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[AndyL61]

So conclusion is we have rear wheel drive cars with 200bhp and we are expecting the standard budget tyres to never let go in the wet when we accelerate hard when entering roundabouts. ?

 

[tsedge]

So conclusion is we have rear wheel drive cars with 200bhp and we are expecting the standard budget tyres to never let go in the wet when we accelerate hard when entering roundabouts. ?

The tyres have let go at light throttle inputs in my experience. That's the weird thing, it can be when you least expect it.

 

[fnegroni]

So conclusion is we have rear wheel drive cars with 200bhp and we are expecting the standard budget tyres to never let go in the wet when we accelerate hard when entering roundabouts. ?

There’s nothing budget about these tyres in terms of price. If you were to order them at kwikfit they are priced to match other premium brands.
I replaced them with more competitively priced tyres that give much better performance in terms of grip, handling and rolling resistance. yet are less expensive.

When these tyres let go suddenly when all other tyres don’t in the same conditions, there’s something wrong.

It’s the sudden loss of traction the issue, not that they are not max performance tyres or that they have lower traction limits. There’s something really wrong with their construction.

 

[AndyL61]

It was meant as tongue in cheek, but they are budget tyres as they are Chinese manufactured and therefore not as good as European made . If you want better tyres buy better tyres. I will be buying Michelin when mine finally wear out but I can't really complain too much about tyres that have been supplied on what is a budget EV, and which can easily be replaced at any time by the owner.

 

[tsedge]

It was meant as tongue in cheek, but they are budget tyres as they are Chinese manufactured and therefore not as good as European made . If you want better tyres buy better tyres. I will be buying Michelin when mine finally wear out but I can't really complain too much about tyres that have been supplied on what is a budget EV, and which can easily be replaced at any time by the owner.

Right. There's a difference between poorer performing tyres and ones that are actively dangerous - which is a possible conclusion on the stock tyres.

 

[DannySB1]

I haven't experienced any sudden loss of traction yet, but my tyres are still quite low mileage at around 3.5k miles.

I definitely want to get a set of new rubber (Turanza 6's I think), but not sure I can justify the cost of them yet when mine are still so low mileage.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

So conclusion is we have rear wheel drive cars with 200bhp and we are expecting the standard budget tyres to never let go in the wet when we accelerate hard when entering roundabouts. ?

"Entering" a roundabout Andy? And you with a motorbike, tut,tut!

 

[AndyL61]

"Entering" a roundabout Andy? And you with a motorbike, tut,tut!

Roundabouts are for getting your knee down.?

 

[Tight Git]

Roundabouts are for getting your knee down.?

Or for falling off due to spilt diesel - don't ask as it was along time ago and even at low speed wrote off a nearly new Aprilia RSV1000

And that makes me wonder if it might have been a factor in some of these cases? At least you can smell it on a bike but inside a car you won't.

 

[Ian Key]

Or for falling off due to spilt diesel - don't ask as it was along time ago and even at low speed wrote off a nearly new Aprilia RSV1000

And that makes me wonder if it might have been a factor in some of these cases? At least you can smell it on a bike but inside a car you won't.

I'd have thought you'd have smelt it in a car when the back end suddenly goes sideways?

Oh! Sorry. You meant the smell of diesel on the road.

 

[Gibroom]

I have only had my MG4 trophy for about 2000 miles and for the most part, the stock Chinese continentals are fine but I have noticed that when there is a bit more surface water about, there is a bit of a wiggle from the back end and also a bit of grip loss on the front.

Living in Scotland I am coming up to the rainy and possibly freezing conditions so I'm thinking of changing them now before I get caught out.

Could anyone in the forum north of the border tell me how you have got on with the default tyres in winter please or have you all just changed them to an all weather type? Also how is the snow mode? I have not driven a rear wheel car before in winter so a bit apprehensive.

Thanks in advance.

 

[siteguru]

I'm still on the original tyres and have coped with 2 winters so far without issues. However we've not had any really harsh weather around here these past 2 winters so that's not really much help.

I know @Rolfe changed hers to all season tyres last year and still has them fitted. I can't remember which ones she went for though. (She's about 35 or so miles from me but further East and at a higher elevation).

 

[Rip Van]

I have only had my MG4 trophy for about 2000 miles and for the most part, the stock Chinese continentals are fine but I have noticed that when there is a bit more surface water about, there is a bit of a wiggle from the back end and also a bit of grip loss on the front.

Living in Scotland I am coming up to the rainy and possibly freezing conditions so I'm thinking of changing them now before I get caught out.

Could anyone in the forum north of the border tell me how you have got on with the default tyres in winter please or have you all just changed them to an all weather type? Also how is the snow mode? I have not driven a rear wheel car before in winter so a bit apprehensive.

Thanks in advance.

I wouldn't fret, I've still got the originals on at 15k+ without ANY problems and I'm not that far away from you.?

 

[Rolfe]

I changed to Goodyear all seasons, because I live up in the Pentland hills where summer tyres in winter are a seriously bad idea. I followed @QLeo's advice, he did the research. He started a thread about it.

 

[Rolfe]

I have only had my MG4 trophy for about 2000 miles and for the most part, the stock Chinese continentals are fine but I have noticed that when there is a bit more surface water about, there is a bit of a wiggle from the back end and also a bit of grip loss on the front.

Living in Scotland I am coming up to the rainy and possibly freezing conditions so I'm thinking of changing them now before I get caught out.

Could anyone in the forum north of the border tell me how you have got on with the default tyres in winter please or have you all just changed them to an all weather type? Also how is the snow mode? I have not driven a rear wheel car before in winter so a bit apprehensive.

Thanks in advance.

Here is the definitive thread about this. Can we take further discussion of this specific issue over there?

Best All Season Tyres for MG4

The question of tyres comes up in various threads here, at least according to some searching I've done. And quite a few folk have views on types of tyres used on non-MG4s, which probably translate to their use on MG4s as well. But I thought it worth while to ask opinions specifically. As we head...

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