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Okay, for some of us who live oop North, in Scotland or take our cars on ski-drive holidays to The Alps, here's a discovery that is a game-changer!
Pirelli have some 22" Scorpion Ice & Snow winter tyres. Okay, they ain't cheap at £300 per corner but it does mean that I can now seriously consider adding 22" rims to my car rather than use the standard 20" blades.
My problem until now has been the need to own a second set of 20" rims for the winter so I could run 22" rims in the summer. That's what I currently do with my Volvo XC60, albeit on 18" for the winter and 20" for the summer. I have a lovely rack mounted on the wall in my garage and the rims sit in it until the seasons change.
But the issue with the current approach is that, having spent £££ on the 20" optional rims for my Volvo, they sit in the garage for 5mths every year while my car looks average on its 18" winter rims. That doesn't sound like value for money in my book!
I faced the same problem with the F-Pace because nobody was producing 22" winter tyres. So I would need two sets of rims, mega-bucks and my F-Pace wouldn't look drop-dead gorgeous on her 22" rims for 5mths during the winter. What a waste of money, me thinks.
Now Pirelli have their 22" winter tyres I only need one set of rims as my dealer will swap the rubber, they do a careful job and they have told me that they see no potential issue with damage to either the rims, tyres or the more fragile tyre pressure monitoring valves. Great!
Except that this mans another £1500 approx. onto the option list for the car and then another £350 extra representing the marginal cost of the difference between the 20" and 22" winter boots which I will buy in the Summer of 2017.
Man, this delayed delivery idea of mine is proving expensive because I keep on visiting the configurator and choosing another little shiny trinket from the list!
Anyway, there you go. This might be helpful news for others who use winter tyres.
Best wishes, Arianne
PS. Don't bother suggesting All Weather tyres. Not in The Alps when I want to be anxiety free and never ever want to bother with the horrible things that are snow chains.
Pirelli have some 22" Scorpion Ice & Snow winter tyres. Okay, they ain't cheap at £300 per corner but it does mean that I can now seriously consider adding 22" rims to my car rather than use the standard 20" blades.
My problem until now has been the need to own a second set of 20" rims for the winter so I could run 22" rims in the summer. That's what I currently do with my Volvo XC60, albeit on 18" for the winter and 20" for the summer. I have a lovely rack mounted on the wall in my garage and the rims sit in it until the seasons change.
But the issue with the current approach is that, having spent £££ on the 20" optional rims for my Volvo, they sit in the garage for 5mths every year while my car looks average on its 18" winter rims. That doesn't sound like value for money in my book!
I faced the same problem with the F-Pace because nobody was producing 22" winter tyres. So I would need two sets of rims, mega-bucks and my F-Pace wouldn't look drop-dead gorgeous on her 22" rims for 5mths during the winter. What a waste of money, me thinks.
Now Pirelli have their 22" winter tyres I only need one set of rims as my dealer will swap the rubber, they do a careful job and they have told me that they see no potential issue with damage to either the rims, tyres or the more fragile tyre pressure monitoring valves. Great!
Except that this mans another £1500 approx. onto the option list for the car and then another £350 extra representing the marginal cost of the difference between the 20" and 22" winter boots which I will buy in the Summer of 2017.
Man, this delayed delivery idea of mine is proving expensive because I keep on visiting the configurator and choosing another little shiny trinket from the list!
Anyway, there you go. This might be helpful news for others who use winter tyres.
Best wishes, Arianne
PS. Don't bother suggesting All Weather tyres. Not in The Alps when I want to be anxiety free and never ever want to bother with the horrible things that are snow chains.