Studded winters on a road-trip from Norway to England

Calling all britbongs, belgians, dutchmen, germans and danes...

I'm a Norwegian planning to drive from Eastern Norway to Birmingham in England. In February.
It's a short weekend trip (22-23 hours drivetime...) to pick up parts for my car.

The car has got Nokian Hakkapeliitta 8 studded winter tyres (as is needed here in Norway in winter).

Would your respective governments allow me to
>pass through
your countries on studded winter tyres?
It sounds odd to demand me bringing a set of summers simply for taking a short roadtrip in February.

oh... and frenchmen..

pic related is tyre

Do you need spikes too if you stick to highways?

How about if you put chains on your summer tyres and just go very slow until you exit Norwegia.

Highways tend to be icy too, at times.
Especially at night.

It's a 22 hour drive within speed limits. I can't crawl on summers with chains on them and summers can be scary as fuck during winter time even on bare roads. The rubber compound is too hard for the temperature.

Belgian here.
Studded tires are strictly prohibited.

Frenchy here.
Theses tires are forbidden on our roads,i would say: put regular winter tires. it will be more quiet for your 22hr trip, and more safe. Anyway: there is no ice on highway. I did Paris/ oslo / paris driving trough sweden by car in december, real fun and nice trip. and there was no ice on the road at any time.
french Police is complete assholes and they often search to make money on cars with foreign plate like you do...

German reporting in, they're illegal. However driving on summer tires in winter weather would also be illegal. Winter tires aren't generally demanded in winter, but they are if the weather is bad enough to necessitate them.

Effectively I doubt you'd need studs beyond Norway and I'd suggest you to source a set of used winter tires on wheels and resell them after the trip. Do you seriously need studs to get from Oslo to Larvik? Like, I'd understand it if you wanted to drive to the Nordkapp, but the south coast, really?

Illegal in the UK.

I know Germany don't like studded tires, I've read about people having to rip the studs out of their tires just after entering Germany. Even if they were only going to the nearest place where they sell cheap alcohol.

They're legal in the UK only where there is ice or snow present on the road surface

>illegal to use studded tyres
Fucking southeners

OP here again.
Well, this is sad news :(

I was hoping it would be like Norway where - during the snow-free periods of transition (fall and spring) - the authorities (if on patrol) will allow it given that it's likely you came from the mountains or are going somewhere snowy later.

>expecting studs to be legal for ruining the road surface when there's snow on the ground for less than 30 days a year and usually plowed within an hour or two
Fucking northerners. Not everyone is living in eternal frost.

OP here again. I hate driving on studded tyres, but I have to have them when studless winters just don't work up our steep road on icy days (which is maybe 30 days of the three months of proper snow we get a year)..

We're moving this spring though. Further north, but flatter landscape.

>birmingham

Specialist breaker for 1st gen Lexus IS lives there. I'd be able to change parts at his garage (fuel tank and some various bits and bobs) and replace shit as I go with his large stock of parts.
If I order it sent, I will save a bunch of money, but I'd have to do all the work myself, and when a rusty bolt suddenly breaks, I'd be out of luck until I got sent a new one, and this takes time....

Betta watch yourself brudda cause you wont be here felong

I'd just go for it. Tickets will probably be less than a used set of tires, and my guess is that most police would just give you a pass because norwegian

I can get a used studless set for 500 kr. Add to that a couple of hundred to get the Hakka 8s off the rim and put the studless on and balance. You don't think their tickets would exceed that by a long shot?

Also, would I be best served to drive through Sweden and over that fuckhuge bridge to Denmark, or pay premium to get on the superferry from Larvik to Hirtshals?
The car uses about 9 litres pr 100 km.

Well, if they all ticketed you, sure

You'll love getting a bit of rest on the ferry, I'd recommend that

In denmark they're legal from the start of november to the end of march, so no problems here.