Picking up an XJ 5.0 V8 soon.  Its the rear wheel drive version and i am thinking of popping some winter tyres on before i collect as I live in Pennines.  Any thoughts folks?

Picking up an XJ 5.0 V8 soon.  Its the rear wheel drive version and i am thinking of popping some winter tyres on before i collect as I live in Pennines.  Any thoughts folks?

 

I can see where you are coming from, I live on the Brecon Beacons so can also be the victim of extreme weather conditions although, there is not a chance of me taking the XKR out if the temperature is below 10 deg C and shows signs of rain. Basically it will be boxed up in the garage between November and March.

 

I don't know what tyres you have fitted at present, on my daily ride which I use 365 days a year (Mercedes CLK270) I fitted a set of AVON all weather which really do grip the road very well and quite quite.

 

Might be worth you checking the website mytyres.com to see what they recommend

Cheers - I will have a shufty.

Hi Scott,

 

There are lots of opinions about changing to winter tyres, and a lot depends on where you live.  I lived quite high up in Derbyshire for 12 years and had to dig my car out on a couple of times, and had there been winter tyres available and had it not been a company car I might have done so.  When I lived in North Wales in the 60's I did have Town and Country tyres  on the rear wheels which were brilliant in the snow.

 

Living here in the Midlands where anything over 250 feet is a mountain I use Pirellis all year round without a problem.

 

I do believe that there are garages which will store your winter/summer tyres.  But as Kenny says, have a look around.

 

Regards,

 

Peter.