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Do you have a preferred brand of winter tyre?
I've been told that I'm wasting my money putting winter tyres on the front wheels of a RWD car. I know you recommend Michelin Pilot Primacy HP for summer tyres. From your experience, have you any preference for winter tyres? What is the difference between winter tyres and the 4x4 ones whose chunky tread seems, to the untrained eye, better-suited to snow as well as the mudplugging they are presumably meant for.
Asked on 14 October 2010 by CS, via email
Answered by
Honest John
Winter tyres must be fitted to all four wheels. They are a different compound best suited to temperatures below eight degrees centigrade. Summer tyres have a compound best suited to temperatures above eight degrees centigrade. You need to get a separate set of four wheels, fit them with winter tyres and fit them to the car from November to March. Take advice and buy as a complete set from www.mytyres.co.uk ; www.Wheel-Base.co.uk or www.rarerims.co.uk.
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