Continental ContiWinterContact TS830 P 195/50 R16 88 H XL, AO

I saved a lot of time on the ice - very good adhesion. In harsh winters - how to find it. Read more Collapse

Good tire, good grip, no noticable difference in fuel summer tires Read more Collapse

Felt very secure using these tyres in the winter. Never once slipped/lost traction all winter or noticed any difference in noise/ fuel economy compared to the summer tyres. Well worth it and I'm looking forward to putting them on the car again for the winter ahead. Read more Collapse

I was driving in Germany in 2014 had to buy Christmas winters, but I'm about 5000 miles a year so did not want the expense of separate wheels and two summer / winter tires. I arrived in the UK the Continental website and they recommended the UK, if you are only to run a set of tires, winters would be preferable. I bought the 830Ps after seeing them rated in a number of winter opinion, but, more importantly, finish above the budget marks in a review of summer tires (most people are concerned about the winter performance in summer). Personally, I had no problems on these tires, they have grasped in all conditions of sub zero to 25 degrees C in summer and both wet and dry. Note, I have not driven in the snow but I expect them to perform well. I have a reasonable walk to the right and a good quick drive through the occasional :-) country - in terms of wear, I just had a check up at the local BMW dealership and after almost 1 year and 5k miles fronts are still nearly 8 mm and back are so many left 7mm wear. I have a mixture mainly of driving traffic to the city, but occasional 200 mile motorway journeys. Are quite noisy and I just feel more bumpy than the previous summer tires but not the whole point of being boring. If you are looking for winters to sizes of normal tires without buying two sets so I highly recommend these tires for your BMW. Read more Collapse

I spent much time reading reports and research that the tires would be better for my BMW especially in winter I worked well outside of town in a rural area prone to snow and non-gritted roads winter with some steep slopes on the road so that the potential of the winter in difficulty was high. When the snow came, I can not say I'm very happy with the results I regularly made my way up a 1in4 look at all the cars that have been struggling or had been abandoned by the roadside waiting for someone to get them out ... even the idiot in the Audi A4 trying to skate up on the wrong side of the road in the opposite direction, traffic down around a blind corner because snow accumulation appeared lighter on the other side. .. (I often wonder what happened to him) in all gloss tires in snow, slush and just cold and wet conditions. MPG has suffered a little as expected but it is a fair trade off for safer handling and better handling. I left probably a bit too long after winter and in hot and dry conditions, they are too soft and MPG and handling have a real hammer but then that's not what they are designed for. Winter performance was so good that I'm almost looking forward to next winter so I can have a laugh at all the people who can not be bothered to switch to winter tires. Read more Collapse