UK Winter Tyres

[ukdavvy]

Hi

Our MCS is arriving in winter and I need help on tyres.

By then we will have also moved to the ar*e end of Yorkshire in the country.
The trek to work is about 10 miles on poxy roads up on the moors.
It will snow a lot and also be prone to black ice.
However most of the time it will be fine and/or raining with no snow, I want the tyre for the 10% or so of the time my wife has to get safely back from work on her own - I accept this may sound patronising.......

I have a feeling a lill bitty MCS on fat 17" rims is not going to have a lot of grip in snow/slush/ice thus I am considering a set of winter tyres and rims.
Obviously this is for a UK winter which is not the same as a Canadian winter
I have also read the faq butthis seems more geared to the Cannuck scene.

Questions:

1) Which tyre would fit the bill? Theres masses of choice, I just want a 2-3 month winter tyre rather than a dedicated mud and snow one.

2) What size rims/tyres would you rec on a MCS?

Thanks very much

d

[MINIAC]

The 195/55-16 SP Dunlop Winter Sport M3 DSST seems to be a popular choice according to entries in the Winter Wheel & Tire Gallery. There is also the 195/55-16 Goodyear Eagle UltraGrip GW-3 EMT.

Both of these tires are runflats, something you should consider since the MCS has no spare.