All season tyres
Discussion
About to change all four tyres on our Skoda Kodiaq. The tyres are 4 years old originals and low on tread at the front . It's quite noticeable now in this wet weather it is loose on the front .
I was considering all season tyres , has anyone got experience, are they noisy . Goodyear seem to be all over the tyre websites with them .
The car is a big SUV with front wheel drive only. We live semi rural, lots of mud on the roads here and huge lake size puddles.
I was considering all season tyres , has anyone got experience, are they noisy . Goodyear seem to be all over the tyre websites with them .
The car is a big SUV with front wheel drive only. We live semi rural, lots of mud on the roads here and huge lake size puddles.
cliffords said:
About to change all four tyres on our Skoda Kodiaq. The tyres are 4 years old originals and low on tread at the front . It's quite noticeable now in this wet weather it is loose on the front .
I was considering all season tyres , has anyone got experience, are they noisy . Goodyear seem to be all over the tyre websites with them .
The car is a big SUV with front wheel drive only. We live semi rural, lots of mud on the roads here and huge lake size puddles.
I've been running around on Michelin Cross Climates 2's for the last few years. I have them front and rear, the car is FWD.I was considering all season tyres , has anyone got experience, are they noisy . Goodyear seem to be all over the tyre websites with them .
The car is a big SUV with front wheel drive only. We live semi rural, lots of mud on the roads here and huge lake size puddles.
They are not noisy at all and seem to work very well. Highly recommended.
Remember though, that an all season tyre will be somewhat comprised compared to a specific winter only tyre.
Decent quality all seasons are good all rounders.
Another shout for Vredesteins, haven't used the latest all season versions but earlier models performed well, no reason why they'd be worse now, their full winters are superb and their Sportract range of summers were top notch too.
The big makes are all going to be pretty good, i'd just punch your tyre size and see what's about, Camskill are usually but not always the cheapest (supply only) and a poke nose there will give you a starting price.
Another shout for Vredesteins, haven't used the latest all season versions but earlier models performed well, no reason why they'd be worse now, their full winters are superb and their Sportract range of summers were top notch too.
The big makes are all going to be pretty good, i'd just punch your tyre size and see what's about, Camskill are usually but not always the cheapest (supply only) and a poke nose there will give you a starting price.
One for the Vredestein bandwagon.
Got them as they tested the best for cold & wet on tyrereviews and I'm certainly happy with them - Used them on my FK8 & XF (Very different personalities of car!) and they've worked well on both.
They're a fair margin cheaper than CC2 / Goodyear V4, And whilst you sacrifice a little in snow grip and rolling resistance, it's no big shakes especially if you're towards the south of the country - Still 10x better than any summer tyre.
Seem to be a great match for a cold & muddy British lane; They have a pleasant level of grip across all seasons and conditions as you'd expect from an all season, you'll never be gobsmacked but you'll never be let down either.
If you do provoke them into letting go, they're very progressive and easy to control - Great fun to be had in slick muddy fields or snowy carparks.
By far the quietest and most comfortable tyre out of those I've used - as it's not trying to be a UUUUUUUUHP Pure dry handling summer hero, You get nice pliable sidewalls. Tyre noise is low on all surfaces compared to PS4 / PS4S / PS5 / Conti6.
They seem to last as well - I've had the ones on the Civic for a couple of winters and was expecting them to be getting finished off, but when I measured this year they were still on ~6mm which is fair going for the milage - Someone said similar I think on the winter tyre thread in a merc SUV.
Low on the list of priorities, but they look nice on the car - Sidewall design is nice and they don't have the tractor tread look of a CC / Vector 4 Season (Which I don't mind, but some dislike)
Not a huge fan of CC's - Had some on Mum's Corsa; One had the sidewall shredded by a relatively minor kerb impact (Not me driving!) and the other now seems to be chunking a bit and generally giving up after 3?ish years despite having fairly full tread (Low use, admittedly)
I swapped the rest of the tyres on the corsa for Goodyear Vector 4 All Seasons - They're pretty good as well; I'd say they have sharper handling (and probably slightly less comfort) than the equivalent Vredestein if I extrapolate across cars.
Got them as they tested the best for cold & wet on tyrereviews and I'm certainly happy with them - Used them on my FK8 & XF (Very different personalities of car!) and they've worked well on both.
They're a fair margin cheaper than CC2 / Goodyear V4, And whilst you sacrifice a little in snow grip and rolling resistance, it's no big shakes especially if you're towards the south of the country - Still 10x better than any summer tyre.
Seem to be a great match for a cold & muddy British lane; They have a pleasant level of grip across all seasons and conditions as you'd expect from an all season, you'll never be gobsmacked but you'll never be let down either.
If you do provoke them into letting go, they're very progressive and easy to control - Great fun to be had in slick muddy fields or snowy carparks.
By far the quietest and most comfortable tyre out of those I've used - as it's not trying to be a UUUUUUUUHP Pure dry handling summer hero, You get nice pliable sidewalls. Tyre noise is low on all surfaces compared to PS4 / PS4S / PS5 / Conti6.
They seem to last as well - I've had the ones on the Civic for a couple of winters and was expecting them to be getting finished off, but when I measured this year they were still on ~6mm which is fair going for the milage - Someone said similar I think on the winter tyre thread in a merc SUV.
Low on the list of priorities, but they look nice on the car - Sidewall design is nice and they don't have the tractor tread look of a CC / Vector 4 Season (Which I don't mind, but some dislike)
Not a huge fan of CC's - Had some on Mum's Corsa; One had the sidewall shredded by a relatively minor kerb impact (Not me driving!) and the other now seems to be chunking a bit and generally giving up after 3?ish years despite having fairly full tread (Low use, admittedly)
I swapped the rest of the tyres on the corsa for Goodyear Vector 4 All Seasons - They're pretty good as well; I'd say they have sharper handling (and probably slightly less comfort) than the equivalent Vredestein if I extrapolate across cars.
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