Tyres ordered! I didn't go for the Veridestien of what ever they are called as they only had an F rating for wet weather use!

As with you guys, I have gone for 235 55 19" Nokian SUV 3 tyres, which have a C rating for wet use.

I figured that for a total of £32 more, it was well worth it. The more I look in to it, the more I see Nokian's being used for winter!

So far, the wheels and tyres have cost me £844. But hoping to recoup some of that when I sell the Conti UHP's that are on the wheels now. Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

The wet weather rating was a deciding factor for me, along with personal recommends from two forum members for the Nokian.
The Finns also know about winter weather, however, they are a very modest and reserved people, they should probably extol the virtues of their tyres more.
I took your lead and bought take offs, paid far less for them than the price of tyres alone, the brand new scorpion Verde will be sold and almost pay for the Nokians, net result is £100 for four brand new wheels.

bring on the snow  - FL2 3.2 i6 - There is no Replacement for Displacement

If my wife ever sells my stuff for what I told her I paid for it, there will be some bargains out there!

I'd def go Nokians.
Spent a lot of time reading up and checking out winter tyres last year and concluded that Nokian were the way to go.
So bought a set of winters for my car (not FL2), ok we didn't get any snow, but ride, grip, wet etc were all better than the summer tyres I had on.
So much so, when I changed to bigger wheels, I bought a set of 'performance' summers.

In the Scandanavian countries Nokian are considered a premium tyre brand, just like Goodyear, Bridgestone etc.
It's just that over here (no doubt because they're not as well known) their considered a mid/budget tyre.

Nokian have their own proving ground and specialise in the development if winter tyres.
So Nokian are a def for me  FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

Reviews here http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/2014-...e-Test.htm
Tempted by a set of Nokians, will see what local place can offer on price... SD4 HSE Lux Orkney Grey,Full size spare tyre,Ugly kid glass.

From what I understand, nokian invented winter tyres! So glad I ordered them now! Freelander 2 HSE Lux 2013MY - Barolo Black with Ivory Leather. Alpine DVD - Privacy -Evoque 20" Dynamic Wheels and more to come.........

I had to replace the original Continentals? M+S tyres this year and have gone with Nokian Hakkapeliita R2s.

They are what the Finns call kikarenkaat and are all weather tyres - they seem much quieter than the originals.

The local autocar type magazine seemed to think they were the best overall.

I don't know what they call them in the UK.

I do change tyres when the snow comes (it's late this year) and use Hakkapeliita 8s.

These are studded tyres so probably not necessary/unavailable (maybe illegal too) in the UK.

Yes illegal to use studs here, fascinating noise they make on metalled roads though, very peculiar.
The Finns have a huge advantage in having common sense when it comes to driving, over here people seem to think silly things like fog lights make it safer to drive fast in bad conditions.

I have fitted Nokian winter tyres this year, having previously been a ney sayer, haven't had bad conditions but certainly in the damp and salted roads they have been extremely reassuring.

Not so sure on that, if the weather was bad enough, completely covered in snow, no Tarmac visible, the law states that if you are causing damage to the road surface, if it's covered in snow you are not?
As I read it you could be charged for damaging the road surface if you had Chains on when on Tarmac.
Stand to be corrected.
http://www.seat.co.uk/content/medialib/sea...aw-pdf.pdf

http://www.etyres.co.uk/uk-tyre-law/

Pedant

goodyear ultragrip for me C rated in the wet, and super quiet 

taztastic wrote:

Pedant

A single word for "I made an error" :

recently fitted theabove to my auto freelander two
seem to be excellent particularly as live on the tops in the peak district, good grip on ice and snow ,
can even pull cars out of ditches
they are all season tyre with winter designation
good price from oponeo below £100 per corner if you can wait a week for them

Have used winter tyres at work on Disco and Volvo T5 (trial). Good in rain and snow. Not so good when they warm up, or the going gets quick, when they become slippy/sloppy, and wear out quick. The snows coming... WALLO.....
BE GOOD......IF NOT BE CAREFUL!

A thumbs up for winter tyres for me. I run kumhos and have been very happy with them for the last couple years.