Malc Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Hi. Anyone got any tips or recommendations for Autumn/Winter tyres for my 2012 WRX Sti? I'm running on semi-slicks at the moment. Don't need anything rally-ready, just good all round boots. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judd Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 This site is one of the best around, the chap also has numerous videos on his own Youtube channel, he does extensive testing himself in these videos. https://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/ All depends on what you want, tyres you can use all year round, all season tyres, or a winter set to be fitted (presumably) on a spare set of wheels for winter use only...this solution has benefits in that your better set of wheels never see any salt. We have two cars, the Forester has spare set of wheels with winter specific tyres fitted, winter tyres don't actually have that great grip on the warmer damper days of winter but they come into their own in snow and such conditions. If it wasn't for already having the second set (they also fitted our previous Outback), i wouldn't bother with winter tyres for typical UK weather again, i would instead go with all season tyres but stamped with the mountain and snowflake symbol, meaning they the rubber is rated for cold weather use, maybe they wouldn't be as good as a pure winter in deep snow, but they are a better compromise in my humble. Our other car, a 120 series Landcruiser is fitted with snowflake stamped Yokohama all season tyres, these are particularly good on wet roads, though its obviously a different beast entirely to a Subaru, just mentioning we have two cars with the different solutions possible, i prefer the all season tyre approach for British weather, especially as AS tyres have come on in leaps and bounds over the last few years. If you search the above TyreReviews youtube channel, he did a good involved test of all season tyres in a low profile size, last winter i believe, well worth looking up, here it is 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat6 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 I think a good all season tyre is all you need with a Subaru in UK winters. I currently have continental All Season Contacts on my Levorg, and have used them in the past on my Outback 3.0R also. Very good grip in the cold and wet, and not much different to full winters in the sort of snow we get here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebP10 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 As above for All-Season tyres, but look at the TyreReviews website or on his YouTube channel for some interesting tests. I've had Vredstein Quattrac Pro tyres on the Levorg since Dec last year and they are very good in the cold and wet. We didn't have much of a winter down south last year but they came 2nd in an AutoBild All-Season tyre test (See TyreReviews) to the Michelin CrossClimates, which seem to be the class leader. I only went for the Vredsteins over the CrossClimates (and Conti / Goodyear / Nokian) as they are asymmetric, which makes wheel rotation easier. They are also 3PMSF stamped. MPG dropped slightly, but grip is more important. But any All-Season tyre from one of the top brands should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Hi and many thanks to all for your advice and comments. I'll take a look at the options you suggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebP10 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Don't know if you've made a decision yet, but Tyre Reviews has just posted a new video on all-season tyres... May be worth a watch if you haven't taken the plunge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Many thanks for the heads up. I'll check it out now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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