Since winter will be upon us before we know it...Anyone have suggestions as to what they have done if driving your car in the winter?

I have the AWD specifically so that I can use it year round.
However being that they come with Pirelli Zeros I know that I will need to either replace all tires with snow tires or even considering complete winter tire/wheel replacement.

My dealer suggested at the least getting the Jaguar Approved Pirelli winter tires. Quoted me about $2000 just for the tires!

Any experiences/suggestions for those winter drivers are greatly appreciated.

 

Personally, I drive my winter car in the winter. F-type doesn't have ground clearance to deal with heavy snow that frequently happens where I live.

 

Kindly do NOT rush winter! Having said that, you do know this will be the third winter I have my car and not once did I NOT drive it due to crappy winter/wintery conditions?

I swapped out my OEM's to Continental Ultra-High Performance ExtremeContact DWS06's and haven't looked back. In other words I love them so much that I don't even bother swapping back into any summer tire. Of course, they don't have the grip that any, or most, summer tire would have but I don't push it so much that I feel I'm lacking in any grip given I don't push the car beyond its or my limits. (You might disagree when you see my driving in just over two weeks; fortunately I do not have a sticker which reads: How's My Driving?).

Speaking of which, and I am not a paid spokesperson for them, you do know Continental is paying for the T-Shirt you'll soon be wearing (and, no, I'm not suggesting that that's a reason to buy their tires)?

 

With my SC XF I used 20 inch Nokians, one of top winter tires. I have them posted in classifieds for sale as I don't drive f type in winter. A lot less than 2k for near new tires and a better tire. I just dropped the price recently. Great tire, but I would get dedicated winter wheels that allow for narrower tire which improves winter driving.

 

I'm going with separate 19" Propellers w/DWS06 for my southeast PA "winter" setup on my R. I've had plenty of experience with dedicated winter performance tires and Conti's DWS/DWS06 (primarily on RWD), and for my winter needs, there really isn't that much of a difference between the two--the Conti's are the standard for light snow traction. The benefits from an UHP A/S tire with proven winter performance: More availability (my M4 was out of commission for 3+ weeks due to no availability of Pirelli Sottozero--albeit an odd 255/35/19 size), cheaper, frequent temp fluctuations here in the Northeast--no need to concern yourself that the tires are melting--lol, and better overall driving feel on the majority of the time the tires will be driven on cold dry or wet days.

 

dont be forced to think you're stuck with the "jaguar approved" tires.....i've got conti DWS's on my XFR and they are absolutely great!

 

A while ago someone posted a dealer quote for a set of rims plus winter tires. I think it was about $6K. My winter beater, Subaru Forester, cost about as much WITH excellent Michelin X-Ice tires that I put on it.

 

I got a set of after market Coventry wheels and blizzaks.

 

I had a set of winter wheels+tires for my previous car. The whole setup was under $2000 from tirerack. It's easier to swap the whole wheel (and it's free every time if you DIY).

 

Interested in options as well. I am looking for just snow tires to fit standard 19 rims on 17 AWD S Coupe (245/40/19 Front, and 275/35/19 Rear). Only the Pirelli SOTTOZero came up for around $1,300 delivered.

 

Search by size, not by car. That might help. I have 19s and blizzak LM-32s.

 

That would be called a sledge...(or a sled)

 

Nati: I searched by size, called Tirerack directly, the only option that comes up for those sizes are the Pirellis. Also called Town Fair Tire, went to Nokian, Continental, Bridgestone, sites and came up empty. Seems like my choice has been made for me.

 

F-Toype...what size are your wheels/tires?
im in the same predicament with my 20”
255/35 front and 295/30 rear

 

Shop around a bit...I got a set of Pirelli snow tires for $1k.

 

Gents, I have a set of 20" Nokians for sale in classifieds. You won't find a better snow tire.

 

Tire rack has the rears in stock. Blizzak LM-32. Unfortunately no 245/40-19 for the front. Maybe you could just find the fronts from another reseller. Or Craigslist/ eBay.

Your other option would be to drop down to a set of 18s for winter.

 

F-Toype has an S, which means he has the 380 mm front brakes, which in turn means that no 18" wheel I have ever heard of will fit over them. Even with 19" wheels very few other than the OEM F-Type wheels will fit over.

 

Is there a size difference between "high performance" and "super high performance" brakes? I also have an S and I had an option for brakes when I ordered. I chose the lesser of the two.

 

Base F-Type brakes ("performance") are 355 mm front and 326 mm.
Stock S brakes are the "high performance", 380 mm front and 326 mm rear.
"Super performance" brakes are 380 mm front and 376 mm rear. Optional on the base and S, standard on the R.
So yes and no, same front brakes for "high performance" and "super performance" but different rear brakes.
With wheel clearance it's all about the front brakes, not many other than OEM 19" or 20" will clear the 380 mm front brake calipers, but almost anything will clear the 326 mm rears and most will clear the 376 mm rears.

Edit - one obvious solution to clearing the calipers, at least width wise rather then length wise, is to put wheel spacers on.