Winter Tyres

[Andy S]

Forum is getting dull again.

Has anyone fitted winter tyres to their Stag?

Has anyone been pulled for not having a MOT yet. Mine is due at the end of next month and following a recent call with the DVLA and reading recent news articles I’m left wondering what my car’s status will show as.

I also fitted a Header Tank recently, a complete convert. Hate the look, but love the peace of mind.

Has the missing apostrophes issue been resolved yet?

Andy S

[marshman]

If the car was registered before Jan 1st 1978 (1979 after April 1st 2019) and it has Historic Vehicle Class then it is exempt. If you get stopped by the police for no valid MoT then as long as the car is roadworthy just state it is an Historic Vehicle and is MoT and Road Tax exempt. As far as I am aware you only have to fill in the declaration form when it comes time to reapply for the "free" road tax, though can't be 100% sure on that one as I have always had my "exempt" cars MoT'd.

i have found a bag of apostrophie' ' ' s if anyone needs them

Roger

[RobinLegin]

Not on my Stag, but winter tyres are on the BMW X1 ready for a trip to the Alps. If anyone is thinking of taking their Stag (or just thier daily driver) out to the Nordics, Germany, or Austria, I believe winter tyres are compulsory at this time of year. In Switzerland if you have an accident at this time of year and your car is not sporting winter tyres you are considered to be at fault.
but again, not sure I would take my Stag out in this inclement weather either!

[dasadrew]

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i have found a bag of apostrophie' ' ' s if anyone needs them

Roger

No, but if you've got any vowels going spare you can donate them to Wales

[trunt]

I was converted to winter tyres one winter morning in Nuremberg, I was sliding around in my rental car the first snowy morning wondering how the heck these German drivers could be so damn good in these conditions.. When I got to work I commented and my colleague asked if I had winter tyres? No.. the rental company was called and they quickly took the car away and put some on.. What a difference!!

Since then I have always had a set for my personal daily use cars.

[mike@thenook]

My daughters first car was her grandads Yaris which unbeknown to us had been fitted with winter tyres by some rather daft tyre fitters the previous summer - it stuck to the road like glue and the wear was not bad either.

[flying farmer]

I know a guy who does a lot of autosolo competitions in a mid engined special he built. He uses winter tyres due to their extra grip.

[Paul Kelley]

Yep, winter tyres make a signifcant difference, especially on rear wheel drive cars. But not worth the investment/storage/change-over hassle for a Stag for most of us!

[jagorstag]

Here's an article that might be of interest: https://classicsworld.co.uk/news/cla...-tyre-neglect/

[Neil in Deal]

Afternoon all. Re being stopped by the police for the Police National Computer showing "no Mot / Road Tax" there has been a bit of correspondence in Classic Car Weekly over the last couple of weeks. CCW recommended downloading a letter from the FBHVC website, which basically states that a 40 year plus old vehicle does not require to be Mot'd, and (as long as you have yourself declared it as such on the anniversary date for Road Tax) a Historic Vehicle is also Road Tax exempt. This seems to make sense to me. However, I WILL be taking my Stag for an annual Mot, AND making sure I continue to tax her as a Historic Vehicle. (Better safe than sorry, and this will also prevent the police wasting their time making enquiries about my car.

Winter tyres ? Not fitted, as I certainly don't plan venturing out on the white fluffy stuff ! I DO have Continental Contact 5's fitted, but that's only because of their greater "wet weather" grip.

Talking of tyres, when I bought the car last year it was fitted with Goodyear Grand Prix G800S tyres. NO signs of cracking/splits, and minimal wear, but enquiries revealed Good year stopped making 'em in 1989 !!!Eeek!
(The month/year of manufacture on the sidewall bore that out - only 3 digits, which was a bit of a clue as to their age.) When closely inspected after removal, they looked perfect both outside and in. One was fitted with an inner tube....the reason being one of the tyres wasn't sealing properly onto the alloy due to corrosion …..cue a set of refurbished alloys/beans on toast for a month.....ah, the joys of classic car ownership....happy (and careful) winter motoring....

[Lingen]

Andy.
Stag Club friends of mine are currently on a week long Classic Car navigation rally with their Stag in the Austrian Alps. The conditions over there are pretty horrendous, and many cars have already dropped out for one reason or another. Not the Stag though! It is the first time one has been seen on the event, and it is attracting a good deal of interest. On advice from another competitor, they purchased a full set of special Norwegian winter tyres. I doubt if they would last long on Tarmac, but they haven't seen any of that yet! They tell me that on the ice and snow, their grip is amazing, and with the limited slip diff, they have been storming past other more commonplace entries on these events.
So my comment is, that they definitely work well, but they are expensive. So how often will you be using them?
Mike.

[Stag About Town]

These tyres only work well on ice if studded. OK for soft snow or mud which is why they are called M+S for mud and snow. For really icy conditions you need chains but not on my Stag thanks. John

[jagorstag]

These tyres should come in handy on icy roads!!

[dasadrew]

I've observed that BMW's, Audi's and Range Rover Evoques behave in accordance with Newton's lesser known 4th Law of Motion:

The fourth law states that if the net force (the vector sum of all forces acting on an object) is zero (such as on ice or snow), then the velocity of the object follows the exact path of the highway on which the object is moving. Velocity is a vector quantity which expresses both the object's speed and the direction of its motion.

[trunt]

These tyres only work well on ice if studded. OK for soft snow or mud which is why they are called M+S for mud and snow. For really icy conditions you need chains but not on my Stag thanks. John

All season Tyres are marked M&S but true snow tyres also have a "mountain with a snowflake" logo as well. OK studded are the ultimate for ice but snow tyres should perform better than all season M&S, even on ice. They have rubber that stays soft in the cold and many more sipes in the treads to help with grip.

Heres the tire rack test of all 3 (ok they are selling tires and those cones were probably set to make sure the winter tyres made it but..)

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests...y.jsp?ttid=116