Best Tires for the Skoda Octavia Scout

After 3 years working in Germany in the 90s ( where they are required by law )I got the winter tire bug and have been a regular user ever since. I read the winter tire tests every year and saw these apollo tires had outscored everything. I also read that apollo own vredestien tires so I thought it was a no brainer, especially that they were only £64 each at camskill. They will soon go up when everyone twigs what a good tire it is. It's supremely quiet, comfortable, great wet and dry grip and on the few frosty and icey early starts ( 29/11/19 ) -2° exudes confidence.

I bought a Skoda Octavia Scout from new (2016) and today it was due its first MOT...and failed! Why? because the two back tires (which both have loads of tread left and show no signs of uneven wear after 45000 miles) have split along the tread, revealing the cables/wires! Both tires came with the car. If you have a car which has had these tires from 2/3 years i would thoroughly recommend checking them very carefully. This is not easy to do at ground level.
There have been no indications of any problems but then again, I'm a safe driver who doesn't race around country lanes. Most of the mileage has been done on motorways.
I'll be contacting Pirelli and Skoda about this. Neither the mechanics at the testing station or the tire fitters had seen similar damage on such a 'new' tire.

Initially tested on very wet and slushy country roads and additionally on 5-10 cm compacted snow in the mountains. Tires appeared to perform as well in these conditions as my full winter tires (Nokian WR D4). Dry braking performance in the 0-8 degree range seems very good but fast cornering and general dry handling was lacking a little to my summer Pirelli's when the temperatures were nearer 8 degrees. Still sufficient dry handling for all but the most spirited of drives I would say. Early impressions are good, more winter and dry testing needed but the wet performance has been exemplary. No wear yet so too early to give a wear rating.

I've used winter tires of various premium brands for 20 years, but these TS 850 Conti's are the best by miles. Grip and handling in snowy conditions, be it new soft snow or icy compacted snow, is extraordinary. The car hardly budges, it's like driving on wet tarmac. On a compacted snowy upland road in Derbyshire with the temperature around zero I stopped the car, put it in first gear, then floored it. OK, it's a 4wd Octavia Scout, but the tires didn't even spin. Incredible. Tried again, same result. Braking was just as good, you could brake hard and still it didn't let go. A month later, skiing in Austria, with 15 cms of new snow and snowing so hard that the ploughs couldn't keep up, we had to drive up a series of steep hairpins.....car didn't budge, I couldn't have gone any faster even it was just tarmac.

Cheap tire with exemplary performance for family car.It is not sport tire but very good touring tire. Only drawback is thread live. After year use (12kkm) on Skoda Octavia Scout(4x4) it has only half thread. It will be good for next summer season but this is.
Probably buy again because of price per km.

The tires are awesome on a good car they behave at heavy raining like the road would be completely dry id recommend it to everyone with a 4x4 and likes some sports driving.

Wet/damp road lateral grip is almost non-existent. Don't buy these tires unless you think unexpectedly slipping off a low speed corner into a ditch sounds like fun.

Bought these all seasons for my Octavia 1.8T 4x4 Scout to give me some winter grip, but not going whole hog with new wheels / winter tires. I had a ski trip to France planned and was wondering if they'd be a waste of money. I was really impressed. I got all the way up the mountain to 1600m with no fuss on ice and snow covered roads whist others were struggling with snow chains. They also handled the 1000kn each way on high speed French toll road with no real difference from the factory fitted summer tires. Based on their price (£104 from Mytire) and overall performance, I'd recommend them.

Excellent tire on Skoda Octavia Scout, fronts worn at 24,000 and probably have a few more miles before they reach the marker. Drove in snow last year and were good. Would buy again.