How winter tyres work?

How winter tyres work; As many of my readers know, I am a big fan of Dunlop Tyres. In my earlier career, I used to work for them as an office manager. At the beginning of 1970,s. Dunlop tyres were one of the leading tyre companies in those days.

Tyre manufacturers were more localised to their country of origin. Globalisation was a word that had not entered into the world of tyres. Most of the other large tyre companies originated from the USA.

The 1970’s were the beginning of the world car boom. People could afford to buy a car. Blue collar workers were entering the new car market, for the first time. Times were good in the Auto industry.

National automakers were doing well. Car sales were hitting new records. Higher car sales. Would mean that the tyres makers were seeing their market share rising. Tyre companies were starting to expand across countries. Michelin was very active in Europe and the USA.

Dunlop tyres were dipping their toes into the motorsport market. Michelin was also investing in motorsport to promote their tyre products. Dunlop became an important tyre supplier to the Prestige Jaguar cars.

Consequently, Dunlop was starting development work alongside the Jaguar engineers, to develop new products. However, this did not always work out the way they would have liked it. A new textile radial tyre had to be prepared for the Jaguar XJ6.

How winter tyres work

The XJ6 was having problems with road noise. A specific tyre size would have to be developed by Dunlop especially for this car model. The infamous ER70VR15 tyre. This was to be the textile radial tyre. The tyre had problems with the shape. Believe it or not, the tyres were not round?

To counteract this, Dunlop had to develop a unique machine. This machine would skim the tyre tread area to re-shape the tyre. I remembered clearly having to take the Jaguar cars to the Dunlop tyre depot in the centre of Leeds here in Yorkshire UK.

However, the Dunlop tyres of today are a vastly different animal. The tyres are of superb quality. This includes the  SP Winter Sports 4D These winter tyres, exhibit excellent handling and grip for high-performance cars in wet and icy conditions. The fuel efficient design and enhanced snow and ice traction make it a popular choice amongst performance enthusiasts.

Effectiveness-Winter Tyres

For maximum safety winter tyres should be fitted to all four wheels. However, it is possible to fit them on your drive wheels only. Drivers, can’t always afford to buy a set of four tyres and so two winter tyres is better than none.

Mixing summer and winter tyres could result at either end of your car sliding, or spinning causing you to lose control. This is unlikely but it could happen in unfortunate circumstances. The wrong time and the wrong place.

This year I fitted winter tyres to my car before the bad weather hit. The difference when driving in snow is incredible compared to summer tyres. Drivers have raved about the safety and effectiveness of their winter tyres in snowy conditions.

Because the temperature only has to fall below 7 degrees, winter tyres are more efficient the summer tyres. Winter tyres should go onto your car from November to March. Consequently,  the whole of the UK should be fitted with winter tyres.  Furthermore, there would be fewer accidents and travel chaos. This chaos happens every time it snows on the motorways and hilly areas.

Effectiveness-Winter Tyres

Winter tyres are not illegal to use on British roads. Indeed, we are one of the few European countries where fitting winter tyres is not a legal requirement.

There are many excellent brands of tyres available in winter patterns. Different tyre retailers sell different products. Take it from me, they are all worth fitting  for your safety. The video shows just how effective these tyres are in bad conditions.

We here at Pellon Tyres in Halifax, Yorkshire, UK fit thousands of winter tyres every winter. We sell most brands of tyres. Finally, we recommend that you bring down the cost, by fitting mid-range winter tyres. Brands that we recommend are Apollo, Vredestein, General and Jinyu.

Fitting Winter Tyres Could Save Your Life

Mercedes-Benz Switching Winter Tyres

When November arrives and with winter approaching it will be time to think about switching to Winter Tyres for your Mercedes-Benz . This excellent video shows just how much difference Mercedes-Benz Winter Tyres can make, up to 50% reduced braking distance on snow. Winter tyres are made with a higher percentage of natural rubber meaning they remain more supple at temperatures below 7º C.

When fitting your Mercedes winter tyres then there is doubt and a sensible thing to do.

Most noteworthy, it has been proven many times over, that fitting Apollo Winters, will be a wise thing to do. Especially just before the onset of winter. Furthermore, by fitting winter tyres before the onset of winter, will help you get from A to B without too many problems.

This means that your Mercedes car will cope with most things that the inclement weather could throw at it. However, you will have to be careful in a really bad blizzard.  You will drive safer, even in the worse of snow. and in some conditions even with winter tyres fitted to your car, then you should still drive with care, do not get

Mercedes-Benz Switching Winter Tyres

You must appreciate that total care must be taken. In some extreme conditions even with winter tyres fitted to your car. Consequently,  you should still drive with care.  Your winter tyres will give you the grip that you need, but do not get over confident.

You should still drive your Mercedes car with care in snowy winter conditions, even with snow tyres fitted. They are not a license to be reckless. Here at Pellon Tyres in Halifax Uk, we do sell thousands of winter tyres to our customers. We recommend that they fit General winter tyres and Apollo winter tyres.

General tyres are made by Continental who are proud to promote the General tyres brand.