Passenger Car All Season Premium Touring Tires

no material to compare too. 1 for BUY AGAIN not because tire is bad, but because new ones are coming up. Current succesor is not vector Gen 3 but EVO A005 (better in dry and wet, worst in snow according to a test i cannot remember). Handling depending on tire pressure. Recommende pressure is normal handling, +0,4 Bar far more responsive. No cracks due to sunlight (yet).

These are very quiet tires, and the car rides very comfortably-it just glides along the road. Grip is excellent in all weather conditions. Water evacuation on wet roads is superb. Dry grip is also great, and on snow, I notice no difference compared to dedicated winter tires. There is hardly any visible wear; after 10,000 miles, the tread has worn down by less than a millimeter. I should note that I drive very smoothly and calmly, not aggressively. I previously used Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-2s for five years; they still had 5 mm of tread left after about 55,000 miles and were also good in all weather. I switched to the Gen-3s because the tread was no longer as flexible-age had taken its toll.

O.E. on a 25 Carnival. Tires are rotated every 3-4k alignment is kept up and pressure is monitored. When new these tires rivaled any other tire i have ever had in most case beat them. That said i have put less than 20k on them and they need to be replaced. 2 of the 4 are down to 4/10 and one is 3/10 and one at 5/10 the crazy abnormal wear and the extreamly loud growl they make at any speed over 30mph has ruined any chance of me wanting to spend the money to use them again.

Purchased the 4S2s pitched as 'upper mid-priced' but comparatively good all-year-round performer according to prior reviews. Was temped by the Vredestein Quatrac Pro at only a couple of quid more, but decided that I fancied the 4S2s tread pattern. <br />
The 4S2s feel fine. I'm no boy racer but 630lb ft of torque via 3.0TDI Quattro transmission provides awesome roundabout exits!<br />
So performance for an all season tire appears good. However, ....and this is a BIG however: These boots are doing around 12% less miles to the gallon. Now, over a predicted 28,000miles that equates to around 75 more gallons of diesel. Even at an average £1.50 per litre that means these tires may cost me more than the price of a set of new 4S2s at todays prices...fitted and balanced...over their useable life!<br />
I think that Ill be going back to try Vreds if the motor is still with me in 3 yrs!<br />
My history of tires for this motor was as follows:<br />
Vred Ultrac's (Sessanta and Vorti) and I couldn't fault them as a long lasting summer tire. <br />
I went budget for a set of Summer Nankang AS2+ but they turned out to be just as expensive per mile (lasted 75% of the Vred mileage for 75% of the cost). These also developed worryingly long circumferential splits on all inner sidewalls (thankfully didn't fail but neither the retailer nor manufacturer gave a sh!t about my complaint).

I bought these tires exactly one year and 7,500 km ago. Compared to the previous summer Turanzas, as I expected, they are softer when braking and cornering. I use them mainly on dry country roads: I have to say they perform well, even in sudden emergency brakes, especially on wet roads, a little less so on dry ones. Shock absorption is excellent, although they are noisier on the highway. As for wear, after driving 70% country roads, 20% city roads, and 10% highways, in 7,500 km, with a leisurely drive on a 95 HP Polo AW1 petrol car, I noticed a 0.3-0.4 mm tread wear.

The driving feel is perfect, especially considering that these are all-season tires.<br />
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They’re better than the previous Bridgestone Potenza S005 (which were supposed to be sports tires...), they convey road conditions much better, they inspire much more confidence, and they have less loss of grip when accelerating from a stop.<br />
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So far, they’re the perfect tire; we’ll see how they hold up, but in the first few miles the feel is very, very good, and I’m inclined to buy this tire again.<br />
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For now, I only have them on the front axle; when I have to replace the rear ones, I’ll put the same ones on.<br />
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On previous cars have run Michelin cross climates in their various revisions. The tires supplied with the new car were Continental Premium Contact 6, they were ok but not outstanding, with the onset on winter upgraded to Continental AllSeasonContact 2, partly because there is limited suppliers of the size needed. The grip and handling and even tire noise (except over very bad road services) all improved. Yet to be tested on very hot days so we will see how they handle the summer months. They appear better than the Michelins run in the past.

Mounted them as front tires on a ford puma as they seemed good value and from respectable brand. However, 7 months in and approximately 13-15000 miles and they had to be changed, as they were on 2 mm already. Absolutely dissapointed and would not ever reccomend to anyone. The car had a very slight misallignment, but nothing too drastic.

I reviewed this tire before and I wasn't holding back, since then I experienced ALL parameters existing to test this tire, from snow and ice to monsoon type of rain to melting concrete.. so its time to finish my inital impressions on this tire. <br />
Grip overall is there, no doubt about that, even if you cant feel it because of the lack of feedback. It takes time to develop trust toward these tires, and you will have to adjust as they get older and offer less. But the promised grip levels like you see on tests are there, I can confirm.<br />
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Warm/hot: The tires show a very different face when the temperature gets warmer. Interestingly they got louder but they behave much better than on cold, not the way you would expect from most 4 seasons. It wasnt bad in the cold but its much better now as the temperature is getting warm. Its late Spring. <br />
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Rain and wet: Total Domination, didnt manage to slip the tires yet, breaking is down, but its always down with every tire, its not as good as a Goodyear Eagle for example, but no need to worry about it. Cold AND wet together are a much more serius problem, and this tire doesnt have much confidence at that, I didnt spin out or anything, in fact I made some mountain runs just for curiousity and they hold up, but the lack of feedback... its killing this tire, even if you have a lot of grip in theory, feedback allows you to make the most out of it, and this tire is just a "trust me bro" kind of tire. Which is okay on an economy car with FWD or AWD, but in the GR its not a very pleasing experience. Drive it like a Corolla and its fine I guess. <br />
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Snow and ice: Snow grip is adequate, I didnt get stuck and it was a good 10-15cm snow (car almost bottomed out), it got me out even from a stuck position just had to reverse out, gearing is a bigger factor than this tire. You wont have problem wirth snow. (Also it was the icy kind of snow, not the fresh snowman type. Ice grip doesnt exist, I guess that is what you'd expect from a 4 season. Dont buy 4 season if you want to drive on ice, yes? Its not entirely unmanagable, but the tire is just there only to give you grip when you go OFF the ice. <br />
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Wear is none so far, its only 3000 miles so far, so would be very sad otherwise. <br />
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For non-sport cars, this is a great tire. I would buy it definetly for normal economy cars.. for a sports car.. well, you need to drive like its an economy car and you will be fine. Wet breaking is adequate, feedback is none. If you have the desire to drive spiritedly during the winter, I would have the CC3 Sport instead, in theory it has less overall performance, but much more feedback, and thats important for that kind of situation.

I bought them in the autumn as an alternative to classic winter tires and have recently switched back to summer tires. They are a great option for mild winters, it is essentially a winter tire oriented towards dry and wet performance in the cold. They feel more like a winter tire, indeed, especially when the temperatures rise above 15c degrees. Handling and braking in snowy conditions is adequate. On slush, the Bridgestones are great. On ice, however, they are rather poor. Main advantages are low noise, decent comfort and great wet performance in the cold. Main disadvantages are poor handling feel/feedback and higher fuel consumption compared to summer tires. Although grip is great at all vehicle speeds, these tires are prone to understeer and you don't really feel where the limit is. Tires I could compare them to are Bridgestone Blizzak LM005, Firestone Winterhawk 4, Bridgestone T005, Linglong Sport Master, Nexen N Blue HD plus, Michelin Pilot Sport 4 and the Hankook Ventus Evo I have gotten for this season. <br />
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I would recommend them to anyone that only drives in the city, drives a low-powered economy car, a secondary car, doesn't drive daily or lives in a place with mild winters.

I’ve previously written two reviews on these tires praising them highly, however now the temperatures have warmed it’s like a completely different tire.<br />
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In the warm they oversteer immensely, so much so I was convinced I had an issue with my suspension, having had this checked by two different garages, no suspension issues were found at all.<br />
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With this in mind I decided having been very pleased with the winter performance of these I have decided to keep these as winter tires, and have fitted Maxxis Premitra HP6 tires for summer use - these tires have fixed the oversteer issues and the need for constant corrections.<br />
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Another issue I had with the uniroyals was getting them balanced, two shops tried and couldn’t quite get it right with a noticeable wobble initially at 50mph then at 70mph, the tires needed to be road force balanced to solve this issue.<br />
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That being said after 7000 miles the tires have only worn 1.5mm which I’m quite pleased with, as weirdly my car seems to chew tires down quite quickly and I wouldn’t class myself as a particularly spirited driver.<br />
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In summary, I wouldn’t see these as an all season tire, being in my garage now unmounted the side walls are incredibly soft now it’s warmed up, however the winter performance of these tires is great, and I would consider them a winter tire rather than an all season.