33 replies to this topic

[Juju]

Everyone's right!

Yay! We can all have a biscuit!

[maggies_minder]

you need some rims like mine h4wx1e lmao. (i dont know where im going to this new meet location tonight)

[Carlzilla]

Have 12x6 falken ze-912s on 12x5.5 superlites, and they were pretty grippy last year in the snow, to say that i have to go downhill and uphill whichever way i want to go home or from home.
Where ice starts forming now and some cars cant get traction, i tend to have to push the car to lose it. So many people moan about these tyres, but i havent found fault with them yet

[Ethel]

I think you'll find more tyre choice with 12 inch wheels, a bit less tyre pressure can also help.

Sure we had this convo last year

A low gear is better for control, as you have more engine braking, a higher gear does reduce the torque to stop you spinning the wheels when you accelerate - if your Min really is that much of a snorting beast. Leave yerself loads of room and change gear early and g-e-n-t-l-y.

Also anticipate so you can avoid coming to a stop and think about escape routes in case it all goes Pete Tong!


Oh, 'n I don't think it's legal to cut tyres for road cars in the UK.

[danoz24]

these might work??

http://www.xbimmers....mp;d=1264657743

[Cater_Racer]

I used these last week, in the mud, very good:-

http://www.minisport..._70R10HAKR.html

[Lukie-J]

Look similar to these:
http://www.tyremonke...-155-70-12.html

[Teapot]

Choose a slippery day and an empty parking lot (Asda on a Sunday?) and drive too fast. Slip around until you have found the confidence to carefully steer and brake out of trouble should it arise!

Don't do that. It sounds sensible but our police don't like it. They get stroppy.

[isjakar]

The first of these two remoulds is a copy of the Nokia (now Nokian to separate rubber from phones) Hakkapelliitta winter tyre which I used a lot under various cars for many many years. It was about the best snow tyre you could get. 30 years ago!
The other is a copy of Michelin Nora rally tyres which I also used a lot, but were worthless on icy patches, Wrong compound for that. What the remoulders use,is anyones guess.
About your driving technique, you will get all sorts of advice about this and/or that. Most of it contradictory, and none really that helpful. You can read a library of techniques on how to stay out of painful trouble on slippery roads. It will help about as much as whale blubber in your shirt pocket when you have a situation. Go out there and train. Have fun doing it. For hours. Slide, slip, get to grips, until you don't need to look up in a book mid-bend. Just instinctively do the right thing. Seat of the pants.
Good luck!

[Cooperman]

You won't find Colways available now as they went into liquidation a few years ago.
Those 145/80x10 Hakkas look great for ice & snow.
Certainly the best wheel/tyre combination for ice, snow and mud is a 145/80x10 on a 3.5" wide rim

[reallybig]

low gear low revs on ice use the clutch as much as possible

the lower gear your in the more control you have i drive on ice using the clutch and no acceleration atall
ride the bite point all the way until i find a salted road

[mikey72]

Winter tyres are the best way to go. They make an amazing difference.

Camskills have some 12" at the moment, they get a good review. Can't say myself, I've got Nokians on my "big" car, totally different to last year. If these are half as good it'll be worth it.


http://www.camskill....lid=m11b0s658p0
http://www.tyretest...._930/index.html

What profile are your 13" tyres?


edit - just looked at the link again, they've gone to no stock in the last few minutes!

Edited by mikey72, 01 December 2010 - 01:19 PM.

[h4wx1e]

very low lol i dont know exactly but they are yokos

[Spitz]

Come over here and drive for a while in the winter......you then should be able to handle anything the UK can throw at you...lol

Agreed with the above...."all season" type are crap ( except better than normal tyres in soft snow )
Get proper winter tyres with the proper compound and tread design....big difference

Unrelated.....at times our temperatures get so low that all four tyres are actually frozen in their sitting shape....meaning, for the first while of travel, each tyre has a flat spot. Makes for a bumpy ride in the morning.

[minimanjay]

Thinner tires will have greater pressure on them per square inch compared to wider tires. You should be able to cut through snow better with them.

But on ice, just low revs, high gear ect.

LOW gear!

lower the gear is wrong sorry dude because that will mean more torc which will mean more spin u dont want to spin all th timee