I bought a used Scout last summer, and it came with 225/50r17 Runway tyres on it - new ones. Not my choice, but there it is. Economy E, wet braking C, noise 72dB

 

 This winter it's been running very nicely on Dunlop WinterSport 5 205/60r16 on a spare set of scrap-yard Skoda alloys. So far, so good.

 

The reason I bought the Scout was mainly for the clearance, partly for the 4x4, to help with the reasonably-frequent drives on rough tracks and fields. Having got the car for that, it seems sensible to fit tyres which faciliate that kind of driving (resistant to damage, grippy) rather than ones intended only for tarmac.

 

225/50r17 is not really a SUV/4x4 size, and therefore there seems to be little choice of suitable tyres. Pretty much the only one I can find is ContiCrossContact LX2 Economy E, wet braking C noise 71dB - which seems no worse than the Runway for braking, or being thirsty and noisy - but would offer some extra grip off the tarmac.

 

Has anyone, particularly Scout users, and thoughts?

 

Thanks!

Have a look at Oponeo and search for All Season tyres.  There's a fair selection on there.  I'd always go for decent tyres like Good Year Vectors, Conti All season, Uniroyals All Season or Vrederstein Quatrac 5 (the one I would go for).  

 

I'd avoid the Falkens as I've had 2 cars with those and both of them the tyres got very noisy with age.

 

I run seperate winter rims with Continental Winter Contact and Summer rims with Uniroyal Rainsport 3's.

Deals on at Costco, on Micheline cross climates , or get them form anywhere save buying 2 sets of tyres

 

So - after extensive research the answer is...

Conti Crosscontacts 225/50r17 on the summer wheels. I'll see how they do when the time for winter tyres is over.