It is very good compared to other brands' winter tires but has a short life.

On paper an excellent tyre. I bought a set of these for my Mercedes E220CDI estate thinking they were a good buy but it was a very expensive mistake. I paid £500 for the rears (265/35/18) and £300 for the fronts (245/40/18). The rubber is very, very soft. After 6 months and 4000 miles 3 tyres had to be replaced due to multiple cuts through to the cords in the tread area of both rear tyres and a small stone through the sidewall on one of the fronts. Just goes to show that you can read tyre tests all day long but real world driving can be completely different. These tyres are absolutely not suitable for UK country roads. If you stick to motorways you may be OK but I have wasted £800 on tyres that effectively lasted 6 months and became dangerous. My local garage says they have lots of problems with these tyres failing before they are worn out in terms of tread depth. And if you are wondering it's not how I drive. I am an advanced driver.

After a total usage of 90.000 miles, i had to replace my summer and winter tyre sets. As i will likely not keep the car for another 9 years, i opted to buy a good all season tyre set to avoid extra cost and hassle to change sets two times a year. Anyways, the finalists were Continental and Michelin. Price was high but i preferred Michelin since it looked considerqably quiet on paper.

My original choice was 94V XL version for durability but had to go for 91W due to stock issues. I am generally happy with the ride comfort. Real smooth ride after factory fit ContiEcoContact 5. Road noise is generally very low, no complaint so far. Dry grip is very good, no abs kick. As it is summer over here, not much experience on wet yet but wet grip seems good. Handling and road feedback is better then my expectataitions.

The only drawback is the fuel consumption. It noticeably increased by 4-5 percent, even after increased pressure. It is worse with recommended pressures. However, ride comfort is still good after applying higher pressure. Compared to ContiEcoContact 5 ( "A" fuel consumption rating), the car is not that agile, feeling like tyre is absorbing energy. But this should be normal as grip is much much better than before.

No comments on winter usage yet. We will see winter.

I am wondering the tread life of "W" speed rating. I hope it will not erode it that soon.

I think tire testing should only be done with tires that have consumed more than 80 percent.
The new product can be used even in heavy rain that cannot be solved with a wiper
It can handle speeds of over 200km
Even though the time for replacement has passed, I am still considering it because it has more functionality than regular tires.
Mileage equivalent to taxi tires is also practical.
These tires are priced for your safety, not for high performance.
However, the performance is not bad.
A partner on the way to work in all situations.
If you gain confidence in a strong longitudinal grip, you can become even faster.
Safe tires that always protect you.

Not a review. The Michelin CrossClimate 2 has a tread depth of 6,7mm from new. Measured in the size 225/45R17 94Y XL

Taxi Driver; review after covering 27000 miles in 2 years. These are the best tyres that I have own. Thrown all sorts of abuse at it; from treacherous potholes, broken manholes, nails (one is still stuck in there - see image), hitting kerbs, snow, ice, hot summer motorways with temperature above 30 degrees, heavy downpours. All I say is that it did and handled it's job very well. If I hadn't had wheel alignment issue (inner side of the tyres have reached the 1.6mm legal limit) and corrected it earlier I could still get out another 5000 miles from it as the middle tread of the tyre have not reached the 1.6mm mark. Off to try the new Continental all season 2 whether it can beat these or not.

Here is a Good Review - This is a "Directional" tire. Rotation is front to back/back to front. If your car has 4 wheel alignment then this is a great tire. Sipeing on this tire is incredible (we hit a Rain trench at night (4 or more inches deep) and the tracking stayed straight even though there was no road surface contact). My car is a 2020 Honda CRV AWD (this is the third CRV AWD I've owned). This is the first time I've used a directional tire. I'm a moderate push driver - nothing at crazy level but maybe a drift on a wet surface or coasting down off the Blue Ridge to the town below (Oh Yeh). the car has 135k and 8mm rear / 6mm front pads left (Honda Service just measured). The tires replaced OEM's at around 45-50k so ..... 80k and 3/32nds today. Even now the Michelin Grip along with Sidewall give is acceptable (I wouldn't trust a defensive road evasion above 45 or 50). Now the bad - this tire tracks "Straight" to the exclusion of the steering. This means that your car may think it's going straight but the tires will make it go straight and I believe that with the newer AWD vehicles this is a detriment to alignment. I've had 3 Alignments for these tires. I've never had more than two even on my Restomod F150. I attribute this to the AWD and Honda LKA. The Older AWD Trucks with Lockouts had tire wear problems due to the Inside/Outside Turn ratios. And lastly this tire is a "Howler". On real asphalt roads its quiet but on the newer composite roadways it's 5-10db above road noise in the car and gets louder once you reach the "tattletales" on the tire. So Safety and Long life are the trade-offs to some road noise. I suspect the noise and alignment issues would diminish with a 2WD car. And if Vehicle is over 5 - 6 years old I might reconsider - think suspension bushings and bearings. Thank you by Steven J Third Grade

When they are new, they are excellent, but after two years and a half and >40k km (profile had ~4mm), the grip on wet roads (only wet) decreased very much. The last road on the wet road was a few days ago when outside was 14-15c.
Before this model, I had the Michelin CrossClimate (XL) and CrossClimate Plus tires on the same car. The Michelin CrossClimate 2 decreased considerably on wet surfaces (2 other people observed this issue with the wet grip).
Previous models were much better on wet grip after 2-3 years.
This week I changed them with Pirreli SF3 XL, but I want to see them after ~2 years and >30k km

Cross climate 2 are great tyres, I’ve been really happy with the performance of them. They give great grip in wet & dry conditions & are excellent in snow & ice with zero slippage. They feel really safe while driving, but not particularly fun to drive if you’re looking for that. They are quite & comfortable the perfect all rounder.
Mine lasted 25000 miles on the front axle (front wheel drive car) but the rears have plenty of life left so will probably last 50000 miles on the rear axel. Their performance has be rock solid until around 1mm above the wear line markers when the performance in cornering especially has really suffered just something to be aware of but not unexpected.

Excellent tyres in wet and dry very comfortable and quiet will definitely be buying again

The best compromise for the Utah area in the winter

The best compromise for the Utah area in the winter