all season tyres in UK? (London based)

[MrRockliffe]

I had someone obliviously sail through a red light on a junction in a 50 limit in torrential rain. I honestly think if I had still been running my previous tyres and not a new set of Vector 4 seasons I'd have had a nasty shunt. As it was I buried the brake pedal and crucially the front end still had enough grip to do a hard swerve left. There couldn't have been more than a meter between us as the flew past. Definitely my closest call in 24 years on the road.

Yeah they’ve been mega. I took them out for a test in the cold weather we had recently and really struggled to get the ABS to come on in safe conditions. Braking hard + turning was no issue, standing water no problem.

Fair bit cheaper than the Crossclimate too.

 

[Haggisman]

A tyres a tyre. Your driving to work. Not setting lap times

You drive everywhere at 5 mph? You still need to be able to stop as quickly as possible when the situation arises.

Those tyres are the only thing connecting your car to the road, and potentially the difference between an "oh ****" moment and an expensive insurance claim & associated injuries from an otherwise avoidable accident. I hope you don't have a driving licence, because I hate the thought of having to put my family's lives in the hands of people like you when I use the road

 

[Bint Box]

PS5 are a summer tyre, but they’re a good one.

I’ve got them on the 135i and they’re very good in the wet and I personally wouldn’t change them on that car. But I’ve also got all seasons on the fiesta for improved wet/cold grip as I don’t care about driving dynamics, and I also don’t need maximum summer performance - would rather have improved winter performance.

Thank you for the info.
The tyres are on my old Audi TT with 4 wheel drive and for the small amount of snow and ice we get here within the M25 I think I will keep them on the car all year round.

 

[D-Ranged]

For the last 17 years I've been running road legal track tyres all year around. Yoko AD08RS and Hankook RS2 before this, not the same ones of course I change them when they wear out.

You might assume that this type of tyre is dangerous in winter / cold, in reality due to these tyres being so grippy, even in winter there is still more grip compared to regular tyres. Also the groove patterns in these tyres shift loads of standing water.

Is your car RWD or FWD?

My RX7 with r888s is a pain in damp/wet conditions. Even turning out of a junction slowly from a stop the backend gets upset.

 

[rypt]

I've run Hankook Ventus Primes on my cars for the last 20 years

I "guess" that's part of their summer range, but they have never failed me (other than on ice in an MR2 - but any tire would have you slide at that point!)

 

[JasonM]

Is your car RWD or FWD?

My RX7 with r888s is a pain in damp/wet conditions. Even turning out of a junction slowly from a stop the backend gets upset.

It's an Integra Type R, so FWD.

From what I can gather the AD08RS and Hanhook RS2 Z212 I have prior, there not as track focused as the 888's.

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[D-Ranged]

It's an Integra Type R, so FWD.

From what I can gather the AD08RS and Hanhook RS2 Z212 I have prior, there not as track focused as the 888's.

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I used to have a DC2, and a friend had a turbo'd DC5, both great cars.

I've not used either of those tyres, so I couldn't comment on their use for a rwd daily. For a fwd car, I'd happily use the r888s though. RWD is a different story. As fun as it is sliding around, when your driving it every day, it becomes very annoying.

 

[Gtiracer]

Im happy with our Falken Euroall Season tyres, but I have an MPV not a sports car

 

[Gepetto]

I had Uniroyal Rainsports on my Lancer and really liked them. Rain will probably be more of an issue in London than snow. I used them all year round.

 

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[sovietspybob]

I had Bridgestone all seasons on my old Yaris and they were great, they seemed to grip well in the summer and were really good in cold weather, noticeably better than summer tyres when it was frosty and snowy.

I got about 50k miles out of a set as well which i was happy with, some people said they'd wear out in no time during the summer but that wasn't the case at all.

 

[nlel1975]

I got about 50k miles out of a set as well which i was happy with, some people said they'd wear out in no time during the summer but that wasn't the case at all.

That is good, a lot of websites say you should get approx 20,000 out of the fronts and up to 40,000 out of the rears. I presume thats replacing them at 3mm to 4mm tread depth. Did you let yours get down to the minimum 1.6mm before replacing?

 

[Diddums]

That is good, a lot of websites say you should get approx 20,000 out of the fronts and up to 40,000 out of the rears. I presume thats replacing them at 3mm to 4mm tread depth. Did you let yours get down to the minimum 1.6mm before replacing?

Mine are currently at 1.58mm, I measure each wheel on four spots weekly.

 

[nlel1975]

Mine are currently at 1.58mm, I measure each wheel on four spots weekly.

To be honest I’ve only checked mine once in 5 years since buying the car new. I knew with my low yearly mileage that I’d have nothing to worry about. When I checked them and still had just under 7mm tread left I thought that was a lot. Then I checked how much they had from new 7.94mm and then it made more sense.

 

[Diddums]

To be honest I’ve only checked mine once in 5 years since buying the car new. I knew with my low yearly mileage that I’d have nothing to worry about. When I checked them and still had just under 7mm tread left I thought that was a lot. Then I checked how much they had from new 7.94mm and then it made more sense.

I'd be checking them at least monthly, premature tire wear can get very expensive.

 

[sovietspybob]

That is good, a lot of websites say you should get approx 20,000 out of the fronts and up to 40,000 out of the rears. I presume thats replacing them at 3mm to 4mm tread depth. Did you let yours get down to the minimum 1.6mm before replacing?

That was going right down to about 2mm (i paid for all the rubber so i'm going to use it all!), i rotated the tyres a couple of times i think to even the wear out. The Yaris was a very light car though, about 925kg i think but i didn't hang about in it despite it's 74bhp.

 

[nlel1975]

This site says you should get approximately 1000 to 4000 miles out of 1mm of tread depth. That’s consistent with my findings as I’ve worn through just over 1mm in 5350 miles.

https://www.scrapcarcomparison.co.uk/blog/the-guide-to-checking-your-tyre-depth/

Only driving a Smart city car nothing sporty.

 

[Diddums]

This site says you should get approximately 1000 to 4000 miles out of 1mm of tread depth. That’s consistent with my findings as I’ve worn through just over 1mm in 5350 miles.

https://www.scrapcarcomparison.co.uk/blog/the-guide-to-checking-your-tyre-depth/

Only driving a Smart city car nothing sporty.

You really are the gift that keeps on giving, thank you. This forum would be a lot duller without you

 

[jpaul]

or, just envious about having a nearby beach on tap - he needs to start gratuitously posting pictures.

 

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I have a R18 225/40 tyres on my car and will need to replace the front 2 soon.

Any thoughts on getting all season tyres in stead of the usual summer compound? Recommendations?

You live in London, not the remote wilderness or the Scottish Highlands

If you just bumble around in the Merc B thing and then by all means go for a summer/wet based all season like the cross climate 2 or vector 4 Season Gen3.

But a top spec summer tyre will be better unless you're consistently under 5degsC and in wet/slush (refer back to my first paragraph )