My car needed a set of tires because I was driving around on bad alignment and killed my Michelin ps4s. I wanted something cheap just to get me buy for a few months until I parked my car for the winter. I went with joyroad sport HP rx6 tires in a 225/40/18. I wasnt expecting much but was absolutely blown away with the results. They grip really well through corners while spirited driving. Cruise nicely at 110kmh in heavy rain without any hydroplaning. Stopping distance is reasonable but not comparable to my michilens which is a unfair comparison in my opinion. I purchased these tires mounted and installed for 320 CAD. I wouldn't recommend driving these in the snow even though it says m+s on the sidewall these behave more like 3 season tires. These tires so far preform better in all scenarios than my toyo extenza HP 2 tires that I used to have on. Now I liked these tires so much that I went with them on my partners Honda Accord but went with the HP rx3 instead of the rx6 models. The rx3 is definitely a more comfortable economic tire but doesn't perform as well as the rx6. In conclusion I highly recommend you putting on the joy road sport rx6 on your vehicle if you are looking for something that's safe to drive on the road to get you by. However I do not recommend the hp rx3 model.
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For 7k you should be able to find pretty good tyres for your Volvo. I looked around a bit this year and found last years NAF test winner for under 10k for a bigger dimension for my car, including mounting on rims. Look for the ones from NAF tyre test just under the winner, like the Pirellis that scored okay but not great are within your price range, at least here in Norway, and way safer than these unknown China tyres.
Check finn if better tires are to expensive for you. I just bought a set of 2 year old Nokian studded for 2000kr. Just stay away from cheap tires all together and don't buy used tires older than 4 year old unless you know what you're getting.
Is there a specific reason you have to get spiked tires? Bear in mind if you live in Bergen or oslo there is a fee to drive in the city, which can be quite expensive through the winter, unless you are driving up a mountain to a cabin or something i would reccomend spikeless, you should be able to get a decent set of michelin or goodyears for around 6k included a tire shop that balance them and put them on. Also to look at alternatives i would look at previous years higher rated models, those can be had for discounted price also
I always buy the nokian winters. They never fail to impress me.
The Conti’s for sure. I’ve had great luck with these tires.
If you want the best snow tires get blizzacks they are by far the best out there.
Me and my parents both had DWS06's on our 2016/2020 Mazda3's, respectively. They wore out way too early and one of my parents' tires had some really random tire construction-related problem that led them to replacing the Contis with the PSAS4s. They've been happy with those tires so far, I think they're a bit noisy and ride a bit stiff but response and grip-wise they're stellar.
Maxxis have become worse and worse in my experience. I switched to Conti tires, they are soooo much better.
This is one of the reasons I stopped buying Maxxis tires. Really, all tires will do it to a certain degree but Maxxis seem to be the worse IMO.
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