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Originally Posted by John.
It's because most don't have a reason to warrant them as most of the population live in areas that do not normally get weather conditions to justify the expense.....and it's not compulsory.
MSH, tell us about different brands you've tried.
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Well, average briton, like average people everywhere, don't know this little thing about tyre performance vs ambient temperature, and, like average people everywhere thinks that "winter tyres are needed for snow" , only they don't have law that would force them to mount more suitable tyres
As for my personal experience - I'm poor and so far I've either had money but lacked need for new tyres, or I've had need for tyres but no money - so far in my life I've bought few sets of used tyres. Currently my mk2 golf rides on 15 years old Nokian Hakapeliita 2's, I bought them used 5 years ago for my A90q, used them for 1 winter, then they sat unused, until I failed technical inspection due to too low thread on one tyre, Debica all-season, so then it was time to switch golf from 13" to 14", only usable 14" tyres I had in my possession, was these, and if I would keep them as winter tyres, I would still have them 5 years later
, so I put them on in order to wear them off - so far it seems I'll be using them for at least year, if not two.
I mounted set of new Westlake tyres on my mothers mk3 year ago and I was disappointed - in snow it felt like my mk2, which at that time had tyres that few months later failed technical inspection
