255/65 17 Tyres

Just great tyres, much more better than brgestone.

These tyres are astounding. Snow, ice and untreated roads are common where I live in North East Scotland and winter has been hard so far this year. The grip, traction and control these tyres offer is incredible and probably saved my life this week.

Good aggressive and deep tread pattern, nice looking. Comfortable and quiet, on a par with BFG AT's I've had in the past. Like the BFG's they have a harder sidewall and therefore a harder ride, but it is far from uncomfortable, just a little firmer than the road bias tyres on previously. Not tested them in the mud yet but based on the tread depth and spacing between blocks they should perform well. Very pleased so far - will have to see how long they last!

These replaced the original Dunlop AT 20. The tire is very chunky compared to the road biased tyres. The car now stands a little taller. Michelin have really come up trumps with these tyres. The cornering is better and sharper, stiffer sidewall. The ride is smooth and quiet. Feeling through the steerng wheel has a little vibration, but is not translated into noise. I have used these on gravel roads. The feeling of driving on marbles has gone and overtaking is much more secure with no wondering. If you are a street poser these are probably not for you, but if you need a no nonsense all year round tyre with off road credentials look no further.

A very good tyre if you do a fairly large amount of snow or off road driving. 19,000 Miles done, with 5mm still left, so would not need to replace them for normal road use for a while yet but the of road edge/ability has gone on them. No real road noise to worry about even though a good off road chunky tyre.

I have had these for 55,000 kms on a Landcruiser & found them a good all-round tyre. Road noise is good for an all terrain tyre and they have done about 10% off road time, mostly beach & bush tracks. Play with the tyre pressures & I haven't had any chipping etc. This tyre gives the versatility that the OEM tyres simply don't - and they wear better - the toyota is an AWD all the time and is known to be hard on tyre wear and these will last twice as long as the OEM tyres. Would recommend again.

I don't have much to compare this to, other than 2x previous Jeep Grand Cherokee's and a Discovery + Pajero (15 years ago).

These tyres are OK - The front's are down to 4mm and the rears 5mm. However, I am very disappointed to be feeling nervous about the front tyres, despite them still being fully legal. They are bald on the shoulders - and they LOOK bald to passers-by. I am waiting for a do-gooder to report me. Some might say that after 34,000 miles this is acceptable. I don't feel this way - maybe I was spoilt by the Goodyear Wrangler SP's on my JGC's which did 50,000 miles without complaint, despite the fact that I gave them a beating. The Landcruiser doesn't lend itself to aggressive, wild cornering (strangely the JGC seemed to be 'gasping for it'). So I feel strangely let down by these tyres.

Also, they are now 5 years old and during the last visit to the tyre garage (wheel alignment) they were all tutting and grimacing over the cracks appearing in the sidewalls. Mind you, this car did spend the first 2 years of it's life being cooked in Spain.

It all adds up to a feeling of disappointment.

Although I will probably buy again, it is only because of inertia and fear of insurance companies terrible behavior in trying anything on to wriggle out of paying-up in a nasty situation.

By the way, these AT20's were OEM and supplied with the car.

I would love some proper winter tyres on this car, but I cannot justify it when I am already leaving everything behind in snow (4WD + proper diff. lock + grunt + OK all-weather M+S (no mountain/snowflake)) and have got to an age where I now drive sedately.

I have been skiing many times in the Landcruiser on the AT20's and in the JGC'c on the Goodyear Wrangler SP's - I cannot remember ever having a problem with either of them. I haven't/didn't have chains for either. Although I do remember driving a Mercedes 300D up from Zurich through the Fluela Pass, past Klosters and Davos on our way to the Engadin Valley and N Italy - all I had on were summer tyres and chains on the rear. I honestly thought I was going to die of fear - what a bf I was. I had the Swiss and Germans buzzing by me without a care, on their winter tyres and I was drenched in sweat from fear as the car slid everywhere but where I wanted it to go.

That's all.

as they wear you a tram lining effect in the steering Severe chipping on the edge of the tread when traveling on outback gravel roads or 4wd tracks.
Had 2 tyres with cuts through to the steel in tread area. Tyre pressures were reduced for gravel roads and speeds were about 80-90 Kilometers/hour.