Winter Tire Advice

[jwarner]

I’m sort if in the same boat but maybe a month away (car is in Emdem - and hoping it’ll be on the boat leaving today).

Getting a quote from Tire23 for the Pirelli P-Zero winter and the Nokian R5 EV. Technically the Nokians don’t have the speed rating (250km/h vs 190km/h) but does that really matter? I can’t see any situation I’d be going past 130 on winters .

The dealer markup on the tire itself doesn’t seem terrible - but it’s the Porsche branded rim that you pay for. You can probably get whatever fancy rim you want for the same price.

I have a GTS ST coming, just left Emden. After much research, I went with the Pirellis, likely better in the dry and wet, not quite as good on snow and ice, cheaper (but not per mile) and specifically tuned for the Taycan. I don't think you can make a mistake either way.

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[Crazymind]

I have just grabbed a deal, Goodyear UltraGrip Performance GEN-1 (108V XL) (Winter) (C B 72 B)(C C 73 B) (NF0) 245/45/20 + 285/40/20. 700 quid with Tpms.

 

[Swissbob]

I have a GTS ST coming, just left Emden. After much research, I went with the Pirellis, likely better in the dry and wet, not quite as good on snow and ice, cheaper (but not per mile) and specifically tuned for the Taycan. I don't think you can make a mistake either way.

I’ve got the Pirellis and they work well on snow. It’s a lot of fun drifting them round the mountain hairpins

 

[Svaba]

In the last few weeks I could swear someone sent me a YouTube video of a test where some specific all season tire tested better than most winter tires (maybe Hankook or Yokohama) in the snow. I can’t seem to find it or maybe I am hallucinating but that would be very concerning for me. Has anyone seen such a video or is it more likely I am crazy?

 

[Jonathan S.]

In the U.S. that model actually is a winter.
Granted, it’s an unofficially termed all weather tire. But it has the same DOT winter tire designation as all the other Central European winter tires in the test.

 

[Svaba]

In the last few weeks I could swear someone sent me a YouTube video of a test where some specific all season tire tested better than most winter tires (maybe Hankook or Yokohama) in the snow. I can’t seem to find it or maybe I am hallucinating but that would be very concerning for me. Has anyone seen such a video or is it more likely I am crazy?

Found it. Hankook’s all season tire beats some winter tires in this test and the Michelin Alpin stands out from the pack.

 

[Jonathan S.]

The reviewer calls it an all-season tire, but in the U.S. as a so-called "all-weather" tire it's essentially both a winter tire and an all-season tire:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/hankook-kinergy-4s2
"The Kinergy 4S2 meets the tire industry's severe snow service requirements and is branded with the three-peak mountain snowflake (3PMSF) symbol."

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