Writing about the
Goodyear UltraGrip 8 given
79% (205-55-16-)
Driving on
mostly country roads for 10000
average miles
Reviewed these on Jan 2012 but could not leave a comment on the snow as we never really got any. Same this Winter until a couple of weeks ago. I am convinced about the necessity of Winter tires but my wife was a sceptic until she was leaving work a couple of weeks ago & she has now become a believer. She travels back roads to & from work & has to climb a very steep road to get onto these & on this particular night, the steep road was covered in snow.
Added to this, there had been an accident at the top of this road & all of the traffic was stuck on the incline. Cars & vans in front of her were slipping on the snow every time they tried to move forward but our car only went straight & never slipped all the way up the hill. Some cars were giving up & turning back down the hill but not her, she didn't have to. Once she got onto the back roads, she said she felt very safe in the knowledge that she had these tires on the car & although not putting her foot down, she was able to trave at a reasonable speed without any skidding. This is our second Winter on these tires & hopefully we can get a third out of them. That is if we don't buy a new car with different size wheels.