tianorth
Well-Known Member
After a bit of advice about tyres.
Now I know there have been posts about this before, but it is a struggle to find them.
I have been looking at tyres the have wet grip as category A, and fuel economy as category C.
Tyres size is 235/40 19 (96 load)
The short list I have is :-
1) Pirelli P7
2) Dunlop Sport Maxx
3) Continental Sport Contact 5 (or 6)
4) Michelin Pilot Super Sports 4 (or 4s)
In theory these are all category A and C and should give the same grip (ish) and economy (ish).
What is not said is anything to do with longevity, or cold weather.
These are all summer tyres, but what happens when you use them in winter, basically when temperature get constantly to below 7 degrees C?
The conti 3's I have on at the moment are 3.5 years old and have done (to this point 300 miles short of) 36,000 miles.
They are the original set with no punctures and have been swapped front to rears etc.
Now going back to the summer tyre bit, I have driven all year round with these tyres, but now I'm being told about the 7 degree C bit, don't forget I'm in a country that comes to a standstill with a 0.5mm thick coating of snow, and people with 4x4s with snow chains on roads get stuck!
As you can tell from my mileage I don't stress the tyres too much, but would like to know what others have experienced with the above selection only.
What tyre?
What mileage did you get?
What winter driving did you do?
What was grip like?
General comments about the tyres.
How would you rate them for grip, water, economy, winter, summer - 1 being no good, 10 being the best.
Many thanks for your help.
Chris
Now I know there have been posts about this before, but it is a struggle to find them.
I have been looking at tyres the have wet grip as category A, and fuel economy as category C.
Tyres size is 235/40 19 (96 load)
The short list I have is :-
1) Pirelli P7
2) Dunlop Sport Maxx
3) Continental Sport Contact 5 (or 6)
4) Michelin Pilot Super Sports 4 (or 4s)
In theory these are all category A and C and should give the same grip (ish) and economy (ish).
What is not said is anything to do with longevity, or cold weather.
These are all summer tyres, but what happens when you use them in winter, basically when temperature get constantly to below 7 degrees C?
The conti 3's I have on at the moment are 3.5 years old and have done (to this point 300 miles short of) 36,000 miles.
They are the original set with no punctures and have been swapped front to rears etc.
Now going back to the summer tyre bit, I have driven all year round with these tyres, but now I'm being told about the 7 degree C bit, don't forget I'm in a country that comes to a standstill with a 0.5mm thick coating of snow, and people with 4x4s with snow chains on roads get stuck!
As you can tell from my mileage I don't stress the tyres too much, but would like to know what others have experienced with the above selection only.
What tyre?
What mileage did you get?
What winter driving did you do?
What was grip like?
General comments about the tyres.
How would you rate them for grip, water, economy, winter, summer - 1 being no good, 10 being the best.
Many thanks for your help.
Chris