The Michelins LAT X are summer tyres, their rubber compound is designed for summer driving. They do carry the Mud&Snow "M&S" symbols; but this relates to the tread pattern with plenty of void spaces and sipes. As i understand it you can use them in winter in some European countries, but their rubber does have all silica/silicon/oils etc etc that all-season/all-weather/winter tyres have.
The Mich Lat X don't have the "3PMSN" of true all/season winter tyres.
But they grip really well in all summer conditions and excellent in very wet /mud /wet grass, which given the August is often the wettest month in the UK it can be very handy if you ever venture of the the "black stuff" or the heavens open.
I now prefer the Nokians because they do pretty much everything the Michelins Lat X can do in summer, plus they really excel in winter ice snow etc etc; and I don't think specialist winter tyres are the way to go for general Uk driving, in post areas of the UK; because our temperatures don't get cold enough mostly; and also I can't be arsed to guess exactly when to swap the wheels/tyres from summer to winter and visa-versa.
Having said that I think the Michelins would be more robust if you did a lot of track driving in terms of punters/damage etc etc.
Sorry Don't have any experience of Kumho's
the slightly larger tyres 235/60/17Do you have Nokians at 235/55/R17 on your T6? And which ones are they please?
Not tried the Nokians but the Cross Climates are 3 peak rated winter tyres too unlike the Latitude CrossThe Michelins are great tyres I'm sure. I just went with the Nokians because their snow/mud abilities are slightly better, which is important to our use of the van. Although I think the Michelins would be slightly better in the dry.
Yes, they all carry the same certs. I'm just going by test data, and looking at the tread pattern; I think many car owners go with the Michelins; and if I pushed a car hard in the dry i would pick the Michelins also.Not tried the Nokians but the Cross Climates are 3 peak rated winter tyres too unlike the Latitude Cross
IMO, 215's will always look under rubbered on a T6, why not go for 235/60/17 which is 1/2 way between your tyres now and the 235/65/17.Well I guess I am opening a can of worms I didn't realise - lol
As the van is a standard 101bhp currently and have no plans to remap until the warranty runs out next year the 6.6% increase in gearing will be a challenge moving to the 65 profile size looks to be a no go.
On the 65 profile front, I read yesterday that if opting for a bigger profile size then the width should be reduced, so the tyre size if I wanted 65s would be 215x65xr17 - does that make sense, rather than 235x65xr17 - I have to say I don't really understand all this........
And you're absolutely right, its more for the looks, we have no intention of lowering the van and thought the larger profile would look better, maybe go for the 60s instead as I guess the gearing won't be so bad?
Regarding spacers again perhaps something to do in the future but the priority is get the current tyres replaced, it would seem that I could just stick with the current