West Slope Rover
Well-Known Member
That's one piss poor all season tyre.
markomate2
Well-Known Member
This threads getting fun! Sipes increase grip in the snow, nothing do do with allowing water to get away.
If I can find it, Ive got a video I did a few years ago of me and the family rocking along very nicely at 90 kph on a snowy road over here.
Very sure footed, on some old studded Michelins I think, studs are nice if you dont mind the noise, but you cant leave them on all year round!
Mark
mikescuba
Well-Known Member
Didn't know studded tires were still allowed in the UK, they are not allowed in France.
mikescuba
Well-Known Member
Actually, they work quiet well on the Auris. Especially in the wet.
West Slope Rover
Well-Known Member
It looks like they'd be a bit sketchy in the snow, lacking the siping the way do.
Nodge68
Well-Known Member
That's not what I'd call a 4X4 tyre. It's a road tyre and so is of little use in a car in winter. Even a nimble Freelander would struggle in the snow on those.
This is what I call a 4X4 tyre.
markomate2
Well-Known Member
I spend most of my time in Estonia, they are def allowed here! Snows late this year so you can hear studded tyres from quite a away away!
NoDosh
Active Member
Scorpion ATR? Run those on my Disco3. Brilliant all purpose tyre, but I still swap them for winter tyres (Dunlop Winter Sport 255/55/19) when temperatures on the morning commute are < 5°
Currently running Conti CrossContact AT on the Freelander and did debate winter tyres last year, but from experience have found many true winter tyres are utterly woeful in cold, wet mud (the fine sipes mean they tend to slick up very quickly). As we have winter tyres to hand for the Disco I decided to stick with an AT for the freelander, as it's mainly used for offroad, while the Disco handles family/long distance.
The Jag tends to just sit there looking all sad from November - March. 510bhp and RWD don't go well with wet, cold, muddy Dorset roads
Nodge68
Well-Known Member
Yep Scorpion ATRScorpion ATR? Run those on my Disco3. Brilliant all purpose tyre, but I still swap them for winter tyres (Dunlop Winter Sport 255/55/19) when temperatures on the morning commute are < 5°
Currently running Conti CrossContact AT on the Freelander and did debate winter tyres last year, but from experience have found many true winter tyres are utterly woeful in cold, wet mud (the fine sipes mean they tend to slick up very quickly). As we have winter tyres to hand for the Disco I decided to stick with an AT for the freelander, as it's mainly used for offroad, while the Disco handles family/long distance.
The Jag tends to just sit there looking all sad from November - March. 510bhp and RWD don't go well with wet, cold, muddy Dorset roads
I have them on my D3. I've not found a need for anything else. They are a good all rounder in the Disco with a huge following on the D3 forums, as you'll know.
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Epicuser
Ex Freelander Owner
I used Vredestein Wintrac 4 Xtreme last year. Unfortunately I sold the Freelander.
But I still have the set of 5 wheels.
They are great off-road and in snow as well as the usual cold wet roads we get down in the south east.
They are for sale because they don't fit my new car. I have Michelin CrossClimate on my new car. Very impressed so far and don't seem to be impacting the range.
Ad here: https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/freelander-1-wheels-and-almost-new-tyres.284333/#post-3627073
But I still have the set of 5 wheels.
They are great off-road and in snow as well as the usual cold wet roads we get down in the south east.
They are for sale because they don't fit my new car. I have Michelin CrossClimate on my new car. Very impressed so far and don't seem to be impacting the range.
Ad here: https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/freelander-1-wheels-and-almost-new-tyres.284333/#post-3627073
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Have you still got the twig and if so how are you getting on with it?
gen grabber AT2's never let me down in 4 years on my 4x4.
on my road car am going to try Falken AS200's = for £38 ea - and good write ups.
on my road car am going to try Falken AS200's = for £38 ea - and good write ups.
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Epicuser
Ex Freelander Owner
Love it. My bank balance loves it even more!!! It has cost me 2.7p per mile for the last 10,000 miles. That is over 16p per mile less than my Hippo. Then there is the £1000 I have saved on VED.
On top of that it is great fun to drive. I've taken it to Devon without any issues. The charging infrastructure is improving all the time.
Yes I miss driving off road, but for the cost of keeping the Hippo on the road, I can live with it.
I never thought I would be driving an electric car, but I have got to the point now where I hate driving anything that isn't electric. I had to hire a van the other day, and it was awful. Noisy, slow, smelly, and it was a new van!
