Although I live in Cyprus which is practically summer for most of the year, I decided to go for these all season tyres for a few reasons.
First of all, whenever it rains here the roads become quite dangerous since the dry grip isn’t great to start with, so when wet they become sludgy and slippery quite easily. Aquaplaning is also an issue in these roads. So a good summer tyre with great wet handling characteristics is in my opinion essential in these conditions. The CrossClimate plus performed very well under these conditions, with good dry grip and handling in very hot conditions as well as excellent wet driving characteristics.
Snow driving is almost as good as a good snow tyre and with the Outback’s superb awd system, I was almost unstoppable!
What surprised me however was the unbelievably good behaviour of these tyres in sand and deep sludgy mud! They were far superior to any road-biased 4x4 tyre I ever used and this is definitely a great selling point for my needs!
Fast driving and sporty handling were never their best attributes but I am ok with that and noise levels above 120 km/h are quite high. But again, this is not something unexpected and it’s quite obvious from the tyre’s aggressive V-esque tread.
Wear is very good and tyre behaviour remains almost unchanged as the tyres wear out; something that Michelin excels at achieving.
Overall I am very happy with these and would definitely recommend them.