Winter Bridgestone

[hajer]

In the snow they are very gooood

[jumpman23]

Originally Posted by hajer

In the snow they are very gooood

These are great, rain, snow everything just great

[hajer]

Yes they are,and I say in the snow they are good ,and in snow condition is Bridgeston beter then Michelin

[amronno]

Originally Posted by hajer

Yes they are,and I say in the snow they are good ,and in snow condition is Bridgeston beter then Michelin

Hello guys!

According to the following Norwegian test from october - 2006, (the latest I was able to find) they're equally good, I would say. I will point out that the test is for tyres meant for the Nordic market, so I dont know if the same tyres are available in Slovenia, unfortunately.

Vinterdekk-test: Piggfrie dekk

Translated it will be about as follows:

Bridgestone Blizzak Nordic:

Returns as one of the best unstudded winter tyres.
Grip on ice is among the best. The steering appear precisely, and returns good feedback from the base. A little bit poorer performance on snow, snowslush and wet tarmac, though.
Overall a success.

Michelin X - ice:

Defending it's position as one of the best. (unstudded.)
Grip on ice among the best. Response on snow and grip on slush is great, but slightly poor brake grip on snow and a bit heavy steering obstruct the tyre from reaching the top of the list. Handling on dry tarmac is good.

I'm very happy with my Bridgestone Blizzak Nordic in dimension 225/45R17"
I can confirm they are very good on both snow and ice and suit the civic very vell in my opinion. They performed very well over the mountain passes in southern Norway (about 1200m above sea level at the highest point, winter most of the year at this height) between our two largest cities, in fact I was really impressed.

[angie4m]

Weather in the UK, especially where I live is not good at the moment. Being snowing all day, not ideal when your Mum has only driven the CTR 3 times and each time she has been scared Sh**less everytime as she thinks it goes 'Whooosh! Like a rocket' (her words not mines) lol and she gets it to drive......anyway I drove too and from town before I let my mother lose in it and I have to say that the Yoko's were very, very good! Probably the best tyre I have ever used. Needless to say my mother was also very impressed as it was much better than her BM, apart from the bouncing about the road due to the suspension

My Dad's M3 has bridgstone Potenzas on it and in this weather, well quite frankly anything apart from the dry it becomes a white knuckle drive

[hajer]

I'm very happy with my Bridgestone Blizzak 225/45R17" too

[amronno]

Originally Posted by hajer

I'm very happy with my Bridgestone Blizzak 225/45R17" too

It seems like we have exacly the same tyres then..nice

[Vidal Buffoon]

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.

[amronno]

Originally Posted by angie4m

Weather in the UK, especially where I live is not good at the moment. Being snowing all day, not ideal when your Mum has only driven the CTR 3 times and each time she has been scared Sh**less everytime as she thinks it goes 'Whooosh! Like a rocket' (her words not mines) lol and she gets it to drive......anyway I drove too and from town before I let my mother lose in it and I have to say that the Yoko's were very, very good! Probably the best tyre I have ever used. Needless to say my mother was also very impressed as it was much better than her BM, apart from the bouncing about the road due to the suspension

My Dad's M3 has bridgstone Potenzas on it and in this weather, well quite frankly anything apart from the dry it becomes a white knuckle drive

I just heard about the snowfall on the news which caused a lot of traffical problems in UK today, not to mention several other countries in Europe like Bulgaria, for instance. Funny though, as it is not even a single snowflake in my place, neither in the air or on the ground.
Are the Yokohama's on your CTR so-called M+S tyres or friction type? (unstudded winter tyres) Reason for asking is that I assumed dedicated winter tyres for not to be a commom thing over in the UK, as it is not mandatory, unlike here, and due to that not on stock at the various tyre garages.
Oh yes, I can easily understand why a ride your dad's M3 becomes a white knuckle drive, as BMW is one of the very few car makers that (still) stick to RWD on all their models. That's BMW's trademark, which I'm sure you already knew.

[angie4m]

Yes I already knew that one considering i'm now the only one without a BMW built ca in the house out of the 5 of them. But even then they Mini was front wheel drive which was a change for BMW.

Winter tyres are not common over here as although it gets cold, we don't always get snow and only ice occasionally. Where I live is on the coast and the snow hardly ever falls around here and if it does it very rarely lies, but it did this week.

The Yokohamas are Advan Sport which are meant to be one of the best tyres to use in the wet, so that may have some reason for them performing so well the other day. I am now sure that when I come to change my tyres I will be sticking with the Yoko's