Volkswagen Golf sportsvan tsi 150 Tyres

In my opinion, the tires are great. Bought them new in 2021 and mounted them on a Golf VII Variant. As most of our winters are not exactly ice and snow, but more slush and wet, these tires performed very well. During wet conditions (between -3 and +8 Celsius) car was handling very well, easily controllable, and had no issues whatsoever. However, if the slush gets deep and on a corner, even these tires are not enough to maintain grip, but that is probably expected as these are not Nordic winter tires. Going uphill when snow has been crushed and pretty much become ice can be a struggle if you have to come to a complete stop, which means you will not be sliding backward or anything dangerous like that, but the wheels will spin until they get some traction to slowly start you going. Driving trough a snow storm and maintaining constant speed of around 70kmh is however very easy with these tyres, I saw many cars on the side of the road and many needing a push out of a ditch, or as in one case BMW was stuck on a road, so pushed him out so we could continue on our journey, drove on autobahn with them when the road was not yet plowed and there was icy bumps that needed driving over (of course at reasonable speed for the conditions) and 0 issues maintaining control of the car, so overall these are great tyres for winter. I probably would not pick these to drive in Finland or Norway, but for me they served great. Lasted about 2-3 seasons, so maybe not the longest longevity, but they do perform well.

Grip and handling were ok in dry and wet. It’s performance in snow, was miles better than a summer tire. But after 20k (km), with one summer included, the tread patter started to loose pieces as I have only seen on winter units. I’d not buy it again.