Its funny how 4 x4 s are not so evil in this weather! It is safe, strong and good in the snow, having mud/snow tyres as standard, ESP, and auto 4WD.
My wife works for the NHS (community nursing) and has to travel throughout parts of Shropshire. The Sorento has been excellent so far., so she is able to do her job!
We get 30-35 ish mpg at the moment, but the car is nearly new so has not loosened up fully.
The petrol model has a 3.5V 6 engine and probably does about 20mpg! Not surprisingly they are not overly popular here!
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I guess he is referring to all terrain tyres, ie 50/50 on/off rd, as fitted to some 4x4s, mud&snow is just a general term like town&country used to describe A/T tyres, which are not winter tyres btw. A winter tyre is identified by the snowflake symbol on the sidewall.
The tyres on ours are Goodyear Wrangler M+S. They look like road tyres but with a deeper tread. They probably are not winter tyres, have not looked too closely at the sidewall!
We previously had Fronteras (company cars), which came with the same tyres as standard.
All Terrain have a chunkier tread, I will consider Cooper or BF Goodrich AT when the Goodyears wear out.
Mud tyres have a very chunky tread but tend to be noisy on the road. Had both on the old Range Rover and Land Rover I used to own, at different times.
My sister lives in Ontario, where it is very cold! She has a separate set of wheels with winter tyres which are swapped onto the car in October and come off in about April.
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Quote: Originally posted by 664DaveS on 12/1/2010
I will consider Cooper or BF Goodrich AT when the Goodyears wear out.
Have a look at General Grabber AT2 as well. I bought those about 18 months ago for my Nissan Patrol . They were £108 a corner fitted for 265/70 R17 - much cheaper than the BFGs (which I had on a Trooper for several years) and I *think* are just as good. They are AMAZING in the snow - haven't put a foot wrong.
Quote: Originally posted by 664DaveS on 12/1/2010
I will consider Cooper or BF Goodrich AT when the Goodyears wear out.
Have a look at General Grabber AT2 as well. I bought those about 18 months ago for my Nissan Patrol . They were £108 a corner fitted for 265/70 R17 - much cheaper than the BFGs (which I had on a Trooper for several years) and I *think* are just as good. They are AMAZING in the snow - haven't put a foot wrong.
Andrew
would agree with that , we have 4 on our Paj,brilliant in the snow and for offroading
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