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Winter tyres? In Nigeria??

I am sure you are currently battling with these questions at the moment.

Sure, some of us drive with winter tyres in Nigeria.. knowingly or unknowingly. The problem is, these winter tyres damage our roads as they become soft and sticky in hot weather thereby peeling the road surface quicker. Some of them even have metal studs/spikes which cause further damage to our roads. You would even hear the noise of the studs grinding on the road or the tyres sticking to the ground when the cars are driving close to you.

How many of us ever did a thorough inspection of the tyres that came with our cars from USA, Canada and Europe? Go check your car tyres right away.. ensure it does not have the M+S symbol which stands for MUD & SNOW and/or the three-peaked mountain with snowflake symbol as seen in the attached picture.

Several accidented cars are shipped to Nigeria and a reasonable chunk of those accidents are caused by snow... which means those cars may have been running on winter tyres.

By law, you are not meant to use these tyres during summer because they are bad for hot and dry pavement. Only summer tyres can give you the safety and performance you need in warm weather.

With their special compounds and tread patterns, winter tyres are designed to stay soft and flexible in cold conditions, providing traction and grip in low temperatures on wet and icy surfaces. But with the hot weather in Nigeria, they lose this advantage, grip declines and the tread starts to wear faster as the tyres become soft and sticks to the hot roads.

https://autojosh.com/how-nigerian-drivers-damage-nigerian-roads-with-winter-tyres/

Hmmm

Thanks for the info

More pics, lets get ur points better

this post will surely make fp

make i learn sha, cos i never get ride yet

Good to know

Tire na Tire

Eze nwanta 1 of space booker was here 10:25/10:26am
Let me know when u discover Summer tyres,chiooo.

You are right

When will Nigeria make tires that is afford so that cheap tyres and snow tyres don't infiltrate the market

I never even buy bicycle tyre not to talk of car tyre.

SweetBoyFriend:

That's a lie

Snow tyres do not damage asphalt

Prove it and stop shouting

How people can afford new tyres

Wow, nice info

AK6464:
Tire na Tire

People like you don't have car so no expectation of something sensible

Na to buy tyre first then start thinkin about car... Tyre case tire jor

Very good post...

How did winter tyre come into nigeria

If not for failure of govt and the system

You don't have a clue how winter tires work. actually winter tires in the summer wear a lot faster then summer and all season tires. So its the car owner that suffer more losses.

We have heard @OP thanks for the info. Gud night...

weyab:
Na to buy tyre first then start thinkin about car... Tyre case tire jor

You want to buy tire before you buy car ?

nabegibeg:
Prove it and stop shouting

I don't need to prove shiit to you

You live where it doesn't snow, how would you know about snow tyres ??

Let me check my bike own

Nice info... Thumb up AutoJosh.

Very informative,
Nice1 op




Ehen, check ur shoes o, if na m+s u berra change it too .
Hehehe

A thread 4 those that owns a car. But Op u sud ave knw that Nigerians like to get thier value for any thing they buy we sabi use thing till dat particular thing bcum an eye sour....

SweetBoyFriend:

That's a lie

Snow tyres do not damage asphalt

Go to Maine where it snows all year round or Alaska where it snows 7 months in a year, there roads are in good condition

Road damages occur because of cheap materials used in road construction and poor maintenance

No one in the USA changes their snow tyres and they have good roads

Stop putting your blame on tyres

If no one in the US changes their snow tyres how come we have snow tyres pelnty plenty at ladipo

Which one be winter tyre again