Hello everyone !
Wife's car, 2019 Suzuki Vitara, has now less than 4mm tire thread depth (8+ when new), so to not be in a rush, I'm looking for replacements.
Current wheels are the 17 inches alloys, stock size 215/55 R17 94V Continental EcoContact 5. They're good for road use, but wife would like, if not unreasonable, more traction on some slippery surfaces (but still summer, we are on Reunion Island)
I'm thinking of 2 options :
1: getting quality "all seasons" M+S 3PSMF tires, like Michelin CrossClimate+ or Goodyear vector 4 seasons
2: getting summer AT tires, but I can only find Cooper Discoverer ATT in that dimension so far
Another option I was considering was going 16 inches steel wheels, but the 215/60 R16 95H stock size doesn't offer much AT choices either. As I'm not sure about clearance issues when going up in size, I just put that idea aside.
I have time (like at least 3 months) to see them come overseas, to get the tires I want at a good price. What do you think ? Would you go AS, AT, or just ignore all this and get regular summer passenger car plain road tires ?
Wife's car, 2019 Suzuki Vitara, has now less than 4mm tire thread depth (8+ when new), so to not be in a rush, I'm looking for replacements.
Current wheels are the 17 inches alloys, stock size 215/55 R17 94V Continental EcoContact 5. They're good for road use, but wife would like, if not unreasonable, more traction on some slippery surfaces (but still summer, we are on Reunion Island)
I'm thinking of 2 options :
1: getting quality "all seasons" M+S 3PSMF tires, like Michelin CrossClimate+ or Goodyear vector 4 seasons
2: getting summer AT tires, but I can only find Cooper Discoverer ATT in that dimension so far
Another option I was considering was going 16 inches steel wheels, but the 215/60 R16 95H stock size doesn't offer much AT choices either. As I'm not sure about clearance issues when going up in size, I just put that idea aside.
I have time (like at least 3 months) to see them come overseas, to get the tires I want at a good price. What do you think ? Would you go AS, AT, or just ignore all this and get regular summer passenger car plain road tires ?
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