Actually, the RE's performed very well, I put them on just before Xmas and they got me up hill and down safely. In snow I would allways drive like a granny any w..perhaps thinking about it I would be better just replacing the 2 fronts ( or swapping with new ones on the back) and putting one of the RE's on the Spare..at the end of the day, if the roads are that bad, I ain't going anywhere, except trying to get home !

Really pleased to hear this about the RE's as I just ordered a pair for the front on my FWD car.

Yes - the general rule is not to mix winter tyres with Summer - (not sure about all weather as they are kind of neither one thing or the other!) Mix these tyres up and you could have alarming results with unequal grip characteristics.

I suspect, however from what I have read elswhere too , that the mix of RE's and those Vreds might not have such a marked effect - but I would still beware.

If the chips are down though - best winter grip should be on the drive wheels. Not that I am advocating a mix.

I guess it's a matter of finding the tyre that suits your car and needs

Winters, generally, are likely to wear more inthe summer and possibly become too soft in the heat - leading to less cornering and braking ability.

All seasons seem, to me to be the worst of both worlds - instead of the best - but that's not from experience - just from reasding reviews and results - I am sure there must be tyres out there to suit certain cars and give a good all round performance.

There again - if I liken it to footware - you wouldn't do well running inHeavy steel toe capped boots, and trainers would not suit mountain climbing ;)

All seasons seem, to me to be the worst of both worlds - instead of the best - but that's not from experience - just from reasding reviews and results - I am sure there must be tyres out there to suit certain cars and give a good all round performance.

If you own a bread and butter car, you're not really going to notice a huge difference between summer tyres and all seasons in the summer. I will say though that there is less directness to the steering on my Vredesteins, but only noticed when hooning around corners - they can feel a bit woolly. The rest of the time there's no difference.

If you own a performance car where the whole point is to have a car that handles nicely at high speed, I would have a decent summer tyres/winter tyres combination.

Even summer tyre are a compromise between wet and dry conditions - do you consider having a set of each and putting the right set on each morning?

I use All-Seasons which have relatively good winter performance - they also perform well in wet summer conditions - I can live with their lack of absolute summer dry grip because I'm too old to drive like that any more!

Done a quick Google... The Goodyear Hydragrip appears to have a very similar tread pattern to the Kleber Quadraxers. You can check out what users think about both on Tyrereviews.co.uk.

www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Goodyear/Hydragrip.htm

www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Kleber/Quadraxer.htm

Similar only , but not the same - obviously that general tread pattern shape is a succesfull one. Rain Expert scores higher - but bear in mind you need a decent pool of voters before the raings are more realistic. Also Tyre A maybe better than tyre B on one car, but not on another.

We use Kleber Quadraxers on both of our cars during the winter months. They are a good tyre and are quieter on both cars than their summer equivalents. Grip in the snow is much better than a summer tyre but in all other conditions they don't feel any different in normal driving to the summer tyres. They have the "3 peak and snow flake symbol" which means they are approved for use in regions of the world where winter tyres are required by law.

Highly recommended and a reasonable price, about 1/2 that of summer tyres on both cars in the correct size and speed rating.