I like how you stated that each test was 'blind'; such that you did not know what tire you were on during a given test... brilliant. Best tire reviews ever.
Nothing special. That's the kind of test, e.g. the german consumer test report "Stiftung Warentest" did in collaboration with the ADAC (a german automobile association) since decades ...
The fact your testing blind make the result genuine. However there's so little to choose between them it has to come down to budget. Or two sets of wheels.
@@tyrereviews Yet, I wonder if that kind of testing around a track with so very little difference is the best way to do it. I mean it's up to so very little nuances in the driving that I'd rather have concrete g readings rather than a lap time. On the other hand, timed laps are interesting for your feedback and "feel" of the tire. I hope I'm making sense. Thanks for the great work, I love to find reviews where I can compare the CrossClimate+ with other tires.
@@Fred_l_l_ if you see lap times as a blend of G measurements is acceleration, side grip and braking grip, its actually a very good measure. G forces alone are a very blunt measure and don't convey if the tyre actually has a good predictable behaviour. In short, lap times are a very good indicator of tyre performance. Even if 1s doesn't seem much on a 100s lap, if that 1s is at say 72km/h, thats still a 20m or almost 5 car length difference, all because different tyres...
@@onehorsepower Yes you're right. I guess I was more worried of the reliability of the lap times. For instance, on 100 laps, can you stay within the same second and hence produce a reliable comparison. Probably professional drivers like our friend here can do it, which is why it becomes an obvious postulate for him. Since it's above my skill level, I'm wondering...
@@Fred_l_l_ He does the tests blind (like he does not know what tyre he's writing notes about - not by using the force) and doing it time and time again a professional driver attains consistency. He uses a track to allow standardised conditions. He tests the best tyres because there's little point traveling the world to say a cheap tyre is underwhelming and I assume folks looking here will pay an extra £10, 20 or £50 for peace of mind. Tyres make a huge difference to how a car performs and how safe it is. It is sad that many people go to a tyre shop and order the cheapest they have on the rack. At least we who regularly check in here are open to learning about tyres and can make our own better informed choices as a result.
Got 60,000km from Vector 4Seasons Gen 1, used in Sahara sand, Alpine snow, and Vmax autobahn runs (limited to 240 kph) between -15C to +40C. Never once left me stranded or out of control :) Set of replacement Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 just ordered after this excellent review :D
These must be without a doubt the most thorough and independent tyre tests going. Please keep up the professional, well produced standards! I'm south UK based and have become a convert to all seasons (older Vredestein Quatrac 3's currently) as for UK mixed weather on a family hatchback, I feel they are exactly what is required for a great balance of safety and drivability in all conditions.
Happy that you don't relate only for the British market. We în România have all weather conditions. Keep up with the good job, really enjoy your videos
@@GabrielTerisPro please comeback with a feedback. I got a new crossclimate+ set (245/35 R19) and been using for about 600km. The noise seem to be that same as it was when they were new. A quite annoying noise, especially at low speed. I was thinking the noise will reduce with the "break-in"..
@Joshi Nirav it's pretty good, I had it on my car and also recommended it to my dad; now on my new Mini Cooper S I want something better, and from the tests I'm aiming for either Continental or GoodYear
This is a real world test for all season tires. Thank you for this. I use Michelin CC+ on my both cars and I'm pleased with both summer and winter performance.
I have a set of the original Michelin Crossclimates at 195/65/R15 on my 2015 Peugeot 2008 and I've put 43000km on them so far and the thread is still like brand new, I'm confident I can get well over 50000km on them. As far as my experience goes I'd say these tires are absolutely perfect when you let some air out and have them around 28psi, there is plenty of sidewall and the tire is nice and comfy. I drive though rain, snow, ice and gravel roads from time to time and they're like magic... I'm very impressed and would highly recommend them 😉
Holy cow, man. I can't believe you invested all of that time, money, and effort into making this video. Thank you so much. I hope you got sponsored or have made your money back. God bless.
Fitted my Tesla model 3 with Hankook Kinergy4s for the winter. For the summer i use the stock Michelin Sport . Perfect for the wet winter in the Netherlands. We do have snow now and they perform well.
Simply the best tire review. period. Nobody can't match this high level of controlled environment testing. (Even tire manufactures won't do this many tests)
Actually this is basic testing for tires in Sweden. The bigger magazine do a lot more testing than this. But for youtube, this is more than others so that's good. Usually test could/should include or be seperated into categ. like racing tires, sports tires, summer tires, eco tires, all round tires, winter tires (non-studded) and studded tires. All round tires, really shouldn't be used in Scandinavia or areas with simular conditions. They are dangerous all year long. Bad during summer conditions and really dangerous during winter. Compared to a studded tire they have often more than twise the breaking distance. Even a worned down studded tire have been proven better during testing than a all season tire. For me, people who live in areas with real winter conditions really should have two sets of tires so they have both summer and winter tires. If you can afford a car you can afford two sets of tires too. But I do agree with you, Tyre Reviews do a good job with there test for what conditions they have where they are based.
@@johanlittorin2765 I really dont see how these are bad for summer? mind you our top speed is 120kmh. They are great on bad roads, great in the wet, quiet. the rubber compound is most likely optimised for sub 10c? there are not many days where i live where we have more than 25c
@@deaczorz Well, they have harder rubber compared to summer tires, so during summer they have worse cornering grip, breaking distance, both in dry and rain conditions. I don't see anything they are actually good at tbh. Also the design of a all season increases this behavior. During winter a all season tire have not as hard rubber compared to winter tire, so when the temp gets low they get less and less grip similar to the summer I just explained, but in the other direction. Also the design of a all season tire isn't as good at griping at snow, since it also made for summer use.
@@johanlittorin2765 ahh yea these are NOT winter tyres, use them as summer tyres for lower speeds and more wet/colder. Then get real winter tyres for the actual winter
@@alarjak I respectfully disagree. I drove on sport tires once in the snowy winter here and it was an utter disaster. The summer tires were slipping all over the road - even light brake pedal application would send me into a sideways slide. Yeah I run dedicated snow in the winter here and dedicated summer the rest of the time. It's awesome.
Fantastic test, I really love that you explain how every tyre feels and drives, numbers are only part of the story. Can't wait for you to start testing wear as well, personally wear is not a huge concern but to most people I talk to it is.
I would like to thank you for making such a detailed video. I ended up purchasing a set of Goodyear Vector 4S Gen-3 for my 2006 Subaru Forester. I live in northern Greece and while snowy days are few and far apart, I do some mountain escapes which might be snowy. I have just completed the first 1000 km and I truly believe that it is the best tyre I have ever owned. Amazing and progressive performance in the wet and unbelievable performance in the snow! Thanks again for making the video and for helping us make the best choice!
Now this was a very practical test. I have always wanted to see a comparison between all seasons and winter tires on snow (not ice rink) and dry pavement. Thank you!
This Scotsman is grateful for your snow testing.....handy when taking the dogs somewhere nice for a walk or going in search of adventure. Great stuff, as always.
I just revisited the previous all season tyres and was having trouble because of updated versions, this is amazing timing. Watched every second of those ads for you too :)
I'm driving Michelin CC+ on my Golf IV TDI. I am in Croatia and we have 40 C temperatures in the summer and minus 10 C in the winter with snow almost every year. Doing 20 000 km per a year and I was so satisfied that I bought second set last winter. I changed last set after 70 000 km and there was more than 3 mm on each tire. All I had to do was switch front and rear once a year. Excited for CC+ next generation. Great video as always.
I put a set of CrossClimate+ on my Tesla Model 3 Performance last winter largely because of your reviews. They were amazing in the snow, no issues with traction at all even at higher speeds, and they have held up amazingly well after a 3,000 mile road trip this summer. I'm looking forward to seeing your review of the CrossClimate 2 when it comes out. Thanks for another great video!
Living in Belgium, where it rains quite often, and winters are rarely snowy, I will get 2 bridgestone weather control tyres, dry and wet performance is what I really need. Was thinking of getting something cheaper but you convinced me to invest a bit more with this video. Thanks for the help! Can't imagine how much time you invested in testing all these tyres.
Watching your reviews is my guilty pleasure. Have fitted Goodyears Vectors Gen2 and Nexens 4Seasons to my parents cars and they have been doing great so far.
Bought my CrossClimate tires last year mostly on your recommendations, love them. Will be watching for more videos like this in a couple years (ok, and will watch all your videos until then) when the other car will be ready for new tires.
It’s the Goodyear vector 4 seasons for me I have the gen 2 no faults at all with them I have used them for the last 6 years never let me down and I do a lot of miles in them ,will be upgrading to the gen 3 . A lot of information in this review , keep up the good work 👍
Have opted for the XL rating for new tyres for years now. My research shows : XL is usually an additional layer of reinforcement to the sidewall or tyre face(below the tread itself). Stiffens up the handling (better turn-in), should increase tyre longevity and handling at the expense of comfort and a bit of added weight. Should also help avoiding pothole damage.
Great test, thank you. After over a year on Michelin Cross Climates I can report a drop of about 8% in fuel consumption, relative to the OEM Toyo tyres (not low profile), from my Mazda 3 2.2D Skyactiv. This is on a split of about 60% high speed long distance driving and 20% town driving and covering around 18k miles. Otherwise a truly great tyre and, by performance, you really wouldn't know it was an All Season from driving it on Summer dry/wet roads. I have to say it is slightly noisier than the Toyo road tyre, giving that coarser sound that you would expect when driving on Shellgrip tarmac.
Some of the most meticulous, comprehensive and objective product testings out there, of tires or otherwise, anywhere. Very helpful. Keep it up, Jonathan!
Fantastic Job! Big thanks. Still using my 3 years old Michelin Crossclimate (non plus) which replaced my old Goodyear Ultragrip7 and Fulda Summertyres. Here near cologne you have lots of dry and hot days, then some days with heavy rain and almost no snow. Looking forward to your next vid!
All good common sense and objective testing brings the public up to a point where they have a grasp on what is acceptable; and how these tests reflect real world conditions and how to discriminate the best from the worst. Well done !
Just to add my opinion, I've been running the Michelin's on my A4 Quattro for the last 20k miles and they tick every box for me. I was very impressed at how good they are in all conditions and the main reason I will buy them again is the wear rate is unbelievably good. The increased mpg (admittedly over the previously fitted mid range summers) and reduced wear rate I'm getting from them far outweighs the extra cost which is essential for a high mileage driver such as myself.
Great reviews. Got the A005 front and back recently, just in time as weather has just turned in the UK, great tire, got this as I do a lot millage on motorway, waterlogged motorways, people braking hard and coming to a sudden stop on the motorway. Very pleased so far with the A005
Big Thank U from Poland. Very good set of tests, well presented results. Great job! As there is less and less snow year by year, maybe I'll change my 2 sets of tyres to 'all in one' option one day. Still worried if they would be worn out faster comparing to traditional winter / summer tyre... PS. Hope you enjoyed testing. It must be a good experience :)
Hey Tomek, I noticed that my last good year vector four seasons had better grip in the snow than old winter tires. So it’s cheaper to run all season and change them often than run 2 sets for longer😉. Snow in Poland is becoming a thing of the past
I'm in Australia, so none of those tyres are really not much use to me, as personally I have never even seen snow in my life. Let alone drive on any.. But I still watched ever second.. Great information & very much appreciative of the amount of work that goes into testing like this. Cheers
And surprise surprise the coopers are the last ones of everything. Miseriously Cooper is from the US like Goodyear and a direct rival in the US. It does not seem a bit strange to you that the Cooper tire is below in everything. If they are so rubbish, I don't even know why he reviews these since nokian or dunlop are supposed to be better. An attempt is clearly seen to discredit Cooper tires so that people decide more to buy Goodyear than Cooper, especially in the American market.
I've used the Goodyear Vectors on my 4x4 and they are very good all-rounders, as many reviewers have said. That said, I've always been a fan of Bridgestone so this video has made me rate chuffed kid :)
Fantastic test, I've got the Bridgestone A005's on my wife's car, loved how good it is in bad weather as well as still having great summer braking. I'll probably get them for mine when I need to change them!
You wrote me before: A005 is an very good tyre! I am happy to have it since november 2019. I had only one problem on the winter, with lot of struggle to climb a hill with ice on the road! On the wet it was excellent! Just like you say in this video!
This is the best Tire comparison video I have yet to see. I really loved how you took out the outlier of you knowing what tire you’re testing, out of the equation. Very well done!
I ran a set of the Bridgestone A005s and found they wear well, ride well and I’ve been very impressed with their wet performance too. I found little to no aquaplaning in very wet conditions comparing them with my previous premium branded summer tyre. I never had the chance to run them in serious snow but certainly offered more confidence than that of a summer tyre. Defo looking forward to your review next year of the new-comers as Michelin are certainly falling behind the competition now especially with the GoodYears.
@@davyarthurs thanks for the reply. That is still very low mileage compared to what michelin cc+ stands for and they are both marginally similar tyres for daily driving so I think I’ll go with michelin.
@@prileee at the time for me the Bridgestones were far cheaper had a better wet rating which appealed to me. Michelin are due to release a new version of their all season tyre that hopefully will be reviewed on this channel soon, as Michelin would be my preferred choice as a brand.
Pay attention for conclusion in the end of the video, it was comparing of tires depending on weather in different countries. They in Good Year really want to be the best in the world. And do it. In Poland this year was made some test for only Poland weather conditions, only in Winter, and only for braking from 60km/h to 0. Bridgestone won. But here was complete test for different weather conditions. He show everything. I like to see also Laufenn and Nokian Tires, but they can't take just all tires. So we saw real winner, currently Good Year Vector is looking as the best. I and thousands others already know what should buy next time. It hard to choose between all of this Michelin, Nokian, Good Year, Bridgestone. And such video puts everything on the right place.
@@ixidorstrinity Ya but Goodyear did the audio testing and NOT blinded, so there is at least some potential bias introduced that could have favored the Goodyear product. And ya, I just used the word bias in a tire review. That's punny!
Having A005's fitted to my Mustang tomorrow off the back of this, live in the Midlands UK - Update, not snowed yet obviously but any improvement over summer tyres will be fine. Whilst I'm pretty sensible behind the wheel I have given them a push both in dry and wet, very very happy, as it says at the end of the test, great for UK !
Here in Canada we have four types: summer; all season ; all weather; and winter. Summer (mainly for high performance cars and driving); All season ( normally found on most cars but are mostly regarded a three season tire); All-Weather (have a dual thread pattern plus the Snowflake/Mountain symbol and can be operated year round) and Winter( have a more aggressive thread along with the Snowflake/Mountain symbol and used solely for winter driving)
This is great content, Jonathan! Great to know you've been testing blind, and I love to the two sets of ratings--living in Canada I've been struggling through the different categories and naming schemes from different markets, and this helps. Cheers
@@buds6554 Wow! So you REALLY allowed yourself to be convinced that decent Americans whether brown, white or black support ppl that destroy public property in the name of justice? What is wrong with you? Are you so pious or are you just so isolated that you dont understand ppl. NO ONE BUT REBELLIOUS PPL are involved in those horrible riots. No one that goes to work every day supports those unlawful ppl. Cut it out already. It's easier to HATE others when you have been given a justification but plz stop it. We are 1 America. City ppl dont hate the country folk so stop acting as if city ppl are monsters. They pay tons of taxes, pay high rents and mortgages and work harder than you know. "Every house divided against itself shall not stand." scripture. Plz cut out the RHETORIC and see ppl. Plz. 1 nation, under GOD, indivisible, With liberty and justice for all. Peaceful protesters do not destroy property. Everyone around the world protested peacefully. Tell your anarchist white friends who have SEIZED this moment to go HOME!!
@@buds6554 AND BUD, THANKS TO THIS VIDEO IVE DECIDED TO PURCHASE GOODYEAR TIRES!!! This is THE BEST comparison video I've ever seen. He tests blind so the data isnt skewed. It was amazing! #GOODYEAR
I have Goodyear vector 4 season on Kia Proceed. One winter and one summer in use. I got them because of the budget with new car but this winter I am going to buy proper winter tyres for sure and keep these for after winter. Driving on snow was ok but had to be extra careful, breaking and turning was a chalange compare to proper winter tyres but got me going fron place to place alright, just not as confident as I would be wearing winter tyres. Driving in the heavy rain with them was a blast, nice straight line without any kind of slippiness feeling, pretty confident in those conditions. Driving in summer with around 38 °C again very confident driving, in the sharp bends they let you feel their limit nicely, without sudden surprise, just a mild slipping and you feel the limit is there so not bad for hot conditions too. As a budget option for all year with drop of temperatures in winter below 0 and little snow here and there will be ok, but for proper winter conditions I recommend winter deticated tyre. In summer just drive with them all seasons tyres a bit slower and you sorted. BTW important factor is missing in the test on wet is the temperature, as if you test them below 7 °C or above that makes all the difference in behaviour of the tyres because of its compound. Winter/All season tyre on dry or wet will behave totally different in wormer and colder conditions, especially starting below 7 °C or so.. Good test!!
I only have summer tyres at the moment, in Gloucestershire, here you can get along just fine with them, but in the Midlands and northern part of England it snows quite a lot. During a Christmas visit in Sheffield I even thought about snow chains, not to mention December in 2017. Yes, most of it was gone after a few days, but when driving from Suffolk to Gloucestershire back and forth, often at night, winter tyres shouldn't be a question, so I was happy I got the winter tyres fitted a day before the snow.
Followed your advice and bought a set of the Bridgestone A005 Evos and had them on a week so far. Brilliant !! They are so good in the wet and track so well because of the stiffer sidewalls. Fitted to a 530d so a heavy car and benefits from the stiffer tyres. Great recomendation for people in the south of UK.
Great review and so true! up to last September I owned a VW Golf MK7 just like the one in your review. I live in Northern Ireland so I had fitted the car with Michelin Cross climate tyres, they were great in the snow and wet and very capable in the dry. I then bought an Audi Q3 S Line Quattro 4x4 which came with Pirelli P Zero summer tyres. When it snowed last February the Audi Quattro was all over the place, four wheel drive with summer tyres is useless. I'm a bit of a tyre geek myself but I didn't expect such a difference in grip. Thank you for your reviews much appreciated.
Thank you for comprehensive review. I use Crossclimate plus, It's soft, comfy and safe enough to use for hot climates. I have done 40.000 km with these tires still has 5mm tire depth and good grip with only a little fragmentation in some parts. The downsides for me are they have bouncing effect with sudden direction changes because of soft compound and dull steering response. İts safe to use on cold weather, but on snow I feel exactly same on rearwhell drive car with conti winter contact ts830p and 4whell drive with crossclimate plus.
Hocam İngilizcem yok hangisini öneriyor :) 225/65/R17 lazim, Bursa’da yaşıyorum, Suzuki Vitara var,arazide ve dag, bayir, kar kışta kullanmiyorum, şehir ici ve yaz tatiline gidiyorum, senede maksimum 10 bin km, bir öneriniz olur mu ?
@@ahmet3263 Kar görüyorsanız 1 goodyear 2 hankook 3 continental. Çok kar görmüyorsanız yaz performansını da düşünerek 1bridgestone 2 hankook 3 goodyear 4michelin diyor. Bridgestonenun kar performansı çok kötü. Ben bunların içinde michelin tercih ederim yaz performansı en iyi lastikler den biri Denizlide yaşıyorum, crossclimate + kullanıyorum.
@@ozgurtaskoylu3766 Son kez rahatsızlık vereyim hocam, dün siparis verirken yuk endeksi 106 olarak vermisim ancak benim lastigimde 102 yaziyor, bu sorun teşkil eder mi, değiştirmek gerekir mi ? Tüm cevaplariniz icin tekrardan teşekkür ediyorum, Allah razi olsun
Just bought today the Goodyear gen3 for my Vw Polo, and happy to see that they are the best. I will make a review after the winter season because I am interested into it...
Fantastic tyre review / test 👌🏼 as always matey. I’m a little surprised about Michelin Crossclinate + being in the middle / average all rounder all season tyre in this test. 🤔 Like yourself I live in Southern UK and after about 8K miles I’m still very pleased with my Mich Crossclimate + fitted to my MK7.5 Golf R. Having driven last December from UK’s sub zero temps to Spain’s 20+ deg. C in two days through very cold & wet France. I couldn’t fault them personally but than again I’m no tyre expert like yourself 👌🏼😎
This is another piece of great tire reviews you just shared with public! Thank you. Talking about rolling resistance, I’m really curious how Michelin Energy Saver A/S competes these tires. Despite 50+mpg they can offer, I replaced them with Continental because of terrible wet traction. Please do give a review for all brands’ tires which claim to be low-rolling resistance! I feel they are compromised for traction, and really want to see a professional review on this category!
I live in the UK and fitted Goodyear Vectors last November. We had no snow at all, and only one icy night though winter, and I live in the hills. They do behave nicely overall so I am not disappointed in any way ,and this winter....who knows...we certainly can get significant snow where I live, it's just unpredictable, which is why I fitted them in the first place.
Nice test. I was one of the persons who asked if you test blind and am glad you pointed it that you do. Now you just need to (should) test snow performance of the all season tires after they do one summer on the car. I feel my winter tires lose all snow abilities after 2 years on car and I use summer tires in the summer.
REALLY impressive testing. Logisitically.. mind boggling. Can't get this type of information word of mouth here in South Texas either due to our lack of seasons/weather. We can run summer tires year round, but i still see a use for other types as we sometimes road trip to other areas of the country. Anyway, great work!!
Another brilliant review. Have zero use for any of these tyres here in Australia but was so interesting I watched the whole thing. Good camera work and editing too btw :)
I was using the Hankooks (originally the 4S, then the 4S2) for the last 4 years (getting on for 60k miles over that time), and they were very impressive. If I hadn't managed to score a cracking deal on a set of Vectors at the end of last year (kept them in storage and fitted just last week) I'd happily have bought some again this winter. There's something to be said for having the roads almost to yourself when the white stuff starts falling 😊
@@tyrereviews I ran a 4x4 for many years, and the tyres were what let it down, so were swapped out as soon as I could afford it. Over £150 a corner for tyres that couldn't get you across a slightly soggy field, or a few quid extra got decent off road tyres that did a fantastic job on mud, snow and ice, but also had better road manners than the supposed all rounder that was the standard fit. Unfortunately, that seems to be the way with most 4x4s out there these days.
@@teeaymusik9811 on some surfaces, the sound can be a bit intrusive. But I'm now running an electric SUV on the same Hankooks, and it's not particularly noticeable on most roads.
By the way. Where I and a lot of people live we keep one set of wheels and tires for the summer, and one set for six months of winter so there is no need to compromise on either. For winter here studs win by a huge margin the only question being which tire do you want to put them on? As new tires come out the question arises over and over on which is the best at holding the studs (Generally studs are gone long before the tread) and at providing the best ride.
Thank you for this awesome video! One can get a hunch how much work and effort was put in making this video-review... Living in the Mediterranean part of Slovena, I am so happy that I made the right decision of buying the Bridgestone A005s for my Jaaaag!
I would love to know the trend life of each tire tested and if that had any affect on how they performed. If they perform well, but only have a 40k tread life that can get expensive if you drive a lot.
Thank you for the best channel about tires in the web. If You have this sets of all season tyres, it could be grate, to compare its on winter conditions when they are 50% used.
Yep but that's a key point. Here in the UK, most the sales are summer tyres because there's an attitude that it doesn't snow often and that is often true in most parts. The issue is the occasional snow which results in two inches of snow causing complete mayhem because the overwhelming majority are sliding around (or standing still spinning wheels) on summer tyres. When you have a district winter, then you would put suitable tyres on no?
Thank you. Very interesting and complex test. I wasn't expecting that the all season tires can get so "close" to spezialized summer or winter tires in many perspectives. Interesting.
Swapping to GY Vector 4S G3 from G2. On G2 - 40kkm in 3 years of driving, 5.8mm of rubber left. I'm giving G3 a go, will let you know how it feels, but the test results look very promising. Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much for all the time and effort you have put into testing this much variables for tires. Very helpful. I have put on 4 Bridgestone 005 EVO for Netherlands - Germany - Denmark driving. That's about 750km in a 1 way journey. Although the snow performance isnt too great on the tire you have tested, wet conditions and rolling resistance was key to me, also the EVO should have better snow handling than the non EVO.
Thanks for this test! I live in Poland, we normally have 4 seasons, although recently it was bad winter, only a week of snow. On one car - Seat Altea4 I have summer 17 '(Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance) and winter 16' (Goodyear UltraGrip 9+), the car drives more (work, holidays, skiing, etc.) a second car that drives less, mainly only around the city - 15 '(Goodyer Vector4Season 2nd gen.). And it seems to me that this specification is the most optimal. On the second car, I will not be surprised by the sudden attack of winter :) However, if the all-season tires were not so good, I would probably have 2 sets for both of them - winter / summer. Best regards :)
Quite happy with my Goodyear Vector4Season 2nd gen too (I prefer them as they're more winter and wet biased, good for my needs), look forward to 3rd gen when the replacement moment comes.
Always a pleasure watching your videos! Since I live in the south of the UK I guess the deciding factor on which of the top 3 to go with, since they are so closely matched, is the price! Always very informative videos and I just wish this level of tyre knowledge was more widely known by members of the public!
@@MarthaMansbridge but it does seem a bit like doing a supercar comparison at fiorano and wondering why the Ferrari came out on top 🤔🤔🤔 the tyres that came out on top where made in the facilities of where the comparison was done of course they are going to be the best there that's where they are made and obviously this was an advert for goodyear!!!
@@dancollier9837 Did you see anything with the conditions that would not seem a reasonable challenge for a tyre of this sort? If Goodyear had made a tyre so attuned to their personalised test track then they deserve more credit - that would be some feat! I didn't see any rigged conditions in this video - I saw a fair, and challenging set of scenarios that I'd expect anyone purporting to make an all season tyre to have considered. Maybe Jonathan should ask Cooper to let him use their test track.... (assuming if course, they have anything of the sort....)
Professional Tyre Tester: Here's a very detailed and balanced guide about the intricacies of each tyre, backed up with data Average Joe: These ones are the best Me: I think I know which advice I’ll take 😉
Great and unlike many others honest comparison! Love the fact that you gave two different recommendations, very useful also for us that have two sets of wheels. As all season tires have improved, I am seriously contemplating getting some to replace my summer tires next time. On that note; would you consider testing the performance of some of these on typical countryside surfaces like gravel and mud or grass?
Really professional test. Greetings from Greece. Although we don't have tough winters here, might switch to one of the top three tyres for the upcoming months
USA and European tires are so different and this video really shows how different just looking at them. Can you do a video on the different approaches? I suspect that even big brand names like MPSS are not the same as they drop off here (USA) below 60F and are horrible in fall, spring let aone winter. So I run Michelin AS3 for the road and Cup 2 for the track, but UK peeps run MPSS for both! I find US MPSS over heat on track and the AS3 is a almost as good on the road as the MPSS to make no difference.
I drove from Montana to Texas and back Switched to my 'road' tires 'all seasons' I think, and they get hard in the -15f cold fronts we have up here. AND I DON"T WANT TO KEEP SWITCHING TO WINTER TIRES its a bitch. glad I found this channel
Thanks for the great video, as usual! I was wondering if you could test a few of them while reducing the thread by half some day? After all, tires don't stay new forever and performance can change drastically! I know that Michelin is particularly promoting the stability of performance for the CC+ compared to other (unnamed) tires over time, so it would be great if someone could confirm this, one way or another. And I understand that using a machine to artificially wear the tire is not like driving thousand of km to get there (the rubber dries with time and again that is impacting performance), but unless you can find (buy back?) used tires, that is still the easier way to do I believe. No methodology is perfect (for example, the interaction car/tire is not the same for every cars), and it's fine as long as it is consistent.
You can't go wrong with Goodyear and Continental tyres these years. Goodyear is one of the cheapest hi-end brands too here in Greece, so their tyres seems to the best vfm. PS: Thank for your time once again man testing all those tyres!
Comprehensive. Thanks. I bought Cross Climates last season based on your review after a harrowing two cycle slide on worn all seasons on an unexpected mid day ice patch that showed me how well G35 stability control can pop a car straight from sideways with just a little grip. They now balance California coast use with occasional skiing in Sierra. But I have limited observations. I damaged my shoulder falling on the first day, ending the winter season. Then COVID hit, so I have only few miles and none in snow conditions. Cross Climates seem much quieter and less bumpy than those that came off. It also seems a bit mushier under heavy turning loads.
I never knew I was so interested in tyres until I watched a 25 min video on tyres
Tyre tests are addictive.
Well put Old boy, well put! 👊💥
I like how you stated that each test was 'blind'; such that you did not know what tire you were on during a given test... brilliant. Best tire reviews ever.
Nothing special. That's the kind of test, e.g. the german consumer test report "Stiftung Warentest" did in collaboration with the ADAC (a german automobile association) since decades ...
Bootlicker...
The fact your testing blind make the result genuine.
However there's so little to choose between them it has to come down to budget.
Or two sets of wheels.
There's not a lot in the price either, but they do have different blends of performance so the best tyre for me might not be the best tyre for you :)
@@tyrereviews Yet, I wonder if that kind of testing around a track with so very little difference is the best way to do it. I mean it's up to so very little nuances in the driving that I'd rather have concrete g readings rather than a lap time. On the other hand, timed laps are interesting for your feedback and "feel" of the tire. I hope I'm making sense. Thanks for the great work, I love to find reviews where I can compare the CrossClimate+ with other tires.
@@Fred_l_l_ if you see lap times as a blend of G measurements is acceleration, side grip and braking grip, its actually a very good measure. G forces alone are a very blunt measure and don't convey if the tyre actually has a good predictable behaviour. In short, lap times are a very good indicator of tyre performance. Even if 1s doesn't seem much on a 100s lap, if that 1s is at say 72km/h, thats still a 20m or almost 5 car length difference, all because different tyres...
@@onehorsepower Yes you're right. I guess I was more worried of the reliability of the lap times. For instance, on 100 laps, can you stay within the same second and hence produce a reliable comparison. Probably professional drivers like our friend here can do it, which is why it becomes an obvious postulate for him. Since it's above my skill level, I'm wondering...
@@Fred_l_l_ He does the tests blind (like he does not know what tyre he's writing notes about - not by using the force) and doing it time and time again a professional driver attains consistency. He uses a track to allow standardised conditions. He tests the best tyres because there's little point traveling the world to say a cheap tyre is underwhelming and I assume folks looking here will pay an extra £10, 20 or £50 for peace of mind. Tyres make a huge difference to how a car performs and how safe it is. It is sad that many people go to a tyre shop and order the cheapest they have on the rack. At least we who regularly check in here are open to learning about tyres and can make our own better informed choices as a result.
Got 60,000km from Vector 4Seasons Gen 1, used in Sahara sand, Alpine snow, and Vmax autobahn runs (limited to 240 kph) between -15C to +40C. Never once left me stranded or out of control :) Set of replacement Vector 4Seasons Gen 3 just ordered after this excellent review :D
These must be without a doubt the most thorough and independent tyre tests going. Please keep up the professional, well produced standards! I'm south UK based and have become a convert to all seasons (older Vredestein Quatrac 3's currently) as for UK mixed weather on a family hatchback, I feel they are exactly what is required for a great balance of safety and drivability in all conditions.
Thank you!
All season tyres - shait in all conditions :^)
Truly independent test wouldn't allow trinkets from one manufacturer, which in the end - color me surprised - comes out as the "winner".
Bootlicker...
Happy that you don't relate only for the British market. We în România have all weather conditions. Keep up with the good job, really enjoy your videos
same here, I got my Michelin CrossClimate+ a few years ago also after viewing the reviews of this site, and now I'm thinking to switch
@@GabrielTerisPro what do you want next?
I think the Goodyear Vector
@@GabrielTerisPro please comeback with a feedback.
I got a new crossclimate+ set (245/35 R19) and been using for about 600km.
The noise seem to be that same as it was when they were new. A quite annoying noise, especially at low speed. I was thinking the noise will reduce with the "break-in"..
@Joshi Nirav it's pretty good, I had it on my car and also recommended it to my dad; now on my new Mini Cooper S I want something better, and from the tests I'm aiming for either Continental or GoodYear
The effort and quality put into the production of these videos is incredible as always. Thank you again! Tyres are SO Important!
Glad you like them!
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I'm a big fan of Hankook. They seems to perform really well across the line and they are also pretty affordable.
I do think so too - over here in Lower Austria.
This is a real world test for all season tires. Thank you for this. I use Michelin CC+ on my both cars and I'm pleased with both summer and winter performance.
I have a set of the original Michelin Crossclimates at 195/65/R15 on my 2015 Peugeot 2008 and I've put 43000km on them so far and the thread is still like brand new, I'm confident I can get well over 50000km on them.
As far as my experience goes I'd say these tires are absolutely perfect when you let some air out and have them around 28psi, there is plenty of sidewall and the tire is nice and comfy.
I drive though rain, snow, ice and gravel roads from time to time and they're like magic... I'm very impressed and would highly recommend them 😉
Absolutely! Best tire hands down
Holy cow, man. I can't believe you invested all of that time, money, and effort into making this video. Thank you so much. I hope you got sponsored or have made your money back. God bless.
Canada thanks you for the Snow/Ice handling tests!
Sorry, no ice in this one, but some very cold snow!
I do care very much about tyres in my cars so I love your videos! Public service in my book! Keep up the great job!
Thank you!
Tyre Reviews you left out the Toyo Celsius Can you do a review on it. Thanks
Same here, I'm always checking my tire tread
Fitted my Tesla model 3 with Hankook Kinergy4s for the winter. For the summer i use the stock Michelin Sport . Perfect for the wet winter in the Netherlands. We do have snow now and they perform well.
I bought the Hankooks for my Isuzu Axiom and I couldn't be happier.
Simply the best tire review. period.
Nobody can't match this high level of controlled environment testing. (Even tire manufactures won't do this many tests)
Thank you! Though premium tyre manufacturers go even deeper, its crazy what they test!
Actually this is basic testing for tires in Sweden. The bigger magazine do a lot more testing than this. But for youtube, this is more than others so that's good. Usually test could/should include or be seperated into categ. like racing tires, sports tires, summer tires, eco tires, all round tires, winter tires (non-studded) and studded tires. All round tires, really shouldn't be used in Scandinavia or areas with simular conditions. They are dangerous all year long. Bad during summer conditions and really dangerous during winter. Compared to a studded tire they have often more than twise the breaking distance. Even a worned down studded tire have been proven better during testing than a all season tire.
For me, people who live in areas with real winter conditions really should have two sets of tires so they have both summer and winter tires. If you can afford a car you can afford two sets of tires too. But I do agree with you, Tyre Reviews do a good job with there test for what conditions they have where they are based.
@@johanlittorin2765 I really dont see how these are bad for summer? mind you our top speed is 120kmh. They are great on bad roads, great in the wet, quiet. the rubber compound is most likely optimised for sub 10c? there are not many days where i live where we have more than 25c
@@deaczorz Well, they have harder rubber compared to summer tires, so during summer they have worse cornering grip, breaking distance, both in dry and rain conditions. I don't see anything they are actually good at tbh. Also the design of a all season increases this behavior.
During winter a all season tire have not as hard rubber compared to winter tire, so when the temp gets low they get less and less grip similar to the summer I just explained, but in the other direction. Also the design of a all season tire isn't as good at griping at snow, since it also made for summer use.
@@johanlittorin2765 ahh yea these are NOT winter tyres, use them as summer tyres for lower speeds and more wet/colder. Then get real winter tyres for the actual winter
24:49 was exactly what I needed to hear...glad I listened all the way the near end. You do such a wonderful job on these videos!
Thank you!
Your driving style will give you much more safety than any tyre can.
@@alarjak I respectfully disagree. I drove on sport tires once in the snowy winter here and it was an utter disaster. The summer tires were slipping all over the road - even light brake pedal application would send me into a sideways slide. Yeah I run dedicated snow in the winter here and dedicated summer the rest of the time. It's awesome.
@@ryanthomastew just buy good allseason
Fantastic test, I really love that you explain how every tyre feels and drives, numbers are only part of the story.
Can't wait for you to start testing wear as well, personally wear is not a huge concern but to most people I talk to it is.
Thank you
I would like to thank you for making such a detailed video. I ended up purchasing a set of Goodyear Vector 4S Gen-3 for my 2006 Subaru Forester. I live in northern Greece and while snowy days are few and far apart, I do some mountain escapes which might be snowy. I have just completed the first 1000 km and I truly believe that it is the best tyre I have ever owned. Amazing and progressive performance in the wet and unbelievable performance in the snow!
Thanks again for making the video and for helping us make the best choice!
That's great, feel free to leave a review on www.tyrereviews.com sometime :)
Now this was a very practical test. I have always wanted to see a comparison between all seasons and winter tires on snow (not ice rink) and dry pavement. Thank you!
How did the Winters go VS best all season.
I’m on my 2nd set of Nexens on my car, they are a great all round, all season tyre. Great value and good life.
This Scotsman is grateful for your snow testing.....handy when taking the dogs somewhere nice for a walk or going in search of adventure. Great stuff, as always.
I just revisited the previous all season tyres and was having trouble because of updated versions, this is amazing timing. Watched every second of those ads for you too :)
Glad it helped! What did you decide?
I'm driving Michelin CC+ on my Golf IV TDI. I am in Croatia and we have 40 C temperatures in the summer and minus 10 C in the winter with snow almost every year. Doing 20 000 km per a year and I was so satisfied that I bought second set last winter. I changed last set after 70 000 km and there was more than 3 mm on each tire. All I had to do was switch front and rear once a year. Excited for CC+ next generation. Great video as always.
Ideal all year tyre for Balkans unless you live in some high vukojebina - then it is an ideal summer tyre.
They're amazing tyres, the wear is outstanding
I put a set of CrossClimate+ on my Tesla Model 3 Performance last winter largely because of your reviews. They were amazing in the snow, no issues with traction at all even at higher speeds, and they have held up amazingly well after a 3,000 mile road trip this summer. I'm looking forward to seeing your review of the CrossClimate 2 when it comes out. Thanks for another great video!
Glad you like them!
Living in Belgium, where it rains quite often, and winters are rarely snowy, I will get 2 bridgestone weather control tyres, dry and wet performance is what I really need. Was thinking of getting something cheaper but you convinced me to invest a bit more with this video.
Thanks for the help! Can't imagine how much time you invested in testing all these tyres.
Let me know how you find them :)
Watching your reviews is my guilty pleasure. Have fitted Goodyears Vectors Gen2 and Nexens 4Seasons to my parents cars and they have been doing great so far.
Glad you like them!
Canadian viewers here! because of you, I bought the all season performance tire of Eagle F1 assymetric
This video was exceptional. Your level of clarity was extremely high, presentation high and use case high as well. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bought my CrossClimate tires last year mostly on your recommendations, love them. Will be watching for more videos like this in a couple years (ok, and will watch all your videos until then) when the other car will be ready for new tires.
Glad they're useful :)
It’s the Goodyear vector 4 seasons for me I have the gen 2 no faults at all with them I have used them for the last 6 years never let me down and I do a lot of miles in them ,will be upgrading to the gen 3 . A lot of information in this review , keep up the good work 👍
Best tire channel. These tests must be hell to make, but trust me your viewers appreciate this so much.
Thanks 😊
One thought for a future video - XL rated tires - when you actually need them, pros, cons, etc.
Have opted for the XL rating for new tyres for years now.
My research shows :
XL is usually an additional layer of reinforcement to the sidewall or tyre face(below the tread itself). Stiffens up the handling (better turn-in), should increase tyre longevity and handling at the expense of comfort and a bit of added weight.
Should also help avoiding pothole damage.
Great test, thank you. After over a year on Michelin Cross Climates I can report a drop of about 8% in fuel consumption, relative to the OEM Toyo tyres (not low profile), from my Mazda 3 2.2D Skyactiv. This is on a split of about 60% high speed long distance driving and 20% town driving and covering around 18k miles. Otherwise a truly great tyre and, by performance, you really wouldn't know it was an All Season from driving it on Summer dry/wet roads. I have to say it is slightly noisier than the Toyo road tyre, giving that coarser sound that you would expect when driving on Shellgrip tarmac.
Some of the most meticulous, comprehensive and objective product testings out there, of tires or otherwise, anywhere. Very helpful. Keep it up, Jonathan!
Thank you very much!
Fantastic Job! Big thanks. Still using my 3 years old Michelin Crossclimate (non plus) which replaced my old Goodyear Ultragrip7 and Fulda Summertyres. Here near cologne you have lots of dry and hot days, then some days with heavy rain and almost no snow. Looking forward to your next vid!
Glad you're enjoying your Michelins :)
All good common sense and objective testing brings the public up to a point where they have a grasp on what is acceptable;
and how these tests reflect real world conditions and how to discriminate the best from the worst. Well done !
Goodyear advert/car at the beginning.. I already knew who would somehow come out on top at the end.
Thought exactly the same and also testing at Goodyear facility... what a surprise.
@@petermartinaitis8166 Maybe because they have such good facilities they can make tyres that work?
who pays the piper calls the tune. :P
@@petermartinaitis8166 who pays the piper calls the tune, but seems less biased then simmilar tests...
It's amazing, when it's a Michelin test facility, then Michelin come out on top, when it's Goodyear, then they come out on top.
Just to add my opinion, I've been running the Michelin's on my A4 Quattro for the last 20k miles and they tick every box for me. I was very impressed at how good they are in all conditions and the main reason I will buy them again is the wear rate is unbelievably good. The increased mpg (admittedly over the previously fitted mid range summers) and reduced wear rate I'm getting from them far outweighs the extra cost which is essential for a high mileage driver such as myself.
They certainly wear incredibly well
Just bought a set of those Crossclimate+ for my car. Can't wait to test it!
Let me know how you find them mb
Great reviews. Got the A005 front and back recently, just in time as weather has just turned in the UK, great tire, got this as I do a lot millage on motorway, waterlogged motorways, people braking hard and coming to a sudden stop on the motorway.
Very pleased so far with the A005
Big Thank U from Poland.
Very good set of tests, well presented results. Great job!
As there is less and less snow year by year, maybe I'll change my 2 sets of tyres to 'all in one' option one day.
Still worried if they would be worn out faster comparing to traditional winter / summer tyre...
PS. Hope you enjoyed testing. It must be a good experience :)
The wear on these tyres is usually comparable to a summer tyre
Hey Tomek, I noticed that my last good year vector four seasons had better grip in the snow than old winter tires. So it’s cheaper to run all season and change them often than run 2 sets for longer😉.
Snow in Poland is becoming a thing of the past
I'm in Australia, so none of those tyres are really not much use to me, as personally I have never even seen snow in my life. Let alone drive on any..
But I still watched ever second.. Great information & very much appreciative of the amount of work that goes into testing like this. Cheers
😁
An amazing amount of useful information in a very concise format. Well done. 👍
Thank you
suprise, suprise - the goodyear wins on the goodyear test track 🙂
Unless you live in the south of England then the winner was the Bridgestone.
Snow winner: GiTi
Wet winner: Bridgestone
Dry winner: Michelin
Where did you see GOODYEAR victory? Do you see ghosts?
@@stobsie live in South of England......ordered Bridgestone today ......fingers crossed
And surprise surprise the coopers are the last ones of everything. Miseriously Cooper is from the US like Goodyear and a direct rival in the US. It does not seem a bit strange to you that the Cooper tire is below in everything. If they are so rubbish, I don't even know why he reviews these since nokian or dunlop are supposed to be better.
An attempt is clearly seen to discredit Cooper tires so that people decide more to buy Goodyear than Cooper, especially in the American market.
I've used the Goodyear Vectors on my 4x4 and they are very good all-rounders, as many reviewers have said. That said, I've always been a fan of Bridgestone so this video has made me rate chuffed kid :)
Fantastic test, I've got the Bridgestone A005's on my wife's car, loved how good it is in bad weather as well as still having great summer braking. I'll probably get them for mine when I need to change them!
You wrote me before: A005 is an very good tyre! I am happy to have it since november 2019. I had only one problem on the winter, with lot of struggle to climb a hill with ice on the road! On the wet it was excellent! Just like you say in this video!
Glad you're getting on with it!
This is the best Tire comparison video I have yet to see. I really loved how you took out the outlier of you knowing what tire you’re testing, out of the equation. Very well done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I ran a set of the Bridgestone A005s and found they wear well, ride well and I’ve been very impressed with their wet performance too. I found little to no aquaplaning in very wet conditions comparing them with my previous premium branded summer tyre. I never had the chance to run them in serious snow but certainly offered more confidence than that of a summer tyre. Defo looking forward to your review next year of the new-comers as Michelin are certainly falling behind the competition now especially with the GoodYears.
Interesting you found they wear well, that was the only unanswered question for me. Thanks!
Can you explain what do you mean with "they wear well"?
@@prileee I had them on a mk1 Focus and they wore evenly and I got 15k miles easily out of the fronts (always change before completely worn).
@@davyarthurs thanks for the reply. That is still very low mileage compared to what michelin cc+ stands for and they are both marginally similar tyres for daily driving so I think I’ll go with michelin.
@@prileee at the time for me the Bridgestones were far cheaper had a better wet rating which appealed to me. Michelin are due to release a new version of their all season tyre that hopefully will be reviewed on this channel soon, as Michelin would be my preferred choice as a brand.
Huh... a GoodYear Tyre finish at 1st place in a GoodYear-sponsored test? Fancy that...
Pay attention for conclusion in the end of the video, it was comparing of tires depending on weather in different countries. They in Good Year really want to be the best in the world. And do it. In Poland this year was made some test for only Poland weather conditions, only in Winter, and only for braking from 60km/h to 0. Bridgestone won. But here was complete test for different weather conditions. He show everything. I like to see also Laufenn and Nokian Tires, but they can't take just all tires. So we saw real winner, currently Good Year Vector is looking as the best. I and thousands others already know what should buy next time. It hard to choose between all of this Michelin, Nokian, Good Year, Bridgestone. And such video puts everything on the right place.
I was thinking the same hahaha
So goodyear cannot win the test since this is their facility?
Ya but he tested blind.
@@ixidorstrinity Ya but Goodyear did the audio testing and NOT blinded, so there is at least some potential bias introduced that could have favored the Goodyear product. And ya, I just used the word bias in a tire review. That's punny!
Having A005's fitted to my Mustang tomorrow off the back of this, live in the Midlands UK - Update, not snowed yet obviously but any improvement over summer tyres will be fine. Whilst I'm pretty sensible behind the wheel I have given them a push both in dry and wet, very very happy, as it says at the end of the test, great for UK !
Here in Canada we have four types: summer; all season ; all weather; and winter. Summer (mainly for high performance cars and driving); All season ( normally found on most cars but are mostly regarded a three season tire); All-Weather (have a dual thread pattern plus the Snowflake/Mountain symbol and can be operated year round) and Winter( have a more aggressive thread along with the Snowflake/Mountain symbol and used solely for winter driving)
These are the all weather category :)
This is great content, Jonathan! Great to know you've been testing blind, and I love to the two sets of ratings--living in Canada I've been struggling through the different categories and naming schemes from different markets, and this helps. Cheers
I'm literally shopping for tires right now. I usually purchase Michelin but considering Goodyear and Bridgestone. Excellent!🔥
@@buds6554 Wow! So you REALLY allowed yourself to be convinced that decent Americans whether brown, white or black support ppl that destroy public property in the name of justice? What is wrong with you? Are you so pious or are you just so isolated that you dont understand ppl. NO ONE BUT REBELLIOUS PPL are involved in those horrible riots. No one that goes to work every day supports those unlawful ppl. Cut it out already. It's easier to HATE others when you have been given a justification but plz stop it. We are 1 America. City ppl dont hate the country folk so stop acting as if city ppl are monsters. They pay tons of taxes, pay high rents and mortgages and work harder than you know. "Every house divided against itself shall not stand." scripture.
Plz cut out the RHETORIC and see ppl. Plz. 1 nation, under GOD, indivisible, With liberty and justice for all.
Peaceful protesters do not destroy property. Everyone around the world protested peacefully. Tell your anarchist white friends who have SEIZED this moment to go HOME!!
@@buds6554 AND BUD, THANKS TO THIS VIDEO IVE DECIDED TO PURCHASE GOODYEAR TIRES!!! This is THE BEST comparison video I've ever seen. He tests blind so the data isnt skewed. It was amazing! #GOODYEAR
I have Goodyear vector 4 season on Kia Proceed. One winter and one summer in use. I got them because of the budget with new car but this winter I am going to buy proper winter tyres for sure and keep these for after winter. Driving on snow was ok but had to be extra careful, breaking and turning was a chalange compare to proper winter tyres but got me going fron place to place alright, just not as confident as I would be wearing winter tyres. Driving in the heavy rain with them was a blast, nice straight line without any kind of slippiness feeling, pretty confident in those conditions. Driving in summer with around 38 °C again very confident driving, in the sharp bends they let you feel their limit nicely, without sudden surprise, just a mild slipping and you feel the limit is there so not bad for hot conditions too. As a budget option for all year with drop of temperatures in winter below 0 and little snow here and there will be ok, but for proper winter conditions I recommend winter deticated tyre. In summer just drive with them all seasons tyres a bit slower and you sorted. BTW important factor is missing in the test on wet is the temperature, as if you test them below 7 °C or above that makes all the difference in behaviour of the tyres because of its compound. Winter/All season tyre on dry or wet will behave totally different in wormer and colder conditions, especially starting below 7 °C or so.. Good test!!
I only have summer tyres at the moment, in Gloucestershire, here you can get along just fine with them, but in the Midlands and northern part of England it snows quite a lot. During a Christmas visit in Sheffield I even thought about snow chains, not to mention December in 2017. Yes, most of it was gone after a few days, but when driving from Suffolk to Gloucestershire back and forth, often at night, winter tyres shouldn't be a question, so I was happy I got the winter tyres fitted a day before the snow.
Jon driving in long sleeves 👀
I can’t believe he’s holstered the guns 💪🏼 😆
Made it easier to edit I guess 🤓
His gf t shirt must have been at the cleaners
Don't worry, wait until you get to the wet and dry section. Normal tightness has resumed
@@tyrereviewssize extra medium
10/10 Video man. I have been looking at a solid, informative video on all season tires. Keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Followed your advice and bought a set of the Bridgestone A005 Evos and had them on a week so far. Brilliant !! They are so good in the wet and track so well because of the stiffer sidewalls. Fitted to a 530d so a heavy car and benefits from the stiffer tyres. Great recomendation for people in the south of UK.
Glad you're enjoying them, feel free to leave a review on www.tyrereviews.com sometime :)
Great review and so true! up to last September I owned a VW Golf MK7 just like the one in your review. I live in Northern Ireland so I had fitted the car with Michelin Cross climate tyres, they were great in the snow and wet and very capable in the dry. I then bought an Audi Q3 S Line Quattro 4x4 which came with Pirelli P Zero summer tyres. When it snowed last February the Audi Quattro was all over the place, four wheel drive with summer tyres is useless. I'm a bit of a tyre geek myself but I didn't expect such a difference in grip. Thank you for your reviews much appreciated.
Glad you're getting on with your tyres :)
Thank you for comprehensive review. I use Crossclimate plus, It's soft, comfy and safe enough to use for hot climates. I have done 40.000 km with these tires still has 5mm tire depth and good grip with only a little fragmentation in some parts. The downsides for me are they have bouncing effect with sudden direction changes because of soft compound and dull steering response. İts safe to use on cold weather, but on snow I feel exactly same on rearwhell drive car with conti winter contact ts830p and 4whell drive with crossclimate plus.
Hocam İngilizcem yok hangisini öneriyor :) 225/65/R17 lazim, Bursa’da yaşıyorum, Suzuki Vitara var,arazide ve dag, bayir, kar kışta kullanmiyorum, şehir ici ve yaz tatiline gidiyorum, senede maksimum 10 bin km, bir öneriniz olur mu ?
@@ahmet3263 Kar görüyorsanız 1 goodyear 2 hankook 3 continental. Çok kar görmüyorsanız yaz performansını da düşünerek 1bridgestone 2 hankook 3 goodyear 4michelin diyor. Bridgestonenun kar performansı çok kötü. Ben bunların içinde michelin tercih ederim yaz performansı en iyi lastikler den biri Denizlide yaşıyorum, crossclimate + kullanıyorum.
@@ozgurtaskoylu3766 Çok teşekkür ederim hocam, Nokian Wateproof aldim
@@ahmet3263 Hayırlı olsun güzel lastik.
@@ozgurtaskoylu3766 Son kez rahatsızlık vereyim hocam, dün siparis verirken yuk endeksi 106 olarak vermisim ancak benim lastigimde 102 yaziyor, bu sorun teşkil eder mi, değiştirmek gerekir mi ? Tüm cevaplariniz icin tekrardan teşekkür ediyorum, Allah razi olsun
Just bought today the Goodyear gen3 for my Vw Polo, and happy to see that they are the best. I will make a review after the winter season because I am interested into it...
Please do!
I have to applaud your channel on doing an incredible job. I wish you well and hope you are able to continue with your reviews for years to come.
Thank you so much!
Fantastic tyre review / test 👌🏼 as always matey. I’m a little surprised about Michelin Crossclinate + being in the middle / average all rounder all season tyre in this test. 🤔 Like yourself I live in Southern UK and after about 8K miles I’m still very pleased with my Mich Crossclimate + fitted to my MK7.5 Golf R. Having driven last December from UK’s sub zero temps to Spain’s 20+ deg. C in two days through very cold & wet France. I couldn’t fault them personally but than again I’m no tyre expert like yourself 👌🏼😎
I'm also surprised by the wet performance, everything else was exactly as expected.
Mitchelin cc on my landrover were good in dry and wet but poor and struggled to grip on ice and snow.
This is another piece of great tire reviews you just shared with public! Thank you.
Talking about rolling resistance, I’m really curious how Michelin Energy Saver A/S competes these tires. Despite 50+mpg they can offer, I replaced them with Continental because of terrible wet traction.
Please do give a review for all brands’ tires which claim to be low-rolling resistance! I feel they are compromised for traction, and really want to see a professional review on this category!
It's something I really need to do! WE don't get the Energy Saver AS here sadly though
I have no use for snow ready tyres. But I still watched it. It’s so interesting. 😁
I live in the UK and fitted Goodyear Vectors last November. We had no snow at all, and only one icy night though winter, and I live in the hills. They do behave nicely overall so I am not disappointed in any way ,and this winter....who knows...we certainly can get significant snow where I live, it's just unpredictable, which is why I fitted them in the first place.
Nice test. I was one of the persons who asked if you test blind and am glad you pointed it that you do.
Now you just need to (should) test snow performance of the all season tires after they do one summer on the car. I feel my winter tires lose all snow abilities after 2 years on car and I use summer tires in the summer.
Performance starts to drop off rapidly from 4mm
@@tyrereviews what is your opinion on using up old winter tires as summer tires? ( from 4mm down to about 1.5mm).
@@jfv65 I've seen tests where they perform almost on par with summer tyres in the dry at sub 3mm so not the worst idea!
REALLY impressive testing. Logisitically.. mind boggling. Can't get this type of information word of mouth here in South Texas either due to our lack of seasons/weather. We can run summer tires year round, but i still see a use for other types as we sometimes road trip to other areas of the country. Anyway, great work!!
I test in Uvalde sometimes!
As always, thank you for doing these tests. You're providing a service that few, if any, others are doing.
Thank you!
Exceptional video, review, and commentary. Thank you for taking the time to make this! It was immensely helpful.
What a shock! The company sponsering the video actually won the test!
www.tyrereviews.com/Article/Tyre-Reviews-Review-Ethics.htm
Another brilliant review. Have zero use for any of these tyres here in Australia but was so interesting I watched the whole thing.
Good camera work and editing too btw :)
Haha thank you!
I was using the Hankooks (originally the 4S, then the 4S2) for the last 4 years (getting on for 60k miles over that time), and they were very impressive. If I hadn't managed to score a cracking deal on a set of Vectors at the end of last year (kept them in storage and fitted just last week) I'd happily have bought some again this winter.
There's something to be said for having the roads almost to yourself when the white stuff starts falling 😊
I always enjoy the smug feeling of driving past stuck 4x4 on summer tyres
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I ran a 4x4 for many years, and the tyres were what let it down, so were swapped out as soon as I could afford it. Over £150 a corner for tyres that couldn't get you across a slightly soggy field, or a few quid extra got decent off road tyres that did a fantastic job on mud, snow and ice, but also had better road manners than the supposed all rounder that was the standard fit. Unfortunately, that seems to be the way with most 4x4s out there these days.
People say that they are very loud is this true?
@@teeaymusik9811 on some surfaces, the sound can be a bit intrusive. But I'm now running an electric SUV on the same Hankooks, and it's not particularly noticeable on most roads.
@@mcdon2401 Thanks for your answer!
By the way. Where I and a lot of people live we keep one set of wheels and tires for the summer, and one set for six months of winter so there is no need to compromise on either. For winter here studs win by a huge margin the only question being which tire do you want to put them on? As new tires come out the question arises over and over on which is the best at holding the studs (Generally studs are gone long before the tread) and at providing the best ride.
Thank you for this awesome video! One can get a hunch how much work and effort was put in making this video-review... Living in the Mediterranean part of Slovena, I am so happy that I made the right decision of buying the Bridgestone A005s for my Jaaaag!
Glad it was helpful!
I would love to know the trend life of each tire tested and if that had any affect on how they performed. If they perform well, but only have a 40k tread life that can get expensive if you drive a lot.
Thank you very much. Perfect timing. I am currently looking for all season tyres for this winter. Winter is coming.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the best channel about tires in the web.
If You have this sets of all season tyres, it could be grate, to compare its on winter conditions when they are 50% used.
That's something I'm working on for next year :)
I don't even need all season tires, but am watching because the quality of the test is just so damn good
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I've had the Bridgestone's for a year now and really like them, economy is great too.
I was really impressed with them!
“But these are quite extreme wintery conditions.” Welcome to my Canadian winter daily drive.
Why is why you have proper tyres :)
Yep but that's a key point. Here in the UK, most the sales are summer tyres because there's an attitude that it doesn't snow often and that is often true in most parts. The issue is the occasional snow which results in two inches of snow causing complete mayhem because the overwhelming majority are sliding around (or standing still spinning wheels) on summer tyres.
When you have a district winter, then you would put suitable tyres on no?
Thank you. Very interesting and complex test. I wasn't expecting that the all season tires can get so "close" to spezialized summer or winter tires in many perspectives. Interesting.
Swapping to GY Vector 4S G3 from G2. On G2 - 40kkm in 3 years of driving, 5.8mm of rubber left. I'm giving G3 a go, will let you know how it feels, but the test results look very promising. Thanks for the video!
Let me know how you find them!
Thank you so much for all the time and effort you have put into testing this much variables for tires. Very helpful. I have put on 4 Bridgestone 005 EVO for Netherlands - Germany - Denmark driving. That's about 750km in a 1 way journey. Although the snow performance isnt too great on the tire you have tested, wet conditions and rolling resistance was key to me, also the EVO should have better snow handling than the non EVO.
Thanks for this test! I live in Poland, we normally have 4 seasons, although recently it was bad winter, only a week of snow. On one car - Seat Altea4 I have summer 17 '(Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance) and winter 16' (Goodyear UltraGrip 9+), the car drives more (work, holidays, skiing, etc.) a second car that drives less, mainly only around the city - 15 '(Goodyer Vector4Season 2nd gen.). And it seems to me that this specification is the most optimal. On the second car, I will not be surprised by the sudden attack of winter :) However, if the all-season tires were not so good, I would probably have 2 sets for both of them - winter / summer. Best regards :)
Quite happy with my Goodyear Vector4Season 2nd gen too (I prefer them as they're more winter and wet biased, good for my needs), look forward to 3rd gen when the replacement moment comes.
Always a pleasure watching your videos! Since I live in the south of the UK I guess the deciding factor on which of the top 3 to go with, since they are so closely matched, is the price! Always very informative videos and I just wish this level of tyre knowledge was more widely known by members of the public!
Thanks for all the work you did on this! Very helpful even 2 years later as I was doing my research for new tires.
Cant help thinking it's funny how the Goodyear tyre came out on top when tested at a Goodyear test facility 🤔🤔
Might have something to do with them putting money into having good testing facilities - that's how you make a good tyre surely?
@@MarthaMansbridge but it does seem a bit like doing a supercar comparison at fiorano and wondering why the Ferrari came out on top 🤔🤔🤔 the tyres that came out on top where made in the facilities of where the comparison was done of course they are going to be the best there that's where they are made and obviously this was an advert for goodyear!!!
@@dancollier9837 Did you see anything with the conditions that would not seem a reasonable challenge for a tyre of this sort? If Goodyear had made a tyre so attuned to their personalised test track then they deserve more credit - that would be some feat! I didn't see any rigged conditions in this video - I saw a fair, and challenging set of scenarios that I'd expect anyone purporting to make an all season tyre to have considered. Maybe Jonathan should ask Cooper to let him use their test track.... (assuming if course, they have anything of the sort....)
I have owned a lot of Goodyear. Recently switched to Michelin and they are light-years better
Professional Tyre Tester: Here's a very detailed and balanced guide about the intricacies of each tyre, backed up with data
Average Joe: These ones are the best
Me: I think I know which advice I’ll take 😉
Great and unlike many others honest comparison! Love the fact that you gave two different recommendations, very useful also for us that have two sets of wheels. As all season tires have improved, I am seriously contemplating getting some to replace my summer tires next time. On that note; would you consider testing the performance of some of these on typical countryside surfaces like gravel and mud or grass?
I'd love to , it's hard to test properly but I could probably do a basic video on it sometime
Jonathan’s all season tyre videos are so great that makes me want to fit one set on my car even here in Hong Kong it never snow
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Really professional test. Greetings from Greece. Although we don't have tough winters here, might switch to one of the top three tyres for the upcoming months
Fantastic effort You make for giving us all this information. Thank You! Keep up the good work!
My pleasure!
USA and European tires are so different and this video really shows how different just looking at them. Can you do a video on the different approaches? I suspect that even big brand names like MPSS are not the same as they drop off here (USA) below 60F and are horrible in fall, spring let aone winter. So I run Michelin AS3 for the road and Cup 2 for the track, but UK peeps run MPSS for both! I find US MPSS over heat on track and the AS3 is a almost as good on the road as the MPSS to make no difference.
I'll do that video as some point. We do run the same PSS as you all year, and we just struggle in winter!
I drove from Montana to Texas and back
Switched to my 'road' tires 'all seasons' I think, and they get hard in the -15f cold fronts we have up here.
AND I DON"T WANT TO KEEP SWITCHING TO WINTER TIRES its a bitch.
glad I found this channel
Such solid testing. Sensible, objective and thorough. You are providing a wonderful service.
It’s getting to that time of year again! Not long til I put my snowprox on again.
Thanks for the great video, as usual!
I was wondering if you could test a few of them while reducing the thread by half some day? After all, tires don't stay new forever and performance can change drastically! I know that Michelin is particularly promoting the stability of performance for the CC+ compared to other (unnamed) tires over time, so it would be great if someone could confirm this, one way or another.
And I understand that using a machine to artificially wear the tire is not like driving thousand of km to get there (the rubber dries with time and again that is impacting performance), but unless you can find (buy back?) used tires, that is still the easier way to do I believe. No methodology is perfect (for example, the interaction car/tire is not the same for every cars), and it's fine as long as it is consistent.
You can't buy back tyres as they're all worn in different ways, but I Think we'll be using some machines next year for this sort of test
You can't go wrong with Goodyear and Continental tyres these years. Goodyear is one of the cheapest hi-end brands too here in Greece, so their tyres seems to the best vfm.
PS: Thank for your time once again man testing all those tyres!
Thanks for commenting, appreciated :)
Comprehensive. Thanks. I bought Cross Climates last season based on your review after a harrowing two cycle slide on worn all seasons on an unexpected mid day ice patch that showed me how well G35 stability control can pop a car straight from sideways with just a little grip. They now balance California coast use with occasional skiing in Sierra.
But I have limited observations. I damaged my shoulder falling on the first day, ending the winter season. Then COVID hit, so I have only few miles and none in snow conditions.
Cross Climates seem much quieter and less bumpy than those that came off. It also seems a bit mushier under heavy turning loads.
Glad you're enjoying them, they're great tyres