smerko

great news i got today (not)... apparantly a new scheme has started at my dads work where they recon they need to fit winter tyres on all their company motors. needless to say dads vrs estate is now running some vredestein snowtrac 2's. not exactly the sort of high performance rubber i'd have thought should be fitted to such a car...


opinions on what to expect from these - i recon they'll ruin the handling and should only have been fitted to a 4x4

smerko

nobody? to quote from their site:

"For all winter driving conditions.
The Snowtrac 2 is the ultimate all-round winter tyre thanks to the application of Silica Nova 7°C in the tread compound. This gives the tyre excellent winter
properties as well as a perfect grip on wet and slippery road surfaces. A hard 'base' compound is used for the foundation layer, considerably improving handling on dry and wet road surfaces and offering a reduced rolling resistance. The zigzag sipes also play a key role in the way this tyre performs in snowy and icy conditions. Taken as a whole, the Snowtrac 2 effortlessly combines top performance on snow and ice with the capacity to reach speeds of as high as 118 mph (where this is possible and permissible)."

is it allowed for cars to be fitted with rubber that is under their speed rating?

roblatus

I think i am correct in saying that if you fit a tyre with a lower speed rating than the tyres that come fitted on the car as standard, then your insurance could be invalidated.

Hopefully someone else could maybe confirm this.

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thephm

if the tyre shows the M&S or extreme weather symbols then it is perfically all right to use lower rated tyres.

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smerko

you should see the tread its near tractor like lol!