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akbarirfan:
Hi All,
Living up North, we experience some significant snowfall as far as the UK is concerned.

I have a set of 16 inch winter wheels and tyres however these don't fit over R32 brakes that I would like!!

Is anybody running Michelin CrossClimate 2? Pretty much been GYEF1 exclusive for the last 8 years.

Thanks

bobby_fodge:
Had a pair of the originals on the front of the golf. In the summer I put them on the back and moves the PS4 to the front.

They are meant to be better than summer tyres when it's under 7 degrees, the two winters I had them were short so not sure they were that much use to me.

We had a set of four on the second car and they were fine the whole year around. It was only a one litre so not a good comparision for your golf.

akbarirfan:

--- Quote from: bobby_fodge on November 21, 2022, 09:23:43 am ---We had a set of four on the second car and they were fine the whole year around. It was only a one litre so not a good comparision for your golf.

--- End quote ---

Than you for coming back to me.

Did you notice any difference on the second car? Apparently they wear very well (as in last over 30k miles!).

I'll be getting 4 for our second car once my current winters (on that car) are come off (April/May time).

bobby_fodge:
Difficult to say really as the second car, a mighty Yaris, only covered a few thousand miles a year and we only had it three years.

When we got it, the Yaris, had brands of tyre I'd never heard of so swapping those for new Michelins was not a good basis for comparison.

When we did get rid of the car the tyre tread did look new though.

They wore well on the front of my mk5 though, I probably did 20k in them before I drove down the worlds biggest pothole and damaged the sidewall of one, so both fronts got replaced for PS4. I only did this as I'd noted it was hardly below 7 degrees for the two winters I ran them so decided against getting another pair of cross climates.

My understanding from reading up on proper winter tyres is that the tyre compound is much softer which means they work really well in the cold but wear quickly when it's not cold or cold. The cross climates have lots of extra sipes/slits in the tread to help with grip in the cold, rather than a much software compound than summer tyres.

akbarirfan:
Thank you - the wear mirrors other reviews I've read.

The Goodyear Eagle F1 Asy 5 seem to wear out quite quickly by comparison.

I wonder if there would be any real change is ride quality on the GTI if all 4 were swapped out for CC2s - the reviews are outstanding.

It was 2 degrees celcius up here this morning, won't get above 7 degrees for a few months now!

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