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Please forgive me for being stupid but do I need winter tyres?
My Up! is coming with the 16" Triangles as included with the sports pack. I have bought myself a set of the 16" silver classics to replace them as I've gone off the triangles. I've now bought myself a set of 14" steelies shod with Hankook Kinergy Eco tyres in a view to run them down and replace them with winter tyres. I guess using steelies in the winter is to protect your alloys from the road salt etc, which I understand.
The main point is that I only do 5000 or so miles a year, live in the south of Lincolnshire where we don't seem to get much winter anyway and can count on one hand the number of times I've had to drive in snow over the last five years or so. Am I just following the pack or do I really need a set of winters on standby? I've been driving 28 years, bikes, cars, hgv and psv and never used winter tyres before, well not to my knowledge anyway. Do I need 'em or have I wasted my money?
My Up! is coming with the 16" Triangles as included with the sports pack. I have bought myself a set of the 16" silver classics to replace them as I've gone off the triangles. I've now bought myself a set of 14" steelies shod with Hankook Kinergy Eco tyres in a view to run them down and replace them with winter tyres. I guess using steelies in the winter is to protect your alloys from the road salt etc, which I understand.
The main point is that I only do 5000 or so miles a year, live in the south of Lincolnshire where we don't seem to get much winter anyway and can count on one hand the number of times I've had to drive in snow over the last five years or so. Am I just following the pack or do I really need a set of winters on standby? I've been driving 28 years, bikes, cars, hgv and psv and never used winter tyres before, well not to my knowledge anyway. Do I need 'em or have I wasted my money?