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Simple and boring question really, as per title. Any recommendations for an all season car tyre? For an old Volvo that could expire any time, so as cheap as possible.
Thanks.
I fitted Bridgestone A001s this winter as my 5.5 year old summer tyres were shockingly bad in cold weather (still legal). I've always fancied trying winter tyres but do low mileage so decided to try all seasonv instead. I'm not doing the usual STW recommend what you have thing. Read the reviews and see what you think. Things I've noticed is mpg is definitely lower, grip in wet or cold frosty weather is much better. It didn't snow this winter so no idea how they perform then. I suspect dry/warm weather grip is lower but I don't drive on the limit so didn't think it would be an issue.
I ended up getting them fitted at a Halfords Autocentre as it was cheaper after using a discount code and paying through a cashback site.
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Just checked. They were £307 (minus £16 cashback) for 4x 205/55 R16. Not sure if you'd consider that cheap or not. Summer tyres were cheaper, budget ones even more so
I'll vote for looking on MyTyres, too.
Hankook Optimo 4s here and they are really good all year round.
My local dealers always easily beat MyTyres on price for fitted tyres so do phone around
If you can get over the fact that they're not Pirelli or Yokohama, then [url= http://shengtaigroup.com.cn/productsny.aspx?ProductsID=26&cid=39 ]Three-A P606[/url] are a great budget tyre. Better fuel, noise and wet braking ratings than many "bigger brand" tyres, at least in the size I've got. I think it cost me about £80 for 2 off eBay, but you can find similar prices from a dedicated tyre supplier.
Falken ze91 here. Great tyre for the money and lasts well. Noticeable improvement over the terrible pirelli p6000 the car came with.
Volvo s60 d5 so torque steer is an issue.... The Falken's cope well with this and have lots of traction.
I would not trust running super budget rubber on my cars but unforntualetly not weathy enough to afford premium tyres at 100 plus a pop (debatable that they are any better grip wise to be fair)
Used event tyres last few years. Mobile so come to you and cheap.
Even cheaper with GOODWILL10 (2 tyres or more 10 squid off)
Kleber Quadraxer.
Cheapish, snowflake marked, made in the Michelin plant apparently, wife got 60k or so out of hers.
Noticeable improvement over the terrible pirelli p6000 the car came with
Ah, the fabled p6000 'Ditchfinders'. Vaguely competent on hot, dry roads but a liability in any other conditions.
Uniroyal Rainsport 3's are by far the best car tyre I have used. I have recommended them to a lot of people, family and friends which have all been really pleased with them!
Falken ze91 here
I use these and they're decent enough tyres. Always come highly recommended, and they last very well. They're not a winter tyre though. They do OK, but despite being marketed as all-season I'm a bit meh about them in the winter. Could do a lot worse though.
I've used Vredestein Quadrac 3 and Hankook Optimo 4S. The Quadracs were marginally better in the snow, the Optimos are better in the rain. We get more rain than snow so I'll be getting Optimos again next time.
I'd go with Continental for that brief - very good in the wet and decent in the dry.
Uniroyal Rainsport 3's are by far the best car tyre I have used.
They are a good tyre, but by no means an all season.
Optimo 4s for years on the Touran, they work well most of the time, only loose out to summer tyres when 'making progress' on twisty highland roads or deep snow - bug for cold/wet/icy conditions, ace. They also wore out a couple of thousand miles faster.
The yaris has Kleber Kristalps or 4s's on, again only hot summers day cornering seems to be less grippy, but they are so cheap on such small car, bought in July 😆 and living where we did for years, it made sense to do so.
I hated the uniroyals I fitted when we first moved up here - slippery in dry and ice, ok in damp/ wet and awful cornering and braking feel.
The optimo 4s are not too bad in snow...
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Conti something-or-others on my Passat. Best tyre I've ever experienced in the wet (and that includes all the expensive options I've trialled on other cars over the years). Worth asking on a Volvo forum for more IME responses.
Vaguely competent on hot, dry roads but a liability in any other conditions.
That must be the poor driver you're talking about, rather than the tyres. Quite straight forward keeping a car on the road if you avoid driving like a bellend
I switched from Michelin Energy(Saver)(summer tyre) to Bridgestone A001's in the mental winter of 2010/2011 as couldn't get hold of any full winter tyres and was fed up of not being able to get anywhere. Have used them all year round ever since.
They're brilliant in snow and the wet. The only time they've ever slipped for me was in a car park covered in very wet ankle deep slush. Got out without needing a push which was not the case for the other cars with summer tyres on. If the A001's hadn't been nearly at the point of changing I suspect I wouldn't have slipped.
Normally get 25000+ miles from the fronts and 50000+ from the rears
Can't say I've noticed any lack of grip from them in the summer.
Allegedly they have 90-95% performance of summer tyres in summer and 90-95% performance of winter tyre performance in winter. Personally if you're in the situation where you need that last 5-10% performance from your tyre on a public road whilst driving an estate loaded up with bikes/kayaks then you're doing something very wrong.
I haven't tried any other full winter or all season tyres but having used A001's I've never felt the need to change.