Continental WinterContact TS830

Great tyre - much quieter than the G'year Efficient Grip they replaced.
Even the wife noticed much better response on cold/wet road!
Looking forward to some snow and ice now!

The best winter tire I ever had! Great on ever surface! Mercedes w210, RWD.

Bought these tyres for an old Passat and a Golf mk6 Estate, I live in the Yorkshire Dales, they did the job, worth the money for the ability to stop alone, my street is untreated in the winter and is a 1:6 gradient, I can now get home without using the shovel, they are a little noisier than the summer tyres, but not uncomfortably so.

We still managed to get 77mpg on a run to London (also used the empty outside lane on the M62 covered in three inches of fresh snow) so they don't effect the rolling resistance to badly either.

I got these tyres fitted to my Polo 1.9TDi at the beginning of Dec 2010. I have to say that they were brilliant in the snow. Starting and stopping on compacted snow and ice was excellent. I felt very safe in the car and could even go where 4x4 drivers thought they had the edge. Going uphill was a cinch even from a standing start. I was sad to see the snow go as I just loved to drive in it with these fitted to my car.
Would thoroughly recommend that people use these tyres in true wintry conditions.
One *slight* issue I found was that occasionally they would not give an even response when accelerating / decelerating on uneven road surfaces in ordinary non-snowy dry / wet conditions.

Great winter tyres. Fitted them to my wife's car and she stopped being nervous of the snow almost overnight...it transformed the handling in freezing, icy and snowy conditions.

Very firm on the road, and still handling well even now the weather has warmed slightly (although due for swapping off next week).

I also tried the Alpin A4, which were very good too, although these had the edge. Very impressed indeed.

Despite this being the first time with winter tyres, I can't see me ever going another winter on normal tyres ever again!

These are extraordinary tyres. I stuck them on my A6 Quattro at the beginning of the snowy weather in Southern England. The change in grip was simply astonishing. I could almost drive completely normally in snowy/icy conditions with virtually no loss of grip. Driving up steep hills covered in snow was not a problem, much to the amazement of other road users who thought I had snow chains on.

As the weather warms up the car is starting to lose its tight grip on the road, but that is to be expected. About to swap for summer tyres (lets hope the snow stays away - you never know).

Bring on next winter - these seem to be able to handle anything the British weather can throw at them - a joy to drive on!

Very good winter tyre, traction they provide in snow is just amazing.
Would buy them again definitely. Also, I recommend them to everyone. They are a bit pricier, but they are worth every penny.

I have had these on my Audi for the last 4000 miles, used them in UK for a bit and have been in the alps for the last 2 months (the ultimate test), Haven't had to put my snow chains on once. Very impressed, No mountain road covered in snow seems to be too steep. Even in the dry twisty bits they handle better than I thought they would and quieter than my normal tyres! Definitely recommend them!

As a tyre for normal wet and dry conditions they're pretty good...as a winter tyre for snow etc they are amazing. I just wished I'd bought them at the start of December. Braking is the most impressive, whereas before breaking on snow downhill would just result in the ABS making a noise and the car sliding all over the place now that car stops properly every time. Similarly inclines that before would probably have just resulted in either the traction control strangling the power and not going anywhere or wheelspin are now tackled without fear. Obviously one should always drive according to the conditions but what is so much better is that while summer tyres will give up their grip suddenly and without warning if one hits ice or something I find these Continentals are much more progressive in the release of the grip, allowing you to back off before its too late. The car's handling is a bit vaguer at high speeds on dry roads with them on but that's probably to be expected since the rubber has more flex in it.

These are the first set of winter tyres i have purchased so can't compare them to others but I am very impressed, the amount of grip in the snow is unbelievable. Best of all is the braking abilities, I found I could break quite hard on the snow.

Highly recommend.

I just wish more people in the UK would buy winter tyres!!