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Title: Michelin CrossClimate
Post by: MPS on December 07, 2017, 08:03:16 pm
Anyone tried Crossclimates over the winter months?
Title: Re: Michelin CrossClimate
Post by: pudding on December 08, 2017, 09:24:30 am
Not those specifically but I did run Kleber Quadraxer 2 all seasons 4 or 5 years back on an Alfa 147.   I bet the Michelins are better, but all seasons are a big compromise.  Not as good as a winter tyre on snow/ice and nowhere near as good as a summer tyre when it's warm either. 

It depends where you live.  10 degrees is the magic number.  Below that, summer tyres are like rock.  They are a secondary spring in the suspension system, so ride quality suffers along with grip.  And above 10, winter tyres are useless, so it is very much a location thing.  Scotland, yep, they're of value.  Down south, a waste of money.

Title: Re: Michelin CrossClimate
Post by: MPS on December 08, 2017, 06:59:44 pm
My summers slid on 3mm of snow this morning. Hopeless  :grin:
Title: Re: Michelin CrossClimate
Post by: Andy on December 08, 2017, 08:33:06 pm
the cross climate tyre are very good
Title: Re: Michelin CrossClimate
Post by: wrlcs on December 09, 2017, 07:52:51 pm
My wife has cross climate on her c max, cold weather performance is good, snow and ice are pretty poor imho.  A little better than summer tyres but not as good in snow as vredesteib all season that she has had previously.
Title: Re: Michelin CrossClimate
Post by: Andy on December 09, 2017, 08:01:16 pm
they never will be as a proper summer or winter tyre