Michelin CrossClimate Reviews - Page 6

Years ago I moved to a rural village I was caught out on my way home in unexpected bad snow. I then switched to a AWD car mainly for the reassurance in snow, icy or wet conditions. Last year I made the switch from diesel but because of the lack of choice in petrol AWD I ended up with front wheel drive only. I put on a set of Cross Climate in November and have just been out in the snow for the first time with these tyres. Wow- they are amazing. My driveway is covered in sheet ice, so slippery I could barely stand. The car pulled away with no wheel spin at all. In the snow I had complete confidence to stop and start off again on hills, again no wheel spin and the car remained in complete control. I have to do two sudden stops when out of control cars slid out of side roads in front of me unable to stop. Without these tyres I would have been hit albeit gently, on both occasions. Quite simply these tyres are amazing in the snow and ice and so good in the dry you would not realise that you are not driving summer tyres.

As a taxi driver you will soon recoup the extra cost of these tyres in no time in the cold snap we are having they have enabled me to keep working in rural Cheshire best thing since sliced tread (bread):-) 5 star

Really good tyres that are actually fantastic in all weathers without much compromise on my Golf. 12000 miles and little wear.

Only had the tyres a few months but had all weathers including wet slush, deep standing water ice and snow and I'm really impressed with the forward grip, breaking and comfort of these tyres. The handling has been excellent and really surprised how easily I drove through 5-6” of snow . I can't comment of dry hot conditions or on tyre wear yet but very happy with the tyre so far. If I had to find a negative they lack a little side bite in snow compared to a traditional winter tyre.

Been driving Crossclimates 175/65/14 on my Citigo for 6000 miles majorly on the motorways, A roads and B roads. Great grip on both wet and dry, quiet and good fuel economy. Crossclimates definitely can keep you mobile on the roads in the winters. If you do not need to drive to heavy snow covered B road, Crossclimates is one of the best all-season tyres you can find.

I've driven on snowy B roads quite a lot this winter. Bear in mind gentle and sensible driving is still required on extremely snowy condition. The grip would be lost immediately if the car cornered too aggressive on snow, however, the grip would be gained again once the car slowed down / traction control kicked in. Bottom line is: Everything was manageable and nowhere near losing control.

Overall I am still very happy with the Crossclimates.

I cant praise these tyres enough. They are life savers in wet and snowy conditions. I drive a BMW 5 series rear wheel drive. This is normally leathal in snowy conditions. Using the cross climates I have tacked very steep snowy roads no problem. Wow. Worth forking out for. I paid around £700 for a ser of 4 fitted.

Bought them in September of 2015 and just changed to Crossclimate + (I wanted the new AllSeason Contis, but my tyre dealer didn't have them in my dimension so I had to go for the Michelins once again.)

In the first two years they were fine,especially on the wet, on snow (had about 4 days of trying them in those conditions, they were not so good) but then towards 4mm of profile the tyre changed drastically for the worse. It became like a plastic tyre and quite dangerous.

Hopefully the plus version will be better in this aspect (that's what they promise).

Excellent tyres,as a private hire taxi driver and driving a lot of miles safety is paramount and no compromise when it comes to buying tyres. Having over many years bought premium brand tyres ie continental,Goodyear,Dunlop nothing and I mean nothing comes close to Michelins whether it's summer tyres or cross climates for winter use. The Michelins out score the previously mentioned brands as the wear on these tyres is fantastic,the Michelins wear evenly across tread and last thousands of miles more. I had cross climates on last winter and although the grip on icy roads far exceeded previous vredestien winter tyres there was no snow so I could not comment on performance. Last week we had 5cm of snow and as I was night shift I was mainly driving on virgin snow on main roads and tyres were firmly planted on roads at all time and coped easily with hills. Overall these tyres have now given me more confidence than ever driving on ice and snow,the front ones have done over 20,000 miles and are nearing winter tread max limit,I will replace them shortly with cross climate+,I would recommend these tyres to anyone as they are simply in a league of their own,well done michelin

Excellent grip and I gained 5mpg after switching summer tyres for these...
Noticeably more longitudinal grip than just lateral I had before... improved braking accelerating and cornering speeds

I fitted CrossClimate tyres to my Lexus CT200H 3000 miles ago. I keep a track off all expenses with an app called Road Trip. I do find these tyres much quieter and smoother to run but fuel consumption is much worse. With the mixed bag of budget tyres that came with the car I returned 52mpg over 5000 miles. With my Bridgestone DriveGuard Winter tyres I also retuned 52mpg over 4500 miles but with the CrossClimate tyres I have only managed to average 46mpg over the 3000 miles so far. I bought them thinking I would probably just run one set of tyres all year but with the reduction in fuel consumption to that extent I won't buy them again and will continue to run separate summer and writer tyres. An 11.5% increase in fuel costs is to much to bare.
I feel just as confident in the wet and dry with these tyres as I did with the previous ones. I sorry but I''m not a tyre reviewer and this is about as technical as I can be
I haven't had them long enough to comment on winter performance and as I still have my Bridgestone DriveGuard Winter tyres and wheels, I've change them over today. The CrossClimates will go back on in the Spring so unless we get late snow it will be a while before I can comment on that aspect of the Tyre.

I have a steep him to get out of my street we're I live and in the snow I got up the hill no problem at all ,so they work .

Great Tyre for all round year use, including wet autumn, and occasional winter showers/ice