I have a second set of wheels fitted with winter legal all season tyres. I bought them so I could be winter legal for continental road trips. I fitted them last monday, largely because of press reports that the UK metrological office has issued an exceptional 'polar Vortex' warning for next week. The newspapers had jazzed up their reports with library photos of snow bound roads etc. I avoided reading the 'click bait' reports' but later did so and it clearly said Snow is unlikely, except maybe in the Scottish Highlands.
Never mind. Winter rated tyres remain more flexible than summer tyres in cold weather, and have the advantage ,even on dry roads, when the temperature drops below +7c. Which is forecast. I will also convert my screen wash to winter mix.
But I learned a salutary lesson . While I was storing away the summer wheels I accidently knocked over a stack of workshop storage bins ,spilling some large bolts onto the garage floor. Had the car been in the garage it may have been damaged.
My storage was not as securely stowed as I had thought
It wont take many claims for such damage to increase premiums.
