Admittedly when it comes to UHP my experience is much more limited but in my experience UHP can just go when cold - whether that is pushing them out the gate before they've warmed up or in colder weather under more normal conditions.
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Admittedly when it comes to UHP my experience is much more limited but in my experience UHP can just go when cold - whether that is pushing them out the gate before they've warmed up or in colder weather under more normal conditions.
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I’d expect that on UUHP tyres - think track focused tyres for the road, but these are N1 Porsche Pirelli P Zeros.
I’d have expected them to deal with going round a roundabout in mild conditions
As I say, never had issues with other tyres (other than the PS4S when new) and I exclusively use UHP tyres.
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I pick my new motor up in about 2 months - a Smart #5 Pulse and I'd like to change the tyres to All Seasons.
My Dad had good experience with All Seasons on his old Volvo XC60 (and I used some on my old Polo GTi way back now). The climate in north east is the usual mixed bag over the year. I asked AI and it said that "Newcastle has a cool‑temperate, maritime climate with average temperatures ranging from about 2–6 °C in winter and 15–21 °C in summer. Average annual temperature: ~9–10 °C." I think All Seasons would work better than a summer tyre given the temps can sit in that range where normal tyres begin to harden. In addition, the new motor isn't a sports car or what one would say comes with an agile chassis, it is a heavy, electric SUV. It is AWD but has that instant power delivery (0-62 is 4.9s and max power is 588kW (788bhp) with 643Nm max torque).
From the details on the site, it will apparently come fitted with Continental EcoContact 7 in 255/45 R20 (105 XL V). In that size, the two newest All Season tyres that review well are the Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 and Conti AllSeasonContact 2. Which would you suggest? I am leaning towards the Conti simply because the car comes with Conti's from factory and I've had experience with Conti CS7's on the Mustang in the past. MyTyres do the tyre but currently each costs £240.
I was also thinking perhaps I keep the EcoContact 7's for a few months and see if the price drops on the All Seasons, now that we're coming out of winter?
Cheers.
I pick my new motor up in about 2 months - a Smart #5 Pulse and I'd like to change the tyres to All Seasons.
My Dad had good experience with All Seasons on his old Volvo XC60 (and I used some on my old Polo GTi way back now). The climate in north east is the usual mixed bag over the year. I asked AI and it said that "Newcastle has a cool‑temperate, maritime climate with average temperatures ranging from about 2–6 °C in winter and 15–21 °C in summer. Average annual temperature: ~9–10 °C." I think All Seasons would work better than a summer tyre given the temps can sit in that range where normal tyres begin to harden. In addition, the new motor isn't a sports car or what one would say comes with an agile chassis, it is a heavy, electric SUV. It is AWD but has that instant power delivery (0-62 is 4.9s and max power is 588kW (788bhp) with 643Nm max torque).
From the details on the site, it will apparently come fitted with Continental EcoContact 7 in 255/45 R20 (105 XL V). In that size, the two newest All Season tyres that review well are the Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 and Conti AllSeasonContact 2. Which would you suggest? I am leaning towards the Conti simply because the car comes with Conti's from factory and I've had experience with Conti CS7's on the Mustang in the past. MyTyres do the tyre but currently each costs £240.
I was also thinking perhaps I keep the EcoContact 7's for a few months and see if the price drops on the All Seasons, now that we're coming out of winter?
Cheers.
I recently had some Michelin Primacy 4s fitted to my '17 M240i by mistake (I'd ordered Pilot Sport 5s). Whilst I was waiting for them to get the correct tyres, I drove around on the Primacy's for a while and was shocked at how much more comfortable they were vs my old Pilot Super Sport and even the new Pilot Sport 5. It's really made me think what tyres I buy in future. 95% of the time I'm pootling around town, or commuting on the motorway, and the additional comfort would be very welcome. For the other 5% of the time, the Pilot Sports will be better, but by how much really? Not much, especially on the road. Similar performance in the wet too. Just made me think - I've always put sporty summer tyres on my cars, as that's what you're told to do with more sporty vehicles, but I never track my car, and I'm not sure I'd make full use of the additional grip on the roads, even when driving more spiritedly.
Apologies if this is a "well yeah, duh" post, but I've never had anything other than Premium UHP tyres fitted to my cars.
Apologies if this is a "well yeah, duh" post, but I've never had anything other than Premium UHP tyres fitted to my cars.
Both all seasons are good, Conti came 2nd and Bridgey came 3rd in the most recent tyre review test.
I don't think you'd benefit much from all seasons though.
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Well yeah, duh - touring tyres being more comfortable than UHP sporty tyres
Only kidding, but a valid point - if you value comfort over outright grip and feel, maybe touring tyres are more your thing.
My first time owning a heavy rear wheel drive EV and these recent cold temperatures are giving my summer tyres Kumho PS71 EV a bad time in the multi storey car park, I need to use full lock going down the exit ramps and they do not like doing so, they’ll skip/scrub something terrible on the cold wet surface.
My dad's ENY1 tyres are behaving similarly. Came slowly to a giveway after leaving a car park last weekend. And the car gave a wee skid and skip as I applied the brake (not hard). Then when I pulled away it gave some wheelspin. I think they are Conti EcoContact 6 on his. It was an outdoor car park and it was like -5 degrees. Poor tyres.
Totally valid responseWell yeah, duh - touring tyres being more comfortable than UHP sporty tyres
Only kidding, but a valid point - if you value comfort over outright grip and feel, maybe touring tyres are more your thing.
I guess I just never realised how big of a difference there could actually be - I just figured all cars with low profile tyres are uncomfortable, regardless of what tyres you fitted (bar runflats).
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Totally valid response
It’s shocking isn’t it.
The only thing I find is that comfort seems to be related to steering feel, in that more comfort = less feel.
Personally would rather have smaller alloys and harder tyres for better steering feel and better comfort.
To be fair I'm not sure I noticed any difference in feel. The PS5s have heavier steering, but there's no more feel. That's likely just down to modern BMW steering being a bit pants though. I just found the ride much more compliant and a little quieter. Kind of regretting having them swapped for PS5s
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To be fair I'm not sure I noticed any difference in feel. The PS5s have heavier steering, but there's no more feel. That's likely just down to modern BMW steering being a bit pants though. I just found the ride much more compliant and a little quieter. Kind of regretting having them swapped for PS5s
No the PS5s are a bad example, as I detested them when I put them on a car