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Continental WinterContact TS 850 P Reviews

Continental WinterContact TS 850 P Owner Reviews

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What owners say summarised from 18 reviews

Continental WinterContact TS 850 P is widely praised for strong dry and wet grip, confident handling, and good control in cold conditions, with several high-scoring reviews highlighting excellent snow and even ice performance. Comfort and relatively low noise are commonly noted, while some mention firmer ride. A minority report faster wear and higher price, and a few note limitations on ice or heavy snow. Overall sentiment is strongly positive given the high-scoring reviews and frequency of praise.

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Owner ratings averaged from 20 ratings

  • Owner score 79%
  • Wet Grip 85%
  • Dry Grip 84%
  • Handling 84%
  • Road Feedback 83%
  • Wear 82%
  • Comfort 79%
  • Snow Grip 77%
  • Ice Grip 61%

Continental WinterContact TS 850 P Reviews - Page 2

Score spread across 18 written reviews
100%
Member
Bought these tires with the alu-rims, used, from some guy for 100 euros a piece. What a great deal this was!!! Excellent tires, drove them for about 10.000 miles now, and they still look and behave like new.
Especially pleased with low noise and easy rolling. Great tires. Ok, new ones are probably very expensive.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 1,108
100%
Member
I have it for 3 winters on nissan qashqai. It is excellent winter tire!!!
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 1,140
97%
Member
  • BMW 525xd
  • 225/55 R17
  • 300 miles
  • A Combination of Roads
  • Average
What can I say. This must be the perfect tire for the xdrive system.
10/10 dry and wet grip. Breaking on mixed surface also good !
Cannot talk about wear for now. We'll see later.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 10
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 10
  • Comfort 8
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 774

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90%
Member
I fitted these to my 208 XY a couple of years back (now sold due to needing a larger car), they had a lovely trip out to the Highlands of Scotland in late December to early January so were put to the test on snow/ice and wet roads.
There were 3 cars, 2 were 4x4 and my fwd, it performed amicably in comparison to the 4x4's, grip was fantastic on bad surfaces with snow and ice patches, even hit an ice patch on a corner and only needed a slight correction of the steering to regain composure.

In snow they also performed excellently, standing water on motorways is not a problem, absolutely no aquaplaning.

The down side to winter tires is the tread blocks, it takes some of the feedback off you and can make the car feel a little less responsive in corners, but the benefits of a winter tire seriously out weigh that of a summer tire in winter.

These will perform better below 10 degrees Centigrade, after that you will have longer braking distances due to the heat in the tires and a little more squirming under hard braking.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 9
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 9
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 9
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 606
94%
Member
Fantastic tire on snow and ice, much better than it's predecessor Conti 830P. I have never expected tire of this type (quite low profile, high speed index) to be so good in such conditions. On wet they are also very good. Good progressiveness and road feedback is also important for a performance tire in performance car like mine - gives lots of fun and is assuring. As my car puts all of it power on front wheels I generally need a tire with lots of grip on dry - in this case previous 830P were simply better. Whey were more "asphalt" than "snow/mud" tire than the 850P. Wear is fine, comfort is more than fine at this size, although they are a bit loud.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 8
  • Wet Grip 10
  • Road Feedback 10
  • Handling 10
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 9
Helpful 606
90%
Member
Excellent winter tire. Much better than the ts 830 which was a disppointment. Incredible control on snow. A bit less efficient on slush. Very good grip, traction and braking distance. Not to noisy. Wear and tear not yet evalued since drove only 5000 km.
Personaly I find it superior to the new Michelin Pilot Alpin P4. But the only major difference is the performance of the ts859 vs.pa4 on snowy roads.
This owner's scores
  • Dry Grip 9
  • Wet Grip 8
  • Road Feedback 9
  • Handling 8
  • Wear 9
  • Comfort 10
  • Buy again 10
Helpful 705
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