Time for New Tires

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Do you run them as an all season tire, or only in winter?

Ditto here, I plan to run year round. The Cayenne Blizzaks are in storage with the P4s.

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IME it is pretty well impossible for a normal consumer to keep a car long enough or test tyres on it long enough to form a valid opinion.
Not that people don’t have an opinion, often a strong one.

Whether there actually is a “better” tyre than the NF0 ones is just speculation, probably based on brand enthusiasm, internet bollox and often past experience of tyres which are no longer made on a different car.

I am biased towards Michelin based on the quality of engineering in Formula 1 with Bridgestone and Goodyear close behind.
Pirelli were not in the same league but ended up with an exclusive contract with F1 when the “tyre war” ended.

In the end good engineering fact is in short supply (and pretty well totally absent from the internet IMO) so I shall be sticking with NF0.

That means the Goodyear asymmetric for summer tyres as delivered.

That's interesting information, thanks, I've been looking at Summer tyres that fit my 20" rims to replace the pair of Hankook SUV tyres I had fitted out of necessity after a puncture. Range has suffered badly since they went on the back and research shows them to be C rated for Rolling resistance, using the EU standard test, so am currently B/C front back. Options are:

- Pirelli Cinturatos, as came on the car so rear swap only, B rated for rolling resistance and 70db. NF0
- Michelin Pilot Sport would mean a 4 tyre swap, B for RR and 71db NF0
- Bridgestone Turanza 6 not OE but A for RR and 69db
- Hankook ion EV not in this size yet but straight A rated and 68db could hold out until April at this stage anyway if more sizes became available.

I reckon the B/C v B/B setup has dropped French motorway consumption (I do all my long fast trips in France) from c.2.5 to 2.2 so the question is would A/A move it up to c.2.7 or higher? If it did, an 80% charge would go from 147miles (238kms) to 181miles (293kms) which is pretty significant on a long road trip. Obviously going A means non NF0 but Bridgestone are better than Pirelli it seems?

Anyone running the Bridgestones or other A rated tyres on their car?