Best tyres for wet grip to stop car slipping

stator

Bridgestone have A rated wet grip for £57 on blackcircles.

moneysaver

I use Michelin Cross Climate. Never have a problem in wet or slippy roads. Also great for the winter too.


Moneysaver

wgl2014

Uniroyal Rainsport tyres are excellent and reasonably priced.

It may also be worth getting a proper 4 wheel alignment check done if your handlings a bit wonky.

My wife's old car came with some absolutely shocking tyres on, I was surprised just how lacking in wet grip they were.

fatbelly

You don't necessarily need the best wet tyres, just better than the ones you have now. Do a bit of research on tyrereviews.co.uk.

There's a recent midrange review and these two finished top. Whether they would be available to you depends on your tyre size.

1st: Semperit SpeedLife 2
Positive: High aquaplaning resistance, short braking distance on dry and wet surfaces.
Negative: Tendency for liftoff oversteer.


2nd: Maxxis Premitra HP5
Positive: Good handling on dry surfaces, short braking distance on dry and wet surfaces, low rolling resistance.
Negative: Unstable during high speed cornering, increased noise.

EdGasketTheSecond

I've had all sorts of tyres on my Hyundai Lantra estate including 'Chinese ditchfinders' and have never skidded once in 100K miles; must be you're driving too fast.

cajef

wgl2014 wrote: »

Uniroyal Rainsport tyres are excellent and reasonably priced.

Another vote for those, Uniroyal are a subsidiary of Continental, had them on my previous car and now on my present one, excellent wet weather road holding, reasonable life and noise, good mid range tyre.

Joe_Horner

Sea_Shell wrote: »

Don't skimp on tyres...they are the only things holding you to the road.

Nope, pretty sure gravity does that regardless of the tyres

OP, the gap between "good" and "not so good" tyres (there's not really such a thing as a "bad" tyre on the UK market anymore) has reduced massively over the years.

99% of the reviews and comments online about this sort of stuff are from keyboard warriors and Gran Turismo players who're convinced they can feel the change in weight distribution from a fly hitting the windscreen.

Tyres are far more likely to lose grip thanks to aggressive or sharp changes in load (sudden turn-in, harsh braking, both at the same time) than from actually exceeding their ultimate grip. And, once they start to lose grip, they tend to keep going that way.

Think Top gear test track - a high percentage of the fast times were set by people who "looked slow" because they weren't braking or turning in too late and - as a result - weren't leaving half the tyre behind on the corners. Given same car, same tyres & same road, smoothness makes a HUGE difference (but doesn't look flashy).

Jackmydad

Joe_Horner wrote: »

Nope, pretty sure gravity does that regardless of the tyres

OP, the gap between "good" and "not so good" tyres (there's not really such a thing as a "bad" tyre on the UK market anymore) has reduced massively over the years.

99% of the reviews and comments online about this sort of stuff are from keyboard warriors and Gran Turismo players who're convinced they can feel the change in weight distribution from a fly hitting the windscreen.

Tyres are far more likely to lose grip thanks to aggressive or sharp changes in load (sudden turn-in, harsh braking, both at the same time) than from actually exceeding their ultimate grip. And, once they start to lose grip, they tend to keep going that way.

Think Top gear test track - a high percentage of the fast times were set by people who "looked slow" because they weren't braking or turning in too late and - as a result - weren't leaving half the tyre behind on the corners. Given same car, same tyres & same road, smoothness makes a HUGE difference (but doesn't look flashy).

. . .Also of course when they do "let go" which even with those "Stickslikestuff GP9000 All Terrain All Weather Tires (sic) they inevitably will, you'll be going so much faster. . .

gord115

Uniroyal rainexpert3 £38 at love tyres for your car.

I have these tyres and in 35 years of driving they are the best tyres I've found in the wet.

Much better than the Bridgstones or Pirellis I've had before.

http://lovetyres.com/search/tyres/185-65-15/brand/Uniroyal

jimbo6977

I recently bought tyres in this size for a Megane mk1.

Best deal I found for a sensible brand was Avon tyres from National.

Cost just over £50 a corner fitted.

Am happy with them, wet or dry.