Which Winter Tyres?

[UNtamed67]

Ordered Nokian WR A3 XL yesterday € 899,- mounted and balanced.

Cheaper on the net but warranty might be tricky in case of problems and not mounted.
And internet tyres are not always new, I mean 'from this production year' making it a bit stiffer than new ones...

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[vieirinha33]

On a little side note... I keep hearing how the PP tyres suck at temps below 65'F (~18'C). Not to brag, but it's seldom more than that up here... I find it odd that Ford would put tyres like this on a car sold so far North?!

the pzeros are dangerous on wet conditions... it does not even need to rain... if you have a wet road and you throttle a bit more than normal than it will spin for sure... well, if you are a drift-king then it's okay

I've already changed mine to Continental Wintercontact and I'm very satisfied with them... did not even spinned once and I drive all the time on Sport mode

 

[Lord Thunder]

the pzeros are dangerous on wet conditions... it does not even need to rain... if you have a wet road and you throttle a bit more than normal than it will spin for sure...

I had the traction control lights come on in Normal mode after washing my car while it was 20 degrees out, just because my tires were still wet from hosing down my car. And not just when driving off, but for about half a block! Only then the rear wheels settled down. I almost thought something was broken on my car. At least now I know what it is .. have had it once or twice since in wet weather, but not as much as I had feared *knocks wood*.

 

[Ericc B]

I had two break outs during my test drive

 

[Gryphon]

Weird. I gave a GT the boot twice in a roundabout during my own test drive in September and couldn't get it to let go... It just gripped and gripped.

So I had this down as a very neutral thing. Nice that I might be wrong, I remember thinking I would have liked it to feel a bit more oversteery.

 

[gojensen]

Well learning to drive on ice and snow with a RWD I can handle oversteer... just no understeer please - that scares the crap out of me

 

[NicoMCH]

the pzeros are dangerous on wet conditions... it does not even need to rain... if you have a wet road and you throttle a bit more than normal than it will spin for sure... well, if you are a drift-king then it's okay

I've already changed mine to Continental Wintercontact and I'm very satisfied with them... did not even spinned once and I drive all the time on Sport mode

Had a 2012 V6 before with P Zeros for summer and never had any problems on wet roads or when it was raining (also by driving at 130-135 km/h on wet or rainy highways in France). I guess it also depends on how you dose the throttle. That is why I find the snow/wet mode on the 2015 really helpful especially in a beast like the GT.

I have also put Continental WinterContact TS810S for the winter tires, they are good. We will see once the temperatures drop and snow shows up.;)

 

[John577]

Pony is now on winter shoes, snow can come ...

 

[Lord Thunder]

Pony is now on winter shoes, snow can come ...

Nice, I'm having my Michelin PA4's installed tomorrow.

 

[John577]

They are really good. I had one more time the bad drifting experience before arriving to my Dealer, damn Pirelly's tyres !! :frusty: :frusty:

After mounting the PA4, you can feel a big difference. I hit a bit the pedal and the car holds the road !

 

[Notes]

Had a few drifting experiences as well today, wasn't even wet! One was a drift where I didn't get support and the other one I really noticed the traction control kicking in.

 

[bigul]

I heard so many bad opinions about the P Zero's tyres... Under this circumstances I'm wondering to try to sell them and buy some better ones.
I'll get my car on winter tyres so those P Zero's will be almost brand new :frusty:

 

[Ericc B]

Under this circumstances I'm wondering to try to sell them and buy some better ones.

A very good idea. Those tires really suck.

 

[gojensen]

Maybe I'll get there pa4's for summer wear Think I'm getting continentals for Winter - got offered a great deal (10k less than the Nokians I wanted so hard to say no )

 

[Lord Thunder]

I got my new tires installed this afternoon. Pro-tip: If the guy seems clueless about the required lug-nut moment: It's 204Nm. They didn't really have a clue, so they tightened it to 160Nm "because that would be reasonable". We would have looked in the manual, but when it's on the bridge it's kinda hard to get to the glovebox compartment. Will go back on Monday to have them tighten them properly. (The shop is only 300m from my house, so it's no biggie).

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