Posts by Danny

Danny_R

12 Oct 2008

Travel / Snow tyres in Poland... legal or reccomended? [25]

Hey,

I'm planning a trip to Warsaw this Christmas with my girlfriend to see her family, we were going to fly but with the price of tickets we are now planning to drive as its gonna be cheaper and we're gonna get to see some of europe on the way and the way back :)

only major question I have is the legality of winter tyres, obviously we never need them here, but having to drive through Germany and obviously Poland I have been researching winter tyres, I read that they are now required in Germany during winter months but I also read that they are not legally required yet in Poland, only reccomended.

so then I thought about snow chains and if I could get away with carrying chains for if/when we come across snowy conditions - If I can get away with this id much preffer it than having to buy winter tyres just to get through Germany.

has anyone done something similar to this? or have any links to EU laws on winter tyres?

any info would be greatly appreciated :)

Many thanks

Danny

Danny_R

14 Oct 2008

Travel / Snow tyres in Poland... legal or reccomended? [25]

very interesting information :) many thanks to all

I know it sounds like a bit of a crazy idea (and agreed definately would be better suited to the summer) but yeah, the tickets we found for the dates and places we want are already over 600 quid and we dont have the money to order them yet so who knows how much they will be by the time we can buy them - worked out its about 1200 miles each way, budgeting on 3 tanks of fuel each way max, so maybe 300 quid all round for fuel, gonna need to stop over somewhere for a night, food, drinks, ferry (Dover/Calais) I think it will work out cheaper ... long as my car doesnt break down LOL

my car has universal tyres on all ready (standard tyres here in the UK) they are pretty new and have loads of tread.

DNZ - I used Toyo Proxes for 3 years constantly, brilliant tyres, but the wear was just too fast

depending where this place will post to I always use them for my tyres.....funnily enough - mytyres.co.uk/ cheapest winter tyres on there are around 35 quid. if they dont post to europe look for a company called Delphi (im sure someone else will have heard of them) as Delphi own mytyres.

once again cheers for the information, shall have a good long read and will let you know the outcome :)