Originally Posted by Astro14
I hope to see some tests on them soon.
I had the original Pilot AS3 on my MB. They performed very well.
I put the AS3+ on my MB when those wore out. They performed better and seem to be more durable as well (perhaps I'm not driving that big, heavy, powerful car as aggressively as I once did).
I liked the AS3+ so much, I put them on my son's 2001 Volvo V70 T5.
They're really a great tire, as long as you understand what they are: a performance tire that does well in wet and dry conditions and are less lousy in winter than other performance tires. They're not great in snow. They're less dangerous than other performance tires in snow. I've been caught in Vermont, during freezing rain, with performance tires on the MB...flat out dangerous. I grew up driving in snow, but that doesn't matter when the car doesn't have enough grip to manage a parking lot.
The AS3+ are an enormous safety improvement over performance tires if, like me, you get caught in some bad weather.
They're not as good as true all seasons, and a far cry from true winter tires, but at least the AS3+ won't kill you in bad weather.
My son, for example, who lives in Vermont, has a dedicated set of wheels with Nokian Hakkapelliittas for winter to go along with his AS3+. Perfect set up...great summer performance, and if it snows before he swaps out the winter wheels, he's not on dangerous tires.
TL;DR the AS3+ are great. Look forward to seeing how good these are.
Any all season tire for me is tire that does well in months when it is not time for tire such as Michelin Pilot P4S or similar, but not also for winter tire. I just put A/S3+ on Tiguan, but I have 16" separate set of wheels (I have separate set of wheels for winter for all cars) with Hakka R2 on them. So far A/S3+ seem really, really good in dry and wet. It behaves like true summer tire more than all season. I was thinking to put PS4 on BMW once I wear out Drive Guard's I got when I purchased BMW, but after driving A/S3+ for a month on Tiguan I am thinking to get them or this new AS tire as BMW is my DD, and you know Colorado swinging temperature in fall and spring. That means I can cut driving on snow tires by month in the fall and month in the spring, and wear them out less.