I saw the article below recently on better 'All Season' tyres. It seems the compounds available for tyres are allowing more versatile use. Is this the type of tyre that will finally do away with the need for two sets of tyres to cope with winter conditions?

 

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/miscellaneous/2015-02/michelin-crossclimate-tyres/

 

If they are as good as this article suggests, maybe car manufacturers should offer them when you make a factory order.

Watch this space!

I'm sure other manufacturers will be on the case?

My 'cold weather' tyres give me so much more confidence between October and Early April. I'd be quite happy to sacrifice a little dry grip in these speed restricted/congested days to avoid tyre and/or wheel changes twice a year?

Our friends new Panda Cross came as standard on All Season tyres.

Our friends new Panda Cross came as standard on All Season tyres.

So do some AWD pick up trucks.

I have the Goodyear 5 Seasons and I have found them excellent this winter. Not that we have had much snow or ice to deal with. But the prospect of a year round tyre that copes with most eventualities and doesn't cost a  lot more looks a good thing..

 

On a different subject, I notice the Telegraph seems to ignore the Yeti altogether.

 

In their recent article recommending the top 10 best used SUVs the Yeti did not appear. But they managed to find room for such luminaries as the Suzuki Jimny!

 

I buy the Telegraph on Saturdays and have noticed this lack of Yeti acknowledgement before. I never see the Yeti offered as a choice to those on the letters page of Honest John looking for a suitable SUV.

 

Maybe Skoda doesn't cross their palm often enough?  :$$$:

Been looking at All seasons to replace those on the Civic and Octavia but I have to say I like the sound of these - abeit it might all be marketing bull???

Very interested to see this post as I'd pretty much decided to go to Vector 4 Seasons when I needed new tyres - on the South Coast not really a case for a separate set of winter wheels and tyres - so if they live up to the promise these could do me very nicely. Still a few thousand miles on the original tyres but I'm likely to be in the market for a set by mid-Summer if they become available in June as promised.