SO2 tyres in winter
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From: City Of London / Knebworth
Originally Posted by Crusoe,Sep 9 2004, 01:38 PM
IMO non S02 tyres can go into roll oversteer quite suddenly in the dry compared to the S2K specific S02s
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Originally Posted by tomthumm,Sep 9 2004, 01:55 PM
Is the S2K useable in the snow or is it get out and walk time?
I know it doesn't snow much, even up north. But I had a few bad experiences with my car that I've just got rid of (M3) in the ice & snow.
I know it doesn't snow much, even up north. But I had a few bad experiences with my car that I've just got rid of (M3) in the ice & snow.
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From: Harpenden
IMHO - If you have wide tyres and rear wheel drive in the SNOW it doesn't matter what tyre you have. You are going to have a hell of a time regardless. This opinion is ignoring snow tyres, but given the amount of snow we have here in the south I don't see the point of them.
Winter tyres may be a choice for WET conditions, but personnaly I don't see the point of these since all it takes is to adapt your driving to the conditions.
Also, all tyres capability to remove water reduce with tyre wear, but I have no opinion between S02s and F1's since I only have had S02's.
Winter tyres may be a choice for WET conditions, but personnaly I don't see the point of these since all it takes is to adapt your driving to the conditions.
Also, all tyres capability to remove water reduce with tyre wear, but I have no opinion between S02s and F1's since I only have had S02's.
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came with so3s on the back and so2s on the front when i got it, then had f1s all round when i stacked it 
both had quite a tendancy for roll oversteer IMO though the car i drove with so2s seemed not to suffer from this though it could have been a suspension geometry thing too.
both had quite a tendancy for roll oversteer IMO though the car i drove with so2s seemed not to suffer from this though it could have been a suspension geometry thing too.
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Originally Posted by neil955,Sep 9 2004, 02:40 PM
dude, its about how you use yer right foot... personally, I like the S0'2's.. have no issue with them in rain or snow - smoothness is the key, regardless of the tyre you are using. The only issue I have with them is their longevity - 4Kmiles is the most I have got - but as above, that's prob cos of right foot usage!
but
in ell-4K miles 
Cars done 16K-still on the 1st set
Does anyone have a comprehensive listing of tyres that can be used on the S?
S02's,Toyos,Eagle????????????
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From: Lothians
Proper winter tyres aren't really necessary in this country unless you drive in the remoter/higher parts of the UK in winter (which I do sometimes, and is why I bought some 
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I have been caught in falling snow on the A9 in scotland, and with in the words of Macbeth "To go on were as hard as to go back" (or thereabouts) I had to press on, but driving very slowly and VERY VERY smoothly - I also made sure I didn't stop or slow down drastically on any inclines (nearly wet myself waiting for a layby to take a pi$$ in that wasn't on an incline
) - conditions were much like C7BLE's 1st pic above.
There have been posts on this forum about people not being able to get off their mildly sloping drive in snow due to the SO2s not gripping enough - and as you can see from C7BLE's 2nd pic above, at an incline on slow rural roads it's pretty terminal.
There is an oft posted pic form the US of an S completely stuck, in about a half inch of snow, at the side of a freeway after a small slide just because he couldn't climb the camber to get back onto the crown of the road.
I have never tried F1s or Toyos in the snow, but they are probably the best all rounder you can get I would think, if you are worried about snow - but as one of the above posts says, if it only snows once a year where you live, I wouldn't bother changing from SO2s.
).I have been caught in falling snow on the A9 in scotland, and with in the words of Macbeth "To go on were as hard as to go back" (or thereabouts) I had to press on, but driving very slowly and VERY VERY smoothly - I also made sure I didn't stop or slow down drastically on any inclines (nearly wet myself waiting for a layby to take a pi$$ in that wasn't on an incline
) - conditions were much like C7BLE's 1st pic above.There have been posts on this forum about people not being able to get off their mildly sloping drive in snow due to the SO2s not gripping enough - and as you can see from C7BLE's 2nd pic above, at an incline on slow rural roads it's pretty terminal.
There is an oft posted pic form the US of an S completely stuck, in about a half inch of snow, at the side of a freeway after a small slide just because he couldn't climb the camber to get back onto the crown of the road.
I have never tried F1s or Toyos in the snow, but they are probably the best all rounder you can get I would think, if you are worried about snow - but as one of the above posts says, if it only snows once a year where you live, I wouldn't bother changing from SO2s.