Winter Tyres in Liverpool

Winter rubber is softer, and its tread is cut with thousands of tiny sipes; that is what keeps it biting below 7°C, on ice-cold tarmac, in slush and on frost for anyone driving around Liverpool. In warm weather they wear at a rate that would alarm you, and feel vaguer, which is why they are a seasonal set, not a year-round one here in Liverpool.

On the weather, wet winters rather than icy ones, with frosty spells on and off from December to February are what Liverpool gets, which is the starting point. That makes a winter set a sensible extra from about December to February, chiefly for early starters, hilly routes and anyone who has to be out whatever the forecast in every part of Liverpool.

Typically, drivers who fit them keep the summer set for the rest of the year and swap over twice, and it is a quick job each time from Liverpool to Wigan. The trick most people use: keep the other tyres on a spare set of wheels and the swap takes minutes with the car on the ramp wherever you are around Liverpool.

For winter tyres near the centre of Liverpool, the 2 closest centres are 1.1 miles and 1.2 miles out; either will fit winter tyres, and the price is the same fully fitted at all 17, and the slot is booked at checkout.