I went from a X3 MK1
on all weather tyres to a MK2 on Summers. The all weathers handled
almost all weather conditions, including snow covered roads in
Scotland, without issues and never felt close to letting go during
normaal "spirited" driving they also lasted about 35K before down
to 3mm.
On the summers I had
no problem driving on snow (4 wheel drive) - stopping though felt
more like I recall stopping on week old compressed snow turned to
ice. They also lasted 20K before changed. Now when I look at the
modern summer tyres they have very different grip patterns to what I
recall in the past so I think they have become less suited for snow.
I do have a set of winters in garage, but not having a jack and it
not being snowy round here - I just haven't bothered taking them
down somewhere to change them.
I am not sure though
I can draw to much about the life of the tyres though as the cars
aare quite different and my commute is very different.
I doubt anyone
should be pushing a Macan to the limit of decent all weather tyres on
a public road let alone summers in right conditions, being concerned
about a small difference in braking distance suggests foccusing on a
single figure out of context, you can normally get far more safety by
leaving a second extra gap and that adds the extra advantage you are
less likely to be hit from behind as you won't be braking harder
than the person behind can (yes I avoided hitting something by quite
a margin, car behind didn't though).
Then we have the
joys of living in south UK - this last few weeks it has gone from
being being below freezing but dry to double figures and wet
Personally I picked
All weather tyres when I placed my order as these seem the best for
my needs - I expect the car on those tyres to have plenty of grip
left when forward vision limitations or my nerve limits what I ask of
it.
The other thing I
noticed with change from all weathers to summers - tyre noise
seemed much worse on summers, though I think some of that was the
make of tyre as I put different summers on and they seem quieter.
John_M2017-02-04 10:12:05