Passenger Car Winter Premium Touring Tyres

I have driven over 10 000km on them in 2 full winter seasons. <br />
I was positively surprised by great traction and handling on all types <br />
of snow and icy roads. High above average on wet too. <br />
On wet, ABS activates only at very hard braking. <br />
Possible to drive on snow without ABS to interfere during <br />
normal braking in city traffic which is great. <br />
Wear is also reasonable for the fact they were used in spring season <br />
on dry roads for a month or more in 2 seasons total. <br />
They are not providing much feedback at all perhaps very comfortable, <br />
safe tires. I highly recommend them.

So far driven 2 winters on them - bit above 10 000km in total and wear is reasonable <br />
for the fact they were driven or dry roads in the early spring too... <br />
I was positively surprised by the traction on the all kinds of snow and icy roads. <br />
Water braking distances and grip was also really good. <br />
Comfortable, grippy at any condition. ABS was active only on snow <br />
and ice during harder brakings, on wet I could do quite hard braking <br />
without feeling ABS to activate. <br />
I would recommend these as very safe winter tyre you can rely on.

I have to buy a new tyre because Hankook Winter i*recept rs3 had the quality issues.. Hankook generates vibration and radial runout.. After very positive reviews and test results I decide to buy Kumho Wintercraft WP52+ in the size 225 45 r17.<br />
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I made one season on this tyres and had opportunity to test this tyres in each conditions, because this year winter in Poland was very snowy and cold. The tyres are very quiet. Quieter than my Sommer Falken Fk520... <br />
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The grip on the dry and wet I great, the tyres are very comfortable. And the quaility of the tyre is great. Because of the bad experience with falken and Hankook. I decided to check the tyre on Hunter road force test. And the results were impressing. 25N,10N,5N!. One tyre was worse because have rubber rissees form production and has 85 N... But I got information that this rubber rissees will go out after the driving and it was true.<br />
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I am very satisfied with this tyres. I forgot to mention about snow and ice grip and it was very good. On the ice usually only the studs help, but during this winter I don't have any issues with grip and handling. Well done Kumho.<br />
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I didn't evaluate the grip because it is the first season and I didn't make as many km as usually. <br />
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I had to buy new tyres because the Hankook Winter i*cept RS3 had quality issues. The Hankooks generated vibrations and had radial runout problems. After reading many positive reviews and test results, I decided to buy the Kumho WinterCraft WP52+ in size 225/45 R17.<br />
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I used these tyres for one season and had the opportunity to test them in all conditions, because this winter in Poland was very snowy and cold. The tyres are very quiet - even quieter than my summer Falken FK520 tyres.<br />
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The grip on dry and wet roads is great, and the tyres are very comfortable. The build quality is also excellent. Because of my bad experiences with Falken and Hankook, I decided to check the tyres using a Hunter Road Force test, and the results were impressive: 25 N, 10 N, and 5 N. One tyre performed worse because it had rubber residues from production and showed 85 N, but I was informed that the issue would disappear after some driving - and it did.<br />
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I am very satisfied with these tyres. I almost forgot to mention the snow and ice performance, which was also very good. On ice, usually only studded tyres provide perfect grip, but during this winter I had no issues with traction or handling. Well done, Kumho.<br />
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I didn’t evaluate tread wear yet because this was only the first season and I haven’t driven as many kilometres as usual.

I usually drove the car with these tyres in snow, the snow performance was excellent. The tires were quiet, very comfortable nad low rolling resistance every time. I highly recommend LM005 for your car in the winter conditions.

Vs the Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 2024, Nokian has much better ice grip.<br />
On snow its, ice, dry, wet. I think it's a good overall quality tire.<br />
Tempratures is rising around + degrees, still a solid tire.<br />
Comfort of the Goodyear is excellent.<br />
I have around 3 mm left on the front and barley 5 mm on the back tires. (Top speed we have in this area is 62mph)<br />
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Competitive price my area.<br />
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It's a good overall nordic winter tire!

Honestly, these tires are a complete disaster. The Blizzak LM005 turned out to be one of the worst purchases I’ve made. After a relatively short period of use, they wore down ridiculously fast — like they’re made of soap instead of rubber.<br />
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And the worst part: the tread became visibly deformed, almost warped. Because of that, the car started vibrating and feels unstable, especially at higher speeds. The driving feel? Like you’re riding on something that barely has proper contact with the road.<br />
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For a ‘premium’ product, this is a joke. Quality control is clearly nonexistent or they simply don’t care. I paid serious money for these and ended up with tires that feel ready for the trash after one season. Completely unacceptable.<br />
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I’m not someone who usually leaves reviews — in fact, this is the first time I’ve ever felt the need to write one. The only reason I’m posting this is to warn anyone considering these tires: think twice. I’m genuinely frustrated that I spent money on something this bad.<br />
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I wouldn’t recommend them to my worst enemy

Had this tyre on two small cars both 14 inches radius, but different widths, mostly for driving around town in central/southeast Europe with quite some rainy days, there were also some highway stints with no observed drawbacks. Decent dry and wet grip for winter tyres at lower speeds. Snow grip was better than expected and you can feel confident in the grip for everyday driving. Did not notice a lot of difference between summer and this tyre regarding noise in the cabin.

Got these tyres on a used car about 1 year old some wear but not too much. Did quite some highway driving in central/southeast Europe with decent amount of rain during autumn and winter and occasional snowfall. If the rain was not pouring at 150 kph I had full confidence in the tyre. Snow grip is quite good, had a lot of confidence both on highway at around 80-90 kph and in town driving around the streets. Did some spirited driving on the backroads here and there just for fun, not pushing it to the limit, didn't feel sporty, but there was enough grip to have a bit of fun. I would say that wear affected the tyre's performance quite gradually. As for comfort and noise levels, the tyre is little bit noisy but it is certainly not severe. Wear seems to be quite good, this was their fourth "winter" season during which the temperatures are mostly higher than 7 degrees celsius and it's still few millimeters above the snowflake wear indicator.

Perfect winter tyres with very low wear. Perfect on snow and ice. Perfect on summer as well

I have used this tyre on my Mazda 3 in the German winter. In my opinion this is the best budget winter tyre you can buy. I have driven this tyre for one season covering 4000miles. The tyre is very noisy in general and washy over 75mph. My review is based on driving this tyre in a semi worn, 3 year old state, only!<br />
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Hankook winter I cept RS 3<br />
Size: 205/60R16 92H, DOT23<br />
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+ cheap<br />
+ good enough for average drivers<br />
+ acceptable wear and snow performance<br />
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- noisy<br />
- bad handling at high speeds (Autobahn)

Compared to the previous tire (Michelin Alpin 6), the Pirelli Cinturato Winter 3 offers more grip on snow.<br />
I haven’t yet reached the limit in dry or wet conditions to provide an objective evaluation in those scenarios, but I notice that as lateral forces increase, the steering loses precision, accompanied by a clearly noticeable noise, typical of a winter tire “working”.<br />
I believe this is due to the relatively narrow tread blocks. The car has also become more sensitive to crosswinds, as well as to road camber.<br />
It is a safe tire, but not a particularly fun or precise one.