I know its August but...

[dozzer]

We experienced a good amount of snow over the last two winters up here in the north. Overall how did your Cayenne's perform over the winter period? It will have 19's possibly with winter tyres so not expecting any issues "" just thought I would ask first []

 

[Rotorhead]

We have a farm in a valley in a hilly part of the Cotswolds and our lanes had snow, ice or treacherous conditions for much of last winter.

Our Cayenne has the 19" wheels with the 'all season' tyres and we had no issues - common sense and a light right foot and the Cayenne did the rest. Previous X5 was poor in similar conditions, but had summer tyres. You'll have no problems.

 

[dozzer]

Thats good to hear Oliver as I have an older Landrover as a winter hack and its never let me down once.

Looking forward to testing it this comming winter as well as enjoying its general road capabilities when I pick it up sometime in the next ten days []

 

[Rotorhead]

Yes, we also have a 'go anywhere' Defender, but even these rely on the right tyres for purpose.

You'll be amazed how accomplished the Cayenne is.

 

[tiskev]

Oliver what Boots do you put on a Defender other than
the standard tyres as fitted to the steel wheels ?

 

[dozzer]

ORIGINAL: tiskev

Oliver what Boots do you put on a Defender other than
the standard tyres as fitted to the steel wheels ?

I fit "general grabber" to mine which have never let me down and got me out of some sticky situations...

 

[pwebb]

Hope your winter tyres are in good shape - mine need replacing and have been on back order with the opc since February. Have had three seasons out of the current set and great this last winter.

 

[RSGulp]

It was the steepish downhill sections I had a few problems with in the Cotswolds last year. Tyres losing traction and the car simply becoming a sledge. Came down to a decision between allowing the car to continue to gain speed in low gear with rotating wheels (not ideal), or brake and risk the wheels losing traction (also not ideal).

Does a 4x4 with winter tyres overcome this and give you back control on icy/snowy descents?

 

[Tony M]

ORIGINAL: RSGulp

Does a 4x4 with winter tyres overcome this and give you back control on icy/snowy descents?

Not only desents but ascents too.

Last winter I was making my way back to our village down a hill, when I saw on the opposite side of the road a Post office Transit van which was nose first into a snowdrift at the side of the snow covered road.There was a queue of vehicles backing up the hill.There was about 8-10 people attempting to dig it out.

I did a u turn and backed up to the van. The people stopped digging and all wondered what was to come as there was no Tow ball visible on the KN. I asked the Postman if he had a tow Bolt eye in the toolkit possibly with the jack. After scrabbling about in the cab he produced a Towing Bolt which was screwed into the bumper.

I opened the tailgate to show off the weeks shopping and pressed the Tow Ball button and the small crowd watched in awe as the Tow Ball motored into position.I then produced a Flourescent Yellow tow line and hooked up the two vehicles. Full of confidence I said to the postie get back in and steer.

The KN then pulled the Van sideways out of the snowdrift and then up the hill to the cheers of the small crowd.

At the top of the hill I un-hitched the Post van and the Postie said ' Thanks, I never thought that thing would do it !'

 

[tiskev]

Thanks Des.
I have Scorpion Ice and Snow on the KN
but have the standard fit tyres on the Defender .
I was going to fit another type for winter but was told by the Swiss Landy
people that the standard tyres conformed to the spec demanded for winter
by the Ins Co's and authorities .I must say she still parked higher up the
ski slopes than anything else (not by me)

 

[tiskev]

Peter get the from Tyres4you or others before the panic sets in
and order continental spec .There is a difference ..........

 

[Paulo]

I managed to get through the worst winter in decades up here with normal Hankook Ventus tyres of 275/40/20. I had try to buy winter tyres & rims throughout last winter (even from Germany) but was unwilling to pay the cost of circa £1500 - £2000....

I continued looking on E-bay and in March I purchased a set of unmarked 18 Cayenne Turbo alloys with new Dunlop Grandtrex winter tyres for £205 plus postage, can't wait for this winter now.....

 

[mikec]

I've only had the Cayenne a couple of months but I've already got a full set of 18" wheels and Michelin Alpins sitting waiting for the snow. Roll on the winter[]

 

[Rotorhead]

ORIGINAL: tiskev

Oliver what Boots do you put on a Defender other than
the standard tyres as fitted to the steel wheels ?

I'm still on the original General Grabber TRs - an 'all rounder' road biased tyre rather than winter specific.

Both the Cayenne and Defender coped with accents and decents that the X5 couldn't.

 

[tiskev]

I have a friend with a 2 wheel drive in York and last winter
because he had winter boots all round he managed to use the car
whereas others on ordinary rubber could not get off their drives ...........

 

[Black80XSA]

I had winter tyres on the Golf last year, after being virtually house bound the year before with 'summerish' Bridgestones. I could drive without any flicker from the traction control in 9-12" of fresh snow, 6" of hard compacted snow/ice and on frozen slush. Traction on dry and rainy days when temperatures were below 9'C were far better than previous. Even on the 2 or 3 days where temperatures rose into double figures the tyres seemed to be fine, certainly they didn;t turn to mush as some people will tell you !!

Tyre prices currently seem about 15% higher than i paid this time last year, mytyres have by far the biggest choice and virtually always the best price (Camskill another option for good pricing).

Look forward to being the most mobile car in my semi-rural location again this year - much to the annoyance of the 4x4 brigade on fat bling bling summer rubber