Les meilleurs pneus pour la Volvo C30 1.8

Très bons pneus toutes saisons, le marché privilégiant les performances estivales. L'approche Michelin sacrifie un peu le comportement hivernal par rapport à Goodyear ou Nokian toutes saisons, mais elle est remarquable en termes de performances de la majorité de l'année. Ne vous méprenez pas cependant, ce n'est de loin pas incompétent dans des conditions hivernales, en hiver léger ou quand il fait juste un peu froid avec du goudron gelé, c'est tout simplement merveilleux. Compte tenu des changements climatiques et du fait qu'en Europe continentale, dans la majorité des endroits, la neige devient une anomalie arrière plutôt qu'un facteur habituel, Crossclimate + est un excellent produit. Ces pneus sont confortables en termes de bruit et d'absorption des vibrations (même si la plupart des tailles sont fabriquées dans les spécifications de charge supplémentaire) et cela résiste à l'épreuve du temps (les fonctionnant actuellement en 4ème année). Ils ne sont pas les plus précis en termes de caractéristiques de maniabilité, mais il s'agit peut-être de la taille non sportive que j'utilise. Leur performance hivernale est suffisante si vous vous attendez à conserver une maniabilité quand un peu (voire beaucoup) de neige tombe. Sur les surfaces planes, il ne dérape pas beaucoup même dans la neige de 15 cm, le freinage est également étonnamment bon dans de telles conditions. La différence réelle entre le bon pneu hiver et le Crossclimate + est facilement perceptible lorsque vous essayez de démarrer sur une surface inclinée pleine de neige. Dans de telles conditions, il faut un peu de talent pour continuer un trajet mais ce n'est pas impossible. Pour la conduite causale et urbaine, cela vaut vraiment la peine d'essayer. Surtout dans les voitures plus petites et moins puissantes.

After dubbing a lot between these tyres or Vredestein Ultrac Satin, I chose the Maxxis. Reviews I read were pretty fine, good grip in wet and dry, a little bit higher wear, but a little bit ain't that bad at a price of €62 each, compared to €85 for Vredestein.

Today, after about 10,000kms I thought it was a good idea to check the wear. They've been on the rear axle all the time, so wear shouldn't be too bad. After all, I had Vredestein Sportrac5 before for 46,000km and they're still going strong at the front axle with another 30,000kms done (76,000 in total!). These have to be replaced now, so a good moment to check whether Maxxis is doing well.

Immediately upon checking the wear it seemed my tyre pressure must have been too low. 1.5mm wear at the sides, 0.5 in the middle. But I checked, 2.5bar, as I always had before, and what Volvo advices. I set them to 3bars, but I don't think it will be comfortable..

So.. 1.5mm in 10,000km.. = 6mm in just 40,000km, and they have to be replaced... Just 40,000km on the rear axle.. that's bad. If my former Vredestein would've been on the rear all the time, they might have hit 100,000km.. and the price of Maxxis is certainly not more than half of Vredestein..



Grip in wet and dry is fine. They're pretty noisy, also a bad thing.
I won't buy these tyres again, they wear out far too fast.

For the price of about €55 each it's a good tyre.
In the wet the performance isn't that great, but it's OK. On roundabouts I had understeer several times, even at lower speeds.
However feedback is pretty good, you feel easily when the tyres are on their limits and you need to slow down.

In dry conditions the tyres are coping very well. Good grip, it all feels good.
In snow I've driven only once, and I didn't have a problem there.

Wear doesnt seem too bad, but I havent measured the exact wear yet.
The comfort seems to be better at first than it is now (After 10000km). The tyres seem to have become more noisy.
At this price point I think these tyres are unbeatable. I have had other winter tyres before, Goodyear Ultragrip 8, those were more silent, better in the wet, but the price point is higher. Just like Vredestein Snowtrac 2's back in the days.
I've also had cheaper brands which were worse. So at this price point they;re unbeatable and safe enough

Got these on a set of secondhand rims+tyres in 2015.
Were rubbish. Steering was suddenly extremely light compared to summer tyres (same width), Sliding on roundabouts in dry and wet, and suddenly after 2 weeks the sidewall of one of them cracked.

I don't trust these anymore at all, dot code is from 2011.

These are winter tyres (Ice plus and the walls), but just plain bad. The only advantages were low fuel economy and they were pretty silent.