Looking for a good all weather Tires

FR85

Hi all,

As above, looking for decent all round good tires, 225 45 17's.

Mostly dual carriage way driving with a little bit of country road driving. Car is 200bhp 2l TDI FWD and I've been known to use it but im not aggressive all the time.
Looking for grippy good wearing and quiet low road noise tires that don't go above and beyond the bank balance!! Coming into a cold spell I'd like frost/ice/snow to be a consideration.

Cheers and safe motoring!!!

bazz26

Not sure if there is a great selection of "all seasons" tyres in this country and in most cases they may not behave much better than an average summer tyre. A good set of winter tyres put on from November through till March might be a better option.

FR85

bazz26 wrote: »

Not sure if there is a great selection of "all seasons" tyres in this country and in most cases they may not behave much better than an average summer tyre. A good set of winter tyres put on from November through till March might be a better option.

I have a second matching set of alloys I could do this with, any suggestions and costs? Present set of Firestones were €125 roughly a tire and tbh they have been brilliant wear wise but a bit noisy.

bazz26

Have a look on the likes of eiretyres.com, oponeo.ie and camskill.co.uk, they should be starting to do deals on winters tyres now.

These seem good value at just over €100 a corner, allow another €50 to have them fitted and balanced locally.

http://camskill.co.uk/m97b0s637p97666/Uniroyal_Tyres_Winter_Snow_Car_Uniroyal_MSPlus66_Uniroyal_MS_Plus_66_-_225_45_R17_91H_FR_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_F_Wet_Grip%3A_C_NoiseClass%3A_2_Noise%3A_71dB

Just make sure you can get them fitted reasonably locally before committing to buying.

CJhaughey

Nokian All Weather Plus are a good wearing tyre, mine have lasted almost 17k miles and have worked well through the heat of summer, granted the last winter wasn't that cold but I feel they are a good compromise.
Nokian tech support explained to me that that they are a Winter tread pattern but a more Summer orientated compound.
I have just ordered a second set after being pleasantly surprised at how long they lasted.
Winter tyre prices have just gone up, Summers are as cheap as you can find them right now.

Odyssey 2005

Have been using Hankook 4 Seasons for the past 3 years. Same size as yours 225/45/17. Fuggin brilliant tyre. They grip like glue and part water like Moses. Would not have anything else.
Car is 2wd fwd

Popoutman

I've been using Goodyear Vector 4-seasons on the A4 tdi, and I've found them to be very good in the 2 years I've had them. Slighty elevated road noise compared to the Potenzas I changed from, but significantly more grip in the cold and wet. Not cheap, and I had to get them imported from Eiretyres, but very happy that I did. I've about 25,000 km on them in the two years, little bit of shoulder wear from roundabouts but otherwise still got decent tread depth.

Reminds me that I should rotate front to back soon.

Wheelnut

FR85 wrote: »

... Present set of Firestones were €125 roughly a tire and tbh they have been brilliant wear wise but a bit noisy.

Ah, so you're not aiming as high as we thought! You have a huge selection of mid-range tyres open to you and nothing wrong with any of them, I've used Firestone many times over the years and got good service.
(PS: you can probably do better on the price if you shop around.)

FR85

Wheelnut wrote: »

Ah, so you're not aiming as high as we thought!

Haha, I was looking at replies then looking up the suggestions thinking what!!!???!!!

Something middle of the road......