Alfa and Fiat are on Pirelli summer tyres for a week now.
Alfa needed an allignment, was taken care of last wednesday.
Friday it was of to the TechnoClassica in Essen Germany, that's a 2,5 hour drive on German, "no speedlimit" (!!) Autobahn....I'd rather do this on 17" Pirelli summer tyres...!!
Only three cars were going faster than me, 2 VW's and 1 Mercedes....
we have 1 warm winter people forget the ones where it was freezing all the time
No need to with the Michelin Cross Climates I'm running - though I am slightly disappointed I didn't get to try them out in snow!!
we have 1 warm winter people forget the ones where it was freezing all the time
been looking at Michelin CrossClimate for my new van what they like in the wet?
Well, it's been 3 winters since any snow worth talking about fell. We did have 3 unusually cold winters before that..I got new tyre socks when I got my new car and they are still mint in box other than a test fitting..
This was 2013
Well, it's been 3 winters since any snow worth talking about fell. We did have 3 unusually cold winters before that..I got new tyre socks when I got my new car and they are still mint in box other than a test fitting..
This was 2013
They have been a brilliant all rounder on mine - I originally had Michellin Primacy 3's on before and I haven't noticed any loss of dry grip or wet grip at all.
They slightly noisy when accelerating because of the tread pattern, But this has gone now they have worn in.
They also seem to be lasting well.
Same with my snow chains....
When i was young and noobish - i brough em
Sat in the shed / boot and never been used except test fitted
Shame really
Would have been cool to drive past people with them - knowing i AINT STUCK
Ziggy
As I'm sure you're aware...
the UK's" Winter Tyres ", aren't really designed for snow / ice as such
the softer rubber compounds are what makes the difference ..
even in +2 to +10'C.,
I've had Euro spec winters - complete with the holes to screw in the steel spikes..(panda)
FAR more aggressive thread patterns than UK spec winter tyres,
TBH - if you live at altitude, or anywhere where you get 8 months of temps below 10'C then they are an excellent investment,
living in the Oxford area - I'd never really seen the need , but a chance encounter with a set of bargain winter spec tyres ( on an 8V punto mk2..) soon changed my opinion,
the vehicle just felt more "planted" on the road.as the rubber was actually doing it's job of gripping the road.
Charlie