SUV Tyres (Honda CRV)

[Dino D]

Does anyone run a soft roader? We have. MK2 CRV 2.0 auto. It's does motorway and town work only. Wife won't let me ruin it off road

Need new tyres. Have always run the Bridgestone duelers it came with but they M+S rated and pretty poor in wet weather on Tarmac and the rating back this up.

So the question is - can you run car tyres on these or must they be SUV / Van tyres.

It's only 16inch 205 section.

 

[oldcarman]

I would say yes as long as the load rating is sufficient. But I'll let the tire experts prove me right or wrong. I've personally run car tires on several 4x4's without any problems and surely would again particularly if you don't off road it! JMO JIM

 

[Eddie Zedder]

The Bridgestone's look like a 50/50 tyre (50% Tarmac 50% Off road). What you need are more road biased tyres (80/20), then if you were to venture off road you can have some confidence that you won't get stuck in the mud.

Currently on my Freelander I have Hankook Ventus Prime 2's. I am that impressed with them that when I change the tyres on the Zed I will be fitting Hankooks.

Of course the downside to owning a 4x4 is that it is recommended to change all four tyres at the same time, which can do some serious damage to your bank balance.

 

[5harp3y]

as long as the load rating is the same then there is no problem

 

[Brian H]

Does anyone run a soft roader? We have. MK2 CRV 2.0 auto. It's does motorway and town work only. Wife won't let me ruin it off road

Need new tyres. Have always run the Bridgestone duelers it came with but they M+S rated and pretty poor in wet weather on Tarmac and the rating back this up.

So the question is - can you run car tyres on these or must they be SUV / Van tyres.

It's only 16inch 205 section.

As 5harp3y states the only way you can answer that is to look at the tyre/speed rating in the booklet, as long as you cover the ratings etc. you will be fine, some tyres do have the XL rating to do with weight and although you can buy tyres without this rating at a cheaper cost (in the unlikely event that you may need to claim on your insurance) a keen insurance assessor will no doubt have the pleasure of informing you that your premium is void because of this!

The fact that the tyres come with the M+S marking just means that it is a winter tyre however if you look on the Bridgestone website they are not tested in winter condition! How does that work?

http://www.bfgoodrich.co.uk/gb/advi...-tyres/How-do-you-read-the-markings-on-a-tyre

 

[GazHyde]

I feel your pain, I drove 70k+ in a 2000 CRV with Bridgestone Duellers, nasty tyres in all but the dry. Was a fleet car so I got what they fitted, which was more of the same.

They worked really well in a ploughed field, or so I heard, because obviously I would never personally abuse a company car in that way...

 

[Redline]

I have used Pirelli P Zero Scorpions on the LR Freelander for a few years now. M&S rated. On my 3rd set and have got 28-30k miles out of them each time. Had no issues in the wet. They handle snow well but that is probably about the 4 wheel drive system. Can't comment about mud.

Always replaced all four tyres at the same time. Always worn evenly but then I've always had it four wheel tracked.
The handling starts to get a bit squiffy when down at 3mm but it's time to change then anyway. I can't recall what the original Wranglers felt like at that stage.

Ok - they're not cheap but if tracking is set up correctly they last a long time.

 

[Dino D]

Thanks guys. Very unlikely to ever go off road.

As its a CRV its not true 4wd - it's FWD until the front slip (a lot) then the rear gets some power (only something like 20% though).

So changing tyres per axle is fine on these unlike some full time 4wd that can get fussy.

Will look at more car based tyres and see. Continental and Michelin have van tyres that seem to have high rating for wet weather which could be good.

These Michelin cross climates have my attention though - not sure if just clever marketing but they seem to win on all counts bar very heavy snow (not an issue in tropical Kent, but water soaked motorways with no drainage are):
http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Michelin-CrossClimate-launched-is-this-a-game-changer.htm

 

[Redline]

Teach me to post without checking details - Mine are Pirelli Scorpion Zeros. I was close