We were in Germany in late November and noticed that most cars had winter tyers on, which to be honest did not look too different in tread pattern to UK tyre of about 10 years ago. With this recent snow and ice I I find my wife's Mondeo distinctly sensitive and loses traction easily in snow. It is fitted with unidirectional Falkens. I have lived in Ontario, Dartmoor and Cumbria and did not have too much trouble with cars fitted with normal road tyres. In Ontario it was illegal to drive with studs or chains except for on unmetaled roads. Recaling some of my old cars (Marina, BX, Imp, Maxi) the tyers used affored some measure of grip (in snow), which today's tyres don't seem to possess. So I am thinking of changing the Mondeo over to European winter tyres which I would probably keep on all year around. But what would they be like in normal 3 seasons conditions, and what sort of reduction in life would I expect?
The Sorento has no problems whatsoever on its Yokohama Geolanders.
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The Sorento has no problems whatsoever on its Yokohama Geolanders.
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