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Aug 5th, 2020, 09:58 | #1 |
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What tyres does everyone run?
Hi Folks,
New to owning a Volvo, bought the car with Michelin Cross Climates on which look to be in good nick - great I thought, they are smooth and quiet and certainly hold the road well in the dry. In the wet though, not nearly so grippy in the corners and I'm no Shumacher but like to push on sometimes as well. My old car had Mich Primacy 4s on the front and it would really need to be provoked into losing grip, its a smaller lighter less poweful car but the Volvo feels a little bit like having to tiptoe around in the wet. The inlaws V70 had a nightmare of mismatched ditch finders, I got a deal on Toyo Proxes CF2 which transformed it. I'll keep the Cross Climates til they are done (hopefully good for the snow) but I must say I am disappointed in the wet performance. What does everyone else run? Thanks! |
Aug 5th, 2020, 11:30 | #2 |
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Uniroyal RainSport. Good on a dry road, and absolutely excellent on a wet one.
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Aug 5th, 2020, 11:56 | #3 |
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I'm on uniroyal rainsports as well
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Aug 7th, 2020, 15:11 | #4 |
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Me too , excellent wet grip , reasonable in dry , and an acceptable wear rate.
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Take a look at this.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0NN-Po4a1U
I run the Uniroyal Rainsports and would agree with the reviewer's comments. I just don't get buying cheap, rubbish tyres...it's the only thing between you and certain death. There's are lots of things in life to save money on - tyres and brakes aren't 2 of them. |
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Aug 9th, 2020, 00:33 | #6 |
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So the consensus is as expected.
It's a bit like asking what's your favourite cheese?
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My local tyreman thinks cross-climates are overrated, expensive and very car sensitive, on some they are brilliant, on others not so good.
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Aug 5th, 2020, 14:58 | #9 |
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I'm interested in this as well, I always used Goodyear Eagle F1's on the C70 the grip was amazing but the tyre life not so amazing...
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With tyres, you get what you pay for - my grandfather insisted that as you only have a piece of tyre the size of a plimsole at each corner of a motor it makes sense to get ones with the best tread pattern. Both the C70 and V70 will have cross climates fitted later in the year.
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