I was in a supermarket and passed the magazine rack. I saw on the cover about the 100 vest used cars so I opened it by chance on the winter tyres review. An interesting read. 8 winter tyres compared with one top rated summer and one all season tyre.
After reading it the all season actually seemed to be the best. The michelin crossclimate +. 99.2% overall compared to the 100% for the continental winter contract ts 860. However their scoring gave the all season tyre better wet handling and braking but most surprising it had the better snow handling and snow braking scores.
Does anyone have any opinions whether the michelin Cross climate + all season tyre makes a better option for UK driving?
As a background for this we have a car which is useless on snow or compacted snow. I reckon mostly due to standard tyres but also I think it's not a good car in iffy conditions anyway. A seat Altea xl. So we've been thinking of winter tyres for a year. We have no place to store them no garage or shed space left for tyres. So we cannot get the tyres changed over twice a year without a storage option. However a single set of tyres that are good summer and winter seems the best option.
Would you consider it? If not any suggestions for storing out of season tyres?
The part of nw England we're in doesn't often get snow. So it's likely they'll be more than good enough.
After reading it the all season actually seemed to be the best. The michelin crossclimate +. 99.2% overall compared to the 100% for the continental winter contract ts 860. However their scoring gave the all season tyre better wet handling and braking but most surprising it had the better snow handling and snow braking scores.
Does anyone have any opinions whether the michelin Cross climate + all season tyre makes a better option for UK driving?
As a background for this we have a car which is useless on snow or compacted snow. I reckon mostly due to standard tyres but also I think it's not a good car in iffy conditions anyway. A seat Altea xl. So we've been thinking of winter tyres for a year. We have no place to store them no garage or shed space left for tyres. So we cannot get the tyres changed over twice a year without a storage option. However a single set of tyres that are good summer and winter seems the best option.
Would you consider it? If not any suggestions for storing out of season tyres?
The part of nw England we're in doesn't often get snow. So it's likely they'll be more than good enough.