The Bridgestones get a lot of stick and rightly so. They come with 5.5-6mm of treat to start with - unlike the normal 8mm or so. I’d recommend anything other than them tbh.

 

Most manufacturers do that to increase range and reduce cost but the replacements are 8mm. I went for OE (original equipment) tyres because of their improved efficiency, A v B/C rating

 

Where do you live? What sort of conditions do you expect to drive in?

If you’re in the south and don’t expect to be in Scotland, The Peaks, Snowdonia, or similar places in winter then go for PS4s.

If you’re in the north go for CrossClimates.

It really is that simple.

 

 

Continental EcoContact 6 are good. Ours had them on since new (18") and have about 3mm remaining after 21-22000 miles (at our recent 2 year service, the garage measured them at 4.5mm...I think their measurement equipment is way out!). Grip is good too. I will be buying the same again some time later this year.

 

My 19inch ecocontact fronts have done 36k and still got decent tread left. Good tyres as well.

 

I've just replaced the two rears on mine with EcoContact 6, replacing the Bridgstone Turanzo after 22,000 miles. Front 2 still have 4mm left so should last a while yet.

 

Update, got a front puncture last week so both fronts replaced with ECoContact 6.

They are noticably noisier than the Brigestones

 

I liked the good year efficient grip 2 I replaced my Bridgestones with. Slower wearing and quieter with similar grip.

 

Thanks all. Manchester based, drive north form time to time. Noticed sliding around on the Bridgestones, but that might just be the lack of read! I’ll have a good at your suggestions.

 

I just bought a pair of CrossClimate 2's to replace the worn rear ones. Hoping they turn out well.

 

I guess you’ve watched the YouTube videos?

 

GoodYear Efficient Grip for me all the way. Quiet and slow wearing (see my stats from the first service done at almost 30k miles):

 

12.5k miles?

You did well, they lasted 8.5k on our ID4. It's a company car and they only replace like for like, thankfully kwikfit didn't have any so replaced with some Goodyear F1 asymetric 5's.

 

Nothing against Michelin CrossClimate but be aware your energy consumption may go up by some 10%.

 

10% is ridiculous! Sure there is a payoff between wet grip and efficiency but nothing like 10% in the real world.

 

I said 'some 10%' and that might be true. Because the rolling resistance of the CrossClimate is almost 2 x more than Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance.
See below:

According to the above Michelin CrossClimate 2 rolling resistance is 7.69 kg/t where Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance is 5.39 kg/t. This is 42% more so it would be around 8-9% more 'fuel'...

 

I ordered the Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance yesterday, for fitting tomorrow.
as @motmot says, can only be better.
will be interesting to see if any difference

 

I replaced the Goodyears with CrossClimates. Any decrease in range is so small as to be not noticeable.

YMMV….

 

The choice of tyre is very much a zero sum game. You can't have the best of every characteristic: minimal rolling resistance / maximum resistance to aquaplaning in the wet / best ride / shortest braking distance / fast warm-up in winter / best hot weather compounds / good handling / least wear / quietest / etc. etc.

EV car manufacturers' primary criteria are lowest rolling resistance and quietness, because they want the very best range figure and for the cabin to be quiet on any test drive. Everything else is secondary, so that's where they compromise. But if you want to 'trade' a bit of rolling resistance for much better wet weather performance, or for a slightly less quiet ride, then you'd probably go for one of the latest all-seasons.

Personally, I find the OE tyres to be too biased towards quiet and mileage, at the cost of wet/cold weather performance. So when I change, it'll be to one of the all-seasons that are certified for use on EVs (like the Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason SF 2, Michelin CrossClimate 2, or Continental AllSeasonContact 2). But other people may value longevity or other factors more. The thing is, you have to compromise somewhere.

 

The choice of tyre is very much a zero sum game.

At the same price point this is very true

For a cheap vs premium tyre this is very much not the case of course - so I'd add "price" to your list of factors, and it would be near the top.

 

Yes, you get what you pay for. The trouble with tyres is that visually, you can't really see much difference between them, other than the tread pattern. And won't see that the expensive tyre has 2x-3x or more the number of components, and a much more complex and expensive compound chemistry. Or that the tread on the pricier tyre is layered vertically and banded horizontally with different belts that are built and compounded differently. And even with the visible tread design, cheap products often have a funky pattern that isn't actually functional, whilst the much more effective design of the more expensive tyre may look quite mundane.

 

Replaced the Bridgestones on the rear of my Max-trim id3 (so 215/55 R18) with Michelin e-Primacy EV tyres: my local tyre dealer had a good offer and combined with Michelin cash-back, they worked out (IIRC) about £135 each. Very pleased so far, about as quiet (if not quieter) than the Bridgestones, seem to be slightly more compliant ride-wise, can't comment on the grip in dry or wet, not (fortunately) needed to test them 'on the limit'....