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Originally Posted by Emeye
I am looking at Uniroyal RainExpert 3 235/60/18 107V tyres.
They are classed as a summer tyre, but can anyone running them on their XC90 comment on their occasional winter/snow road performance please?
We live on the side of a hill but the snow only settles for a couple of days a year at worse and the car only does school and short weekend family trips most of the time and never goes off roads, so mileage is low.
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Sorry I have not run these on a XC90, but I had these tyres (17" version) on my Espace IV.
Quiet, grippy, superb wet weather performance ... but useless in the snow .... the tread gets blocked and the snow packs the tyre out making the rubber hard (so does cold weather.)
With no flexibility the tyre became a round ice lolly. They didn't perform well in the snow and ice IMO, making them less than a useful thing in that scenario.
But normal temps .... and in the rain I was well impressed.
Maybe you should check some of the "all season" or "cross climate" tyres available ... not the best of both but much better than a summer tyre in the winter.
Hope it helps a little.