Thanks Ian.
After looking at last years tests, I'm thinking that the Conti t830 or Conti
viking 2 might be the tyres for us.
/ Johan
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On 21 sep 2010, at 09.30, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> every year the swiss and german motoring magazines do a test of winter
> tyres, always near the top are the michelin alpin's and the continental
> winter sport (these are the ones I have). I will keep an eye out nearer
> the time and post a review to teh list if anyone is interested. In
> your book for the car you should have recommendations for winter tyre
> size, and yes they are usually narrower.
>
> Unfortunately since swapping the landrover the four snow chains I had
> for it won't fit the bigger tyres on the new one, never had to use them
> but it made journeys in the alps more reassuring.
>
> With winter tyres age is also important (probably also for summer
> tyres), my Audi has the original set of winter tyres I bought when new,
> and they were brilliant coupled with the 4wd when new, for example I
> went on a skiing trip with pals to arosa and had no problems at all, all
> the others in the party had to stop and put chains on. Now however they
> still have plenty of tread but are 9 years old and are useless in the
> snow, I guess the rubber hardens over time. As an aside I swapped the
> summer tyres which lasted 8 years last year, (it costs over an E-5 a
> set) and that transformed the car - but thats another story.
>
> IanW
>
>
>
> On 21/09/2010 09:07, Johan Malmstrom wrote:
>> I'll bounce back this subject when we're on the tyres subject.
>>
>> I recently bought a new (used) car, Volvo V70 bi-fuel. Bi-fuel means that it
>> runs on petrol and on our bio-garbage and farm waste.
>>
>> Anyway, this car is "typed" to run on 16" or larger wheels, for the summer
>> tyres it's equiped with 17" wheels. I'm now looking for new winter tyres,
>> but I don't know how the system works. For winter I like to have narrow
>> tyres so that they does not "float" on snow.
>>
>> Any one have some insight on how to choose good winter tyres?
>>
>> / Johan
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>
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