Good price budget winter tyre on car now for 2 nd season and driving through Switzerland soon

These were the only tyres I could get 2 years ago when I first decided to go with snow tyres and they have been AWESOME. They cost me £50 per corner back then and I have done a total of 15000 miles on them and they still have 5mm of tread left.
Some of the good feeling is probably because of the mini's excellent handling feedback, but as far as security and ability I rate them very highly. In actual snow they were loads of fun and there are many times when I have overtaken 4x4s going up hills. Also gave me the ability to have a clear run down the outside lane of the motorway when everyone else is stuck in the inside 2 lanes because they would wipe out in the snow.
They also gave my wife the confidence to go out in the snow.

Unfortunately I didn't get them fitted early enough this year and rolled the mini on black ice late November.
Have bought an Audi A3 tdi quattro and have read excellent things about Continental TS850s, so have bought 4 16inch steel wheels and 4 Contis from Tyremen.co.uk. this option was over £100 cheaper than buying less good rubber for the original 18inch alloys! Tyremen were very helpful and very competetive on price.
will report back on the new tyres, but quattro and snow tyres should be a hoot!

Got these for a Jazz originally and they were a massive improvement, driving on snow with these was like driving a car in normal conditions. They got me to work in really treacherous conditions that a car in normal tyres would not have done. Swapped them over to the Yaris when the Jazz had to be replaced and only time I really struggled was on soft snow as the 15 inch wheel size is rather wide for soft snow.

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