2009 November 03 | Tour of the alps

Nov

Winter Tyre’s Quiz

This week we would like to verify your knowledge on winter tyres!

Are you ready to test yourselves?

You will find here below a few questions taken from the Questionboard challenge that Tour of the Alps participants had to face during their trip.

Let’s see if you can do any better…!! You can write your final mark in the comments box, so that we can all see who’s the King of the Winter Tyre!

But hey… You’re not allowed to cheat!!

What is the maximum speed approved for winter tyres with speed code W?

What is the risk for a front wheel drive vehicle - if winter tyres are fitted only to the front wheels?

Winter tyres are designed specifically to ensure maximum performance below which borderline temperature?

When not used, winter tyres should preferably be stored:

The texture of winter tyres compared to summer ones is:

When is it advisable to use winter tyres?

Every how many kilometres is it advisable to rotate winter tyres?

How much shorter is the braking distance on snow with winter tyres as opposed to summer tyres?

The letters “M+S” ( or "MS", "M/S", "M-S", "M&S") on winter tyres, are the abbreviation of:

What is the exact meaning of the abbreviation MIRS?