Michelin PRIMACY 4 S2. Should I swap these for winter?

[TheLoraxxZeus]

Not really sure what to do here, car is going to get daily use over the winter and it has Michelin PRIMACY 4 S2 on all 4 wheels. Getting conflicting information on these since Michelins states they are summer tires but also claim "they also work in the snow"...and reviews for them are stellar but these seem to come on a lot of new so I majority of the reviews seem to be "these lasted me 30k miles, amazing!" and that's it.

Thinking of slapping on some Conti Winter Contacts which seem to be OK?

Any advice appreciated.

[457892345]

Depends how rural you are but honestly I bought into the winter tyre hype till I saw a German car mag test high perf summers vs the best allseasons like crossclimates and they still were seconds a lap quicker at - 3.

I changed from cross climates to ps4 and noticed no problems in winters following.

Its worth bringing things to help you get moving from a standstill if weather gets that bad though.

[TheLoraxxZeus]

457892345 said:

Depends how rural you are but honestly I bought into the winter tyre hype till I saw a German car mag test high perf summers vs the best allseasons like crossclimates and they still were seconds a lap quicker at - 3.

I changed from cross climates to ps4 and noticed no problems in winters following.

Its worth bringing things to help you get moving from a standstill if weather gets that bad though.

Not rural at all really, however my street is off the main road with only 1 road in/out which is 300m or so long and on a steep incline. That was my main issue.

My biggest concern was plummeting temperatures affecting the grip, not so much my ability to keep the car straight in the event of snow build up. I've never really driven a car daily in the winter, always cycled and even my bike I put tires on with a compound that can cope.

[457892345]

TheLoraxxZeus said:

Not rural at all really, however my street is off the main road with only 1 road in/out which is 300m or so long and on a steep incline. That was my main issue.

My biggest concern was plummeting temperatures affecting the grip, not so much my ability to keep the car straight in the event of snow build up. I've never really driven a car daily in the winter, always cycled and even my bike I put tires on with a compound that can cope.

If you need you can get products like snowsocks etc to help you out on those few days it might be treacherous enough to need them.

The temperature does affect summers badly but they don't really turn off like race tyres and become useless and they are workable enough until beyond -5 or - 6 and at that point the country's fked and you won't be doing anything really anyway. Ice will catch out winters same as summers so don't really get much protection there either.

Hence unless you live in Middle of cotswolds its almost always good enough to stay on summers year round.

[ScoobyChris]

TheLoraxxZeus said:

Thinking of slapping on some Conti Winter Contacts which seem to be OK?

Can't comment on the Primacy's but I've run the Conti Winter Contacts (TS860?) on my reasonably pokey 1-series for the last 5 winters and have been very pleased with them. Driving in the ice/snow yesterday and they were nicely sure-footed.

Chris