Avon Ice Touring ST

Just bought 4 for my bmw, they are really good on snow! with the traction control on and off.. I was equally impressed on the wet! i just can't get them to lose grip! On the other hand, despite the 94 (reinforced) load index, i must say that they are quite unstable in windy conditions! I would strongly advise anyone to set the pressure higher than regular..
overall a good winter tyre for the money!

Had them on for the 2010 blizzaed winter and had no trouble driving on untreated Somerset B roads. Left them on all summer of 2011 and have enough tread left to go through this winter season. Basically they will work all year round provided you do not drive down to Spain at 100mph in the summer!
Grip, wet and dry, noise and economy are all good enough for all noraml driving and the money you save in not going to the body shop to have the snow/ice slide dents knocked out will buy them for you twice over!

I bought these tyres last autumn as an experiment for the winter. I live in a village that is ~5 miles from the nearest village that is large enough to warrant a council snow plough or gritter and wanted to get in and out of the village. It turned out to be the worst winter in over 30 years and we had snow and ice on the roads for about a month. I have 2 cars in the household and so was able to conduct a back to back test with 2 cars, one with winter tyres and one with good summer tyres (bridgestone ~5mm tread). The Avon winter tyres gave very good grip and I even choose to use a hill into the village to test them out. I had no grip issues and the ABS hardly ever kicked in when I came to stop. I have now purchased a set of winter tyres for my other car.

Fitted to a Mercedes C250TD rear wheel drive no traction control.
Bought these in October 2010 encase it snowed and boy it did!

Can't possibly explain how good these tyres were in the snow. It transformed a car that would have been unusable in the snow to a car that I could not get stuck (and believe me I really really tried.)

I took the car to steep snow covered inclines in an attempt to find the limit of these tyres and never managed to get the car to slip.

Was passing countless spinning small FWD cars while I had no grip problems at all.

Not only will I buy these again, I have bought them again for my new car.

P.s. I had 60kg of weight in the boot to help traction too.

ROLL ON THE SNOW!

Fitted for the last two winters so I can at least get up my 30° drive in snow. If you fit these you must run them at proper snow tyre pressures (generally higher than summer tyre pressures). For the first winter I had them at normal pressures, and whilst generally OK and very good on snow and ice, the traction light came on every time you put my foot down. In the second winter with them at the proper pressures they were transformed, still very good on snow and ice but now like a soft compound track tyre on wet or dry tarmac, you can throw the car round corners like it is on rails (aloughing for the extra squirm you get from a winter tyre). They have now done 8000 miles and the rears will probally last another winter (although I will change them if we get heavy snow again) and the fronts a least another couple of winters. Running them at the correct pressure to begin with would probally have made them last longer. The only reason I would not buy these again is that I understand some other winter tyres are even better.

This was my first experience of winter tyres, and their performance was astonishing in deep snow, slush, and even hard-packed ice. No other car in our street had anything like the same level of traction

I was unaware of any difference in road noise over the standard tyres. I don't generally push the tyres to the limit, but not once did I have any issue with traction or grip in the wet or the dry.

Unable to comment on wear because they have only been on for one winter, and they will certainly go back onto the car next October. I am a convert!

not been in any ice / snow so no coment but wet is good dry okish at lowish speed but 4 up & a bit brisker some understeer no likeeeee !
overall wear good done 3000 + since on my focus car.

I have driven with these tyres now since mid November, when I fitted 4. I can barely describe the transformation. Last winter the traction control light was flashing constantly, this year it barely flickers. Deep snow is no problem as my suspension raises up. I have driven through snow over a foot deep, going where even 4x4s cannot go. I have left lots of them floundering in my wake!
In 35 years of driving, I have never had such a transformation.
If you haven't got them, what are you waiting for?

Great tyre with great grip, better results than expected, especially in snow and ice - will always have winter tyres on in the winter!

Very good tyres. They make light work of deep snow and ice. You are able to pull away on banks covered with snow and ice no problem at all. An amazing thing about the tyres is their ability to accelerate normally. You get some curious looks too; of people wondering how he just did that in a normal car. The only thing that stops me is ground clearance.