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Vidal Buffoon · 3rd January 2008, 21:39

I fitted Nokian WRG2 to my MX5, they're 17" 215/45s.

The handling in the MX5 is tricky (RWD) to say the least on snow with the 'normal' tyres so I had to get a set of winter tyres as we do get a few snow days in County Durham. I went for the WRG2s as they are meant to be an all weather tyre and I didn't want to loose too much performance. The Nokians out perform summer tyres in cold conditions (less that 7c) but today in the snow they were fantastic. Even the steep hill back to the house didn't faze the Mazda, on the summer tyres I would need a run up just to get over a speed bump.

I'll be getting a set of winter tyres for the Civic, probably the Vred Wintrac Extremes. Us Brits need to cotton on and fit winter tyres.

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Vidal Buffoon Valve Cap Join Date: 1st January 2008 Location: Durham, UK Posts: 44 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I fitted Nokian WRG2 to my MX5, they're 17" 215/45s. The handling in the MX5 is tricky (RWD) to say the least on snow with the 'normal' tyres so I had to get a set of winter tyres as we do get a few snow days in County Durham. I went for the WRG2s as they are meant to be an all weather tyre and I didn't want to loose too much performance. The Nokians out perform summer tyres in cold conditions (less that 7c) but today in the snow they were fantastic. Even the steep hill back to the house didn't faze the Mazda, on the summer tyres I would need a run up just to get over a speed bump. I'll be getting a set of winter tyres for the Civic, probably the Vred Wintrac Extremes. Us Brits need to cotton on and fit winter tyres.