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Thanks for this. :) The full name is Goodyear Vector 4Seasons Gen-3. Yes, they use the mixture of numbers and characters like that. OK, vector's a good word to use for tyres, as long as no-one thinks it means "to scoot off at a tangent" :-) I bet your garage will know what you mean if you said...

Crikey. That makes me feel better. I was intrigued by the idea of softer tyres for efficiency. And someone on Mastodon confirmed it - but I fear the studies were with regard to bicycle tyres. I've done a fairly extensive internet search - perhaps a dozen articles - and can confirm the concept...

I see Blackcircles has them for around £170 each, moot because they don't provide areas like ours. I paid rather more than that - around £725 for the lot. That was another good thing about dealing with a small company one trusts - they will look for "deserving cases" among their customers to...

Thanks for that. Worth trying. One question though - is the Kia not front wheel drive? That could make a difference. Anyone else have experience of this?

Oh, really? I thought conventional wisdom was to have a tad more pressure than the handbook says. Is this something about the MG, or EVs that make them work like that?

I asked for them to be set to 2.6bar all round. I didn't check them, which I suppose I should have. The MGSmart app currently says 2.6 all round. It's been hovering around 12°C all day but was cooler over the tops. I was too busy concentrating on driving to check the tyre pressure on the way!

Right, I can finally do an initial report on Goth Leo's new tyres. I went for the Goodyear Vectra marketingspeak-marketingspeak something or others. This was largely on an evaluation of the various tyre web site reports, and then the clincher was someone on Mastodon who had an EV saying he had...

FYI, a family from Aus visited my wife's craft business last week, when he noticed Goth Leo, our SE LR. He was that interested and well informed I offered to get the key fob to open up for him to look around. He thoroughly enjoyed it, and as his wife also bought loads of knitting yarn, it was a...

Does this help? "Improving electric efficiency - How to get more from your EV"

I'm afraid the report-back about Goth Leo's new Goodyears will have to wait. Today was the day they were supposed to be fitted, but also turned out to be the day that my Novid was lost. As I know one of the tyre supplier's owners has not been at all well lately, I'll not risk anyone else's...

I'm really puzzled by some of the responses to my question. I do appreciate that some do not need tyres other than those that are standard, and I'm not advocating that everyone should either change tyres or come to the same conclusion as we have. Also, with the regard to whether the journey is...

That's a little unkind. If you know the area, you'll know that in order to go anywhere we always have to go both higher and inland. But maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to say.

Will do, though we only have 4 months of info re our efficiency. Yes, the standard tyres are fine*. It's just we live in the far north west of Scotland in a very hilly area, and we have seen cars unable to move when there is even light snow cover. Our snow plough drivers are also limited in...

Thanks you all for your comments in this thread, even when the discussion strayed. For a moment, It was a little like being told for the umpteenth time that buying an EV was a mistake because hydrogen was the future, but we got there in the end :) Goth Leo will have his new Goodyear 4Season...

We found out that dark mode comes on when the automatic headlights switch on. So it's a simple flick of the left forefinger to turn off auto headlights by swiping right on the stalk. And yes, it's a pity the earlier LKA issues have had such a long shadow.

Ah, I'd not taken that specifically into account, as I understood the load rating number is what provides the correct specification. But a quick search shows Michelin saying: "Some tyres are also marked XL. This stands for "Extra Load". It simply means that the tyre has been reinforced to be...

Relax. No-one is stretching anything. Just suggested a similarity of design ethic.

Two interesting articles recently. One is from today's Grauniad with the headline "China's share of Europe's electric car market accelerates as UK leads sales." The article notes that the MG4 is Britain's best-selling electric car at the moment. It further points out that any prejudice against...

Thanks. Good to know. I'll look at the Kumho, but I know from previous Rangies, Landies and even the Panda 4x4 that a 4x4's capabilities often mask tyre shortcomings. Like last winter, we went scooting around happily in the Panda, which failed its MOT on balding tyres a couple of months later.

I'm now strongly leaning to these. With your experience of them, can you think of any downsides?