Replacing summer tires with winter is not a tribute to some fashion or a parish of manufacturers, this is a necessity that consists in the safety of traffic, care for the health and life of the driver and passengers. It is very difficult to choose winter tires because the only option does not exist. Here drivers have to choose from several factors. First you need to keep in mind operating conditions and car activity. Winter rubber is divided into studded and non -navigable.
Before choosing winter tires, first of all, you need to pay attention to the technical conditions, quality and their safety. Although the price is important when choosing winter tires, it is better not to save on quality. There is a rating of winter rubber, where places are located in this way:
1st place – Ultra Grip 8 from Goodyear;
2nd place – Continental TS 830;
3rd place – Michelin Alpin
Ultra Grip 8 from Goodyear – a newcomer, but showed himself to be the best in all respects. He really has a small drawback: exceeds the braking distance on the dry road. In 2014, Indian tires appeared on the market – Apollo. They did not show themselves very much on the wet and snow surface, but managed to get ahead of people like Japanese Falken and Indonesian GT Radial.The cost of winter tires is also of great importance. For example, you can buy winter tires in Moscow a premium-class in size 205/55 R16 about 130 euros per tire, although you can find 90 euros on the market at the market. And this is already significant, because the difference for the kit is already 160 euros. After all, little -known firms go their roots from better well -known manufacturers, therefore this price is made so tempting. The Folda, Toyo, Sava tires are on the cheap list. They showed a very good result on wet, snow and dry coating, no worse than premium brands. The Finnish tires Nokian Wrd 3 showed themselves well.