OK, regarding tyre pressures - a lot of people lower the pressures in winter to allow more surface contact + more grip from the tyres....
What value would people pick for the lowest 'safe' pressure to go to - There aren't too many potholes round warminster luckily, but still wouldnt want the thought of my alloy smashing coz my tyres were underinflated, but would like a little more grip to avoid the feeling of riding a 1.5ton sledge!
I know a lot of smart arses will no doubt come along and say there is no set value for this as the lower the better for ice, but higher the better for wheel damage so its a balancing act somewhere between, but just wanted to gauge roughly what people ran in winter.
Get voting!
(oh and I know technically it isnt necessarily an Leon related post, but it is obviously tyre specific and aimed primarily at LCR wheels 225/40/18s)
What value would people pick for the lowest 'safe' pressure to go to - There aren't too many potholes round warminster luckily, but still wouldnt want the thought of my alloy smashing coz my tyres were underinflated, but would like a little more grip to avoid the feeling of riding a 1.5ton sledge!
I know a lot of smart arses will no doubt come along and say there is no set value for this as the lower the better for ice, but higher the better for wheel damage so its a balancing act somewhere between, but just wanted to gauge roughly what people ran in winter.
Get voting!
(oh and I know technically it isnt necessarily an Leon related post, but it is obviously tyre specific and aimed primarily at LCR wheels 225/40/18s)
They didn't say anything about dropping pressure in the winter. The way i see it, tyres have a recommended pressure and are made for most, if not all, weather climates. There shouldn't be any need to modify it, just drive to the weather conditions.
