Writing about the
Vredestein Snowtrac 3 given
74% (205-55-16-)
Driving on
a combination of roads for 2000
spirited miles
Bought a cheap winter set to replace my Cup2 tires. And I did not have high hopes.
A sportscar with a track set up on winter tires? But it was pretty good.
The overall grip was fine, and the steering was "ok". I know winter tires are worse in pretty much every metric if compared to a tire like the cup2. But when I visited the Nurburgring in the snow I was doing very good with my mx5. Never got stuck once, had loads of grip on the snow, and even drove a 200 km/h on them.
Pro's:
Works amazing in the snow
Works fine in the wet
Has pretty oke steering feedback for a winter tire
Costs (i bought them second-hand at 10 years old) still holding up very nicely
Cons:
- You do lose also steering feedback, I thought it would be worse but still, you lose a lot.
- Dry grip, they squeal infinitely when driving a little bit too hard (what on a ps4/cup2 is normal driving).
- Dry and wet breaking is a lot longer, you really feel it keeps locking the abs in order to stop.
- Noise, they make a lot of it, (i think due to the thread)
- Floaty feeling at higher speeds, at 120+ you can really feel the car starting to float on the tire, the steering becomes imprecise and you start bouching from line to line since a small correction in the wheel can only be felt 0,5 sec later. So you are always overcompensating.
However, for my first winter tire experience, I was very surprised, it got me where I had to go I always felt safe and it drove fine.
I realize I am spoiled with always driving on the cup2 and ps4, so I'm used to a lot of grip in combination with a track setup mx5. But me saying I like the tires means something.