Rubber compound has a temperature at which it stops behaving. Summer tyres are formulated for grip in warm conditions and they go noticeably hard below about seven degrees, which is why a car that felt fine in October can feel vague and slow to stop in January on exactly the same tyres. All-season compounds are formulated to stay flexible across a wider range, with a tread pattern to match, and they trade a little dry performance for a lot of cold and wet capability.
This comes up on urgent jobs because a replacement in December is a decision you will live with all year. It is not a question of one being better, it is a question of when your car actually gets driven and in what. If it does short trips in cold, wet traffic for half the year, that matters. We carry a range and will tell you what is aboard rather than making the choice for you.
6mm across the central three-quarters and the tyre is illegal, not merely tired, and no amount of careful driving changes that. When there is no time to wait for a garage slot, we bring the right size out to you in SW19 and fit it where the car is parked. Whether it is Raynes Park in rush hour or Merton High Street at midnight, we answer. On Robin Hood Way, day or night, Raynes Park included, arrival across SW19 runs 30 to 60 minutes.
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Wimbledon Hill Road and the Village streets are steep, and cold hard rubber on a wet gradient is exactly where a summer compound in January makes itself felt. If a tyre has to be replaced in the winter months, it is worth two minutes of conversation about what the car actually does, because that decision stays on the car until the tread runs out.
Summer compound below about seven degrees goes hard, and the tyre loses grip long before the tread is worn out. Nothing has gone wrong, it is simply outside its range.
An all-season tyre alongside a summer one on the same axle behaves differently in the cold, which is precisely when you least want a surprise. Match the pair.
Worth thinking about, because that tyre will still be on the car in July. Same money, different characteristics, and the choice should be yours.
Compound and tread pattern. All-season rubber stays flexible in the cold, where summer compound hardens below about seven degrees and loses grip.
Slightly, in the dry at high speed. For a car doing mostly ordinary journeys the trade is usually a reasonable one.
Not on the same axle. The pair need to behave alike, particularly under braking in the wet and cold.
We carry a range across budget, mid-range and premium. Read us the sidewall code when you ring and we will tell you what is aboard in your size.
Typically 30 to 60 minutes, whether you are in the Village, at the Broadway or out at Raynes Park, day or night.
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