I bought the Pirelli Cinturato Weatheractives last year summer (June 2024) and got them fitted immediately because I wanted to see if this was a tire I'd be happy with in the summer as well as winter, since it is an 'all weather' tire. It was so smooth, comfortable, quiet in the dry and handled really well in the wet. I had absolute confidence in these tires. I would go as far to say it felt better than the summer tires that were already fitted to the car (I believe Falken Azenis). I expect it to as these are not cheap! I even took it to the track once and the coach was impressed by the car's grip! I wanted to leave a review earlier on but I don't think it was fair if I didn't put them through their paces. Winter came and I survived.
This was my very first time driving in the winter, but I already had enough common sense to not do anything drastic until I got a good feel of what winter driving was like. Safe to say, these tires give you confidence in the snow, you let off the brake and you start moving. It grips. I don't think these will stop you as good as some dedicated winter tires but there were good enough. Drive like a normal human being and you'll be fine. Drive like a lunatic, even the best tires won't stop you. But these tires also allowed me to do some pretty fun stuff. I had so much confidence I was sliding it around corners and doing donuts on a "closed course" and I felt pretty in control of where I was going.
I bought these tires even before they were reviewed on this channel because they had such high ratings and they were the only premium all weather tires available for my car where I lived. DO NOT CHEAP OUT ON TIRES. IT'S LITERALLY THE ONLY THING KEEPING YOU ON THE ROAD.
Verdict: I will continue to drive on these. I absolutely love them. I will update on treadwear. As these are for North America, they supposedly have better tread life than the Cinturato SF3's available in EU but they sacrifice some performance. I will be buying another set when the time comes.
