Home » Video » ...

Bmw forum winter tyres Videos

a test of the winter tyres on my 1 Series

Forgot about this rather steep little hill (camera doesnt do it justice but see the angle of the trees) whilst taking a shortcut through the back lanes to avoid traffic.

User Comments

TimeLord1984 commented on 29 Jul 2012

Good work there. A friend has a 1 series on summer tyres and can't get off the drive in snow. I drive a Freelander 2 (one of the few who go off road with it) and it has been perfectly reliable surprisingly. I fitted winter tyres to it despite it being unstoppable on the standard M+S tyres in snow. My reasoning was superior all round performance in winter such as braking and the fact I do voluntary work for a 4x4 response group helping emergency services in adverse weather. Good investment indeed

djdazzy commented on 20 Mar 2011

It a common misconception that winter tyres are only designed for ice and snow. Any temperature below 8C and they will out perform summer tyres. With no legislation in the UK, most people are going to be trying to drive around with summer tyres in these sort of road conditions then wonder why they get stuck or crash. Also, there has been a UK supply issues for winter tyres making them harder to find that rocking horse poo and over three times the price as Europe when you can get hold of them.

LocostR1 commented on 15 Sep 2011

@snaken2 Pretty much the she same reason why people in Australia or Africa don't buy winter tyres, because the weather in southern England deemed them not necessary until recently!! Last winter was the first in ~20 years with snow that was over a cm or two in depth that lasted for more than a day or so, most winters since about 1990 we've had nothing at all. As we now seem to be in a weather cycle where we're starting to get colder winters again, winter tyres are starting to get used.

LocostR1 commented on 02 Apr 2012

Tried it, doesn't work. The first year with the car and no winter tyres I basically unloaded all the heavy things in my garage into the car, so had a mig welder, a couple of differentials, a couple of bags of cement, a large trolley jack, my chest toolbox and 2 sets of brake discs in the boot to try and get some weight over the back end, but there was very little improvement.

xxCpxxDr0n3 commented on 13 Dec 2012

winter tyres are not only for snow and ice, they perform better also on cold road surfaces and in water. I'm in northern italy and we too don't get much snow in the plain except for a couple of times a year, but still winter tyres make the difference in every day winter drive

Michal Sobczak commented on 04 Jan 2011

Well done!!!I am pleased that there are some responsible drivers like you in Britain.if more people would use winter set it would be much safer.I also bought set of verdestein Wintrac and I am very satisfied.

uoykcuf agginhctib commented on 03 Dec 2011

The Falken Espia EPZ I find to do better in the ice and snow. The Eurowinters, by far outperform the Espia's on DRY ROAD CONDITIONS. Hope that helped :-)

mmmagic123 commented on 01 Apr 2012

next time try put some weight in your car boot ;)

Why you should fit Winter Tyres to all four wheels.

Rebecca Jackson demonstrates the hazards of fitting Winter Tyres to only two wheels in this comparison video. Although it may save you money, and is ...

User Comments

Matt Roberts commented on 09 Oct 2014

What a load of rubbish!!! Surely it's much safer driving with winters on the front and summers on the back.... THAN FOUR SUMMER TYRES!!!! Why didn't you fit the cars with 4 summer tyres to show the comparison there??? I really can't believe that you're advising motorists that fitting 2 winter tyres is more dangerous that not fitting any at all!!!!! Shocking.

Yoyo378 commented on 26 Feb 2015

4 winter not summer tires

TrueBlueEG8 commented on 04 Jan 2015

Her driving was bad, but the message on the video is worse, I have fitted winters to the front of both my fwd cars for the last 3 winters and the results were good. Much better traction and aslong as you dont act the moron the back will follow the front.

John Twist commented on 27 Nov 2014

Also to add, although there is oversteer the FWD car with only winter tyres fitted to the front, its easily controllable and very predictable, still a whole lot better than four summer tyres.

Honda CR-V with Yokohama Winter Tyres on a Cold Wet Road

Yokohama CR-V Winter Tyre Cold Wet Road Video.

Tyre Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 ● Winter Tyres ● Oponeo™

Buy Tyres at: //www.oponeo.co.uk/tyre/hankook-winter-i-cept-evo2-w320 Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 W320 is a premium class winter tyre designed for ...

Driving in snow with Falken HS439 winter tyres.

Driving on Falken HS439 in the winter with a lot of snow. The tyres did what they should do.

User Comments

swizzler68 commented on 25 Oct 2012

I got these tyres on my Skoda Yeti 2.0 CR TDi back in 2010. They are pretty good once worn in (225/50/17)

lluke79 commented on 17 Oct 2013

Yes they are good, excellent grip very good value for money. Almost time to be fitted again.

lluke79 commented on 02 Dec 2012

Just fitted hs439 on my z4.. Hope they will be ok on snow .. Love drifting!

Hubert Walter commented on 11 Oct 2015

holy cow, you don't want to fall off that road :)

lluke79 commented on 02 Dec 2012

More than 260000km?? Golf never dies!

simplymarci commented on 24 Oct 2012

Hi, sorry. What car have you?

cullis102 commented on 06 Dec 2013

what were you driving?

Chris Baker commented on 16 Oct 2013

Were/are they any good?

vent00lin commented on 24 Oct 2012

Golf V 1.9 TDI

alloy wheels and tyres for winter

Alloy for winter wheels kal tire . , . . . . So you've decided to get a set of wheels dedicated for winter use with your winter tires, now what? what types of wheels are ...

BMW E39 535 IA V8 M62 Male Palenie Small Burnout 245 HP 540 (Winter Tyres :))

User Comments

SuBmW535 commented on 15 Jul 2010

@Maksimka8 next time you wanna say something so stupid you better verify your info first. the old 535i (e34) really had an i6 engine but bmw changed it in the newer model (e39) to a beasty V8 engine. P.S dont name ppl for nothing (even if you are right in other cases)

neckus23 commented on 11 Feb 2009

Look at what you wrote first ..... '535 V8 There's not such thing :S ' Does that or does that not say 535 ? Not 335 ? Dont take drugs while commenting on YouTube and try and read your own comments before making a prat of yourself