landybear Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Evening all, I have BFG AT's on my defender and the tread is running fairly low so i want to change for the winter, but dont know what to change to. What are the best tires for winter use - is it an AT pattern or is a snow and ice tire better?? I was thinking of putting a snow and ice tire on for winter and changing over to an AT for the summer?? Is this worth it or would i not notice the difference between a snow and ice tire and a standard AT pattern. Sorry about being long winded. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 If your winter driving is in Devon as per your avatar, or even England I would suggest you wouldn't see any benefit from a true winter tyre. The temperatures don't get and stay low enough to warrant it. I would stick to AT's if you have been happy with them to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverbo Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 If your winter driving is in Devon as per your avatar, or even England I would suggest you wouldn't see any benefit from a true winter tyre. The temperatures don't get and stay low enough to warrant it. I would stick to AT's if you have been happy with them to date. Personally I have Michelin Synchrone´s on my RRC (now out of production I guess), but even here in the nordic area most LR/RR drivers prefers BFG AT for driving in loose/wet snow. On hard ice and heavy frost (up north in Sweden and Norway) the Nokian Happekaliita with spikes have many fans. But stick to your BFG´s. Oh, and remember, just because you have better traction, doesn´t mean you have better braking (I found out the hard way some years ago in Sweden ) /Bo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frax Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I would stick with yer BF A/Ts I have used them for years and think they are a great tyre. Frax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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