The Very Best All Season Tyres Available??

Tom_Dunne

Hi Im looking for peoples suggestions and options on the best all season tyres to get that will work brilliantly in both summer and winter and all sorts of roads conditions like snow and ice etc, looking for a quick response on this, Thnaks in advance everyone.:)

Also all i have seen so far is some kleber quadtraxer tyre and some bridgestone tyre, dont know if there any good either?

marlot

You don't say what sort of vehicle you need the tyres for!

General Grabber AT2 work really well for me. But then I'm lucky enough to have a landcruiser attached to them!

epninety

BFGoodrich Mud Terrain has given me brilliant service from the Sahara in summertime to the Arctic circle in wintertime. They last over 60k miles and I've not had a puncture or any other problem in 250k miles.

They will look silly on your Corsa though.

(In other words, a little more info is required before anyone can make sensible suggestions)

davemorton

I looked into this very same question about a month ago and ended up buying a set of QUATRAC 3 by Vredestein. Happy so far with them, grip in dry and wet is good, still to try the snow though, although I believe they are one of the very few all season tyres that come with the snowtyre symbol on (where they must have passed specific tests, and can be used on the continent when snow tyres are specified)

myhooose

No all season tyre is going to work brilliantly in the summer and winter as they are a compromise.

I looked into all season tyres and Goodyear vector 4 Season seemed to get the best review.

In the the end opted for some good summer tyres as I consider the all season tyres too much of a compromise.

mustrum_ridcully

Vredstein Quatrac 3 or Hankook Optimo 4S

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/total_tyre_guide/259465/vredestein_quatrac_3.html
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/total_tyre_guide/259459/hankook_optimo_4s.html

marlot

myhooose wrote: »

No all season tyre is going to work brilliantly in the summer and winter as they are a compromise.

I think that is true, but for some people and some cars the compromise is perfectly satisfactory.

The all seasons on my landcruiser have a slightly longer stopping distance than normal summer tyres on hot days, but its hardly a sports car and I know to leave a little more room (it doesn't stop on a sixpence anyway!). Equally in the snow they're not quite as good as winter tyres, but with permanent 4x4, diff lock and ATRAC I've not been anywhere near stuck yet. There is no way that I'd want to it run on summer tyres all year round (I do a fair bit of 4x4 rescue) or winter tyres all year round (I often use it to tow in the summer). And I'm not wanting to buy two sets of tyres.

Conversely, I drive my MX-5 in a more spirited fashion, and would hate to run it on all seasons. If that means there are days I won't be using it in the winter then that's the compromise I'm happy to make.

myhooose

I agree for some people I think they are a good compromise, It was just that the OP wanted them to work brilliantly in all conditions and that is not going to happen on all seasons.

In my case my 20 mile commute to work is mostly on motorways and only a few hundred yards at each end of the journey is on ungritted roads. In the area of the North west I live we don't get a lot of snow and the few days a year we have bad snow I have coped ok with decent summer tyres. If it get really bad I stay at home, with many amenity's just around the corner. I appreciate all season tyres are better in the cold too, but not as good as a winter tyre.

Every case is different.

anotherbaldrick

"Which" have just done a test on 28 varieties of winter rubber for small and large vehicles . They found Continental Winter Contact TS800 the best . They also found some brands terrible, would not stop a banana on a plate.

Mr_Crunch

I recently put a set of Hankook Optimo 4S on my Fiesta. Absolutely brilliant. Not quite as good as Winter tyres but far better than Summer ones. Grip is excellent. I did a lot of research on German sites which had been testing these with others. Vredesteins were good too, but you just cannot get them. The Hankooks are a premium tyre. I just checked out the price on Event Tyres (they don't come to my area) then got my local tyre fitting place to match that price. About £65 each fitted for a set of 4, for 195/50R15 82H. As cheap as the summer Bridgestones which were on it. Don't risk only a pair, four are best.

marlot

The OP hasn't been back since he/she started the thread.