Anyone used/ using them? For a RWD family estate, driven by a non-god.
I'm looking to replace the Hankooks on currently which have been fine but have recently started to show wear on the fronts.
Not sure if the cross climate+ is a different thing to the cross climates I have on my Octavia VRS Estate since the beginning of the year. The ones I have are brilliant tyres, very convincing on snow (not as good as a proper snow tyre on deep stuff but orders of magnitude better than a non-snow tyre. Full disclosure : I used to live in the Alps and have driven a lot of different tyre/car combinations on lots of snow). They're also very convincing summer tyres, no louder than a regular summer tyre, and good economy. I'd have another set in the blink of an eye.
Thanks - apparently its a slightly updated version. Your experience sounds much as reviews I've seen - but always good to have a random internet stranger to confirm that 😉
I've got the Cross Climates - as above, good tyres, haven't had any snow so can't comment on that but good in the wet.
Happy with my original versions on a FWD estate, not used in snow though. Will replace them with the newer version when the time comes but they're a long way off that still.
Have them on the V70, great tyres good in the snow and ice not that we have had much the last couple of years.
Recently had 2 new ones fitted not sure what sort of mileage we have had out of them but it will be quite a lot.
We bought ours in Costco when they were doing a deal worth a look if you are a member!
Have the originals, will have them again.
Thanks all, I'll order some and hopefully get them fitted next weekend.
Just about to change our Nokian Weatherproofs, which are definitely biased towards the winter side of the 'all season' label. Just leafed through some paperwork and it appears they managed about 39,000 miles over 22 months which is impressive considering how aggressive and open the tread is. There is still 4-5mm of tread across the tyre but they are 225/45R17 on a torquey diesel so as usual, they have scrubbed the outside edges off the fronts and the inner edges off the rears (they've been rotated so all the edges are scrubbed off, so any more miles is just a gamble as at some point the carcass will show through with no warning)
I'm just about to change to Crossclimates, anyone seen a particularly good deal? Need a full set and its looking like £120 a corner 🙁 Its hard using comparison sites as you see a cheaper price and it turns out to be a smaller tyre size! Any buy 3 get 1 free type deals?
Spooky £104 a tyre in Costco! Think when we got the 4 fitted there was some sort of voucher redemption deal from Michelin.
Lots of useful stuff here thanks. Have Cross Climates on wish list for next car
wish I could get them but they dont currently do 265/35/18
Running the Lattitude Cross on the freelander (also costco) and they are excellent. M&S rated but not snow flake so should be fine for the UK conditions and brilliant on wet fields towing trailers.
Hia
I live in the South East, and Alps or Scottish trips have generally been Summer ones.
I remember a lot of snow up in Yorkshire in the 70's but havent seen much here in Brighton, but it can happen. Nt enoiugh to tempt me to buy a full winter set with wheels. Still, it gets cold and wet and there's an occasional muddy carpark.
The Cross Climates seem a great idea with little compromise from Summer tyres from write ups and reviews, but I wonder about edge wear.
Lots of tyres have pretty solid edge strips these days (Pilot 4 for example). My A4 3.0 TD Quattro seems to scrub the outer edge off the fronts which I guess us down to the rather heavy engine.
Right now my fronts are in need of replacement and the Cross Climates came up on "tyrepros". £158 each. From what I've read the more grippy tyre should go on the back but when the other pair (Plilot 4s) need replacing, I would put Cross Climates on so have them all round.
So? Good idea or not on a heavy diesel car?
Will the front edges wear faster? Theres more tread detail there than the Pilots.
Thanks
Got them on an old XC70 which came with new 'mid range' summer tyres which I found vague and washy so took the Crossclimates of my old XC70 and much, much better.
Used them in the snow last year and were good
New Continental AllSeasonContact has been getting good reviews
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/accessories-tyres/92866/continental-all-season-contact
I bought some cross climates, the + version, from black circles. Put them on a big Merc estate, rears needed replacing so have done the rear only. I live in North London so we don't get anything big, although last year we would have benefitted from them
Had them about 3 weeks, drove to snowdonia and back on them, didn't notice any difference. So far so good. Will put the fronts on when the fronts get low, but I figured our main problem in the winter is the rear wheels getting enough traction to get up a small slope (like the entrance to our road)
Bridgestone have the Weather Control A005. Just fitted four to my car. Seem fine but really too early to tell. They get good reviews, better than the cross climates in many respects. Wear and snow were the only areas the climates we're better. They are quite a bit cheaper too, at least in the size I required.
I put two on the front of my car in November last year ..as I'm now travelling most days from a very rural north west Northumberland to Tyneside in a car not noted for its handling in snow & ice..
Apart from the odd frosty morning they haven't as yet been tested ( snow & ice ) ..but as already said above they are excellent wet weather tyres ..
I'm not going to ask for adverse weather conditions ..but at the same time I'm intrigued as to how they are going to perform !
Pleased so far though and will introduce them on the rear when they are worn ..
Wife has them on an astra. They are definitely a bit more vague in terms of front end dry cornering, bit less bite than summers, but you would expect that trade off maybe. Not had chance to try them in v cold wet or snow yet. what I haven't' read is do they have the softer rubber compound that full winter tyres have or is the ability on snow just down to the tread design?
I've not really had to drive in snow or ice with mine, but I have done about 10,000 miles on them with no problems including a quick trip to Tuscany last September. I didn't notice any grip issues whilst driving on mountain roads in France or Italy - it's a C estate. The only situation I've found where they're a bit odd is driving through large puddles of standing water - north of Alston in heavy rain - they snatched in initially.
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Not sure if the cross climate+ is a different thing to the cross climates I have on my Octavia VRS Estate since the beginning of the year.
Which mark of Octavia do you have? I have a MK2 Oct VRS and I ordered some CC+. When they turned up they had CrossClimate on the sidewall without the + icon. I spoke to Michelin, and they confirmed the original CrossClimate were never made in the size required for my car, so it may be that you actually have CC+ not CC.
I've got a full set on my Mk2 Octavia estate, far better compared to the ditchfinders that were installed initially. Not done a great deal of miles on them and can't comment about cold weather performance, but not difference in economy, road noise is reduced, and the car feels a lot more 'planted'. How much of that is a premium tyre thing, and how much is the tyres, I'm not sure.
I'd get them again when I replace them. Cheapest place for me was ATS, with free fitting and an Amazon Echo (!?). I paid £65 a corner, for the standard 195/R15 wheels.
I've got the CrossClimates, they're good and I'd buy again. Noise, wear, grip all good. They definitely work in snow, not as good as the last set of out and out snow tyres but they wore horribly.
I had Goodyear Vectors (their equivalent of the cross climates) on a car in the Alps over New Year. I was impressed with their performance on all but a steep icy drive way, so worth a look as an alternaitve.
Another Octavia VRS owner here with them fitted. First fitted early winter, then replaced in spring, new ones fitted the following winter, and it's all I've used since. They have been by far the best wearing tyre the car has had so far. I don't think that they are as good as a "normal" tyre in mild or warm, dry conditions, especially when turning in, but they're not bad. Fuel economy doesn't seem to have been affected, but, unlike others, I've found them to be noisy.
Grip in the snow and ice is really pretty good. I loose some of the advantage of the car being front wheel drive by carrying a lot of tools in the back but still manage to get around. The only thing that stopped me last winter was having to dig through the drifts due to the road to our house not even being gritted by the council, never-mind ploughed!
