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Sep 20th, 2019, 14:05 | #31 |
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I think you made a very good decision by replacing all 4 by the same tyres
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Sep 20th, 2019, 15:00 | #32 |
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My current car was delivered in December- so I asked for it to be delivered on winter tires (with me paying the difference, ofcourse..) but the local dealer told me that Volvo charges so much for the factory-optioned winter tires that it doesn't make any sense ordering them with the car. They talked me out of it- so I ended up ordering the tires (and aftermarket wheels..) elsewhere.
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But winter is only 12 weeks away. My V90 awd is just over 12 months old, the oem tyres have driven almost 20k and look like they’ll do another 20k. New rules in France mean that when I drive to the alps I’ll need tyres rated for snow. So, do I opt for 4 nokian’s (on each corner ) and switch back & forth to the Pirelli’s until P’s are gone or go straight to crossclimates, keeping the Pirelli’s for when the crossclimates are done by which point I’ll be on the next motor anyway.
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I bought a second set of alloy wheels with winter tyres a couple of months ago for alps trips.
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I have only had my car a few weeks and, whilst, the Scorpion Verde 235/55/19s are great now I know that I will want something more for the Scottish rural winter. Any tips on which winter tyres I should be looking at? Thanks
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Oct 7th, 2019, 19:46 | #38 |
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So out of interest then, unless I've missed it in this thread...
My V90 came with Cross Climates on the front, they look pretty new and the car had 31k when I bought it, so I'm guessing they probably were fairly new! I've always had a matching 4 set of winter tyres, but in this instance I've bought a pair of Goodyear Performance + winters, which I intend to put on the front, and shift the CCs to the rear... how badly can I expect that to shaft the handling? |
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Itll be odd! The winter axle will be drifty in the dry, the cc axle drifty in the snow.
You would be better fitting the winter to the rear, it will prevent the car spinning going downhill on snow/ice but you will be astonished how competent the CC are. Always fit the least grippy tyres to the front so you can sense loss of adhesion through the steering wheel before the rear loses it. If you are a competent, accomplished driver, youll know whats going off regardless, but one can only ever advise in regard to safety. (I used to have all season tyres on rear of my car and swap winter/summer on front, but it isnt adviseable to anyone else. It worked for me as it altered the handling positively by making the rear have more movement, given that the car had a strong understeer tendency, yet the all season was better in snow than the winters to the point I couldn't break it loose with handbrake... Anyway, I digress...) So in short, CC on front, winter on back, will be great in snow and the safe option, yet you'd have to drive bloody hard to lose the back in the dry, youll just get more oversteer in general. |
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That's what I thought. I was never really sold on the Cross Climates anyway, but they were on the car. I bit the bullet and bought a second set of matching winters. So I've got four (brand new) Goodyear Ultra Grip Performance + on their way to me. They won the 2019 Auto Express tests for winter tyres, so I've got high hopes.
I've always had a matching set of 4 winters on every car I'd had, minus my old Merc A Class (which was abysmal in the slightest flurry that stuck!), so it makes sense to do it with this. Just seemed a bit of a shame to let the Cross Climate's go to waste. Come spring, I'll be buying another pair of Michelin Primacy to match the rears! |
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