres are slightly more tready summer tyres so you think they will work off road and in the snow. They don't.
I swapped them for some BF Goodrich Urban Terrain last winter before heading to the alps. They are as quiet as the tyres that came off and grip like shit to a blanket. The snow in the alps was no issue, the snow that stopped everyone around me back in the Uk was again, no issue. I will admit I got stuck once when I went full ramming speed at a snowdrift purely for giggles and grounded the car, but 2 mins with a shovel and I was out again. Brilliant pieces of kit.
I've left them on, still driving them through this hot weather. No signs of wear and seem to grip just as well as the summers did. Don't get me wrong, the car's not exactly a GTI so throwing it around corners at mental speeds is something I literally never do. Towing out of fields however, that I do a lot so it's nice to have the grip.
I did swap mine back to summer tyres when I looked in the mirror and realised that they were sucking the tar out of the road in the recent hot weather. Mine was the only car leaving tracks.
[looks innocent]