MICHELIN CrossClimate 3

Swapped my OEM eagle F1 on my Mini F55 Cooper S for these in January when we had minus temperature and snow. I also increased the width up by 10 mm so I had to reduce the tyre pressure. I noticed slightly softer ride but that could be entirely psychological. Grip was a dramatically improved on snow and ice compared to the summer sports tyres. I was confident enough to overtake a Nissan GTR who struggled to stick to the national speed limit in the peak district when it was around 4 degrees above freezing. Now that it’s warmer, I feel the cornering isn’t as good as the Eagle F1 as you’d expect but they’re more than sufficient for the speed limit. I’m no Lewis Hamilton so I’m happy to sacrifice some grip in summer to get triple if not quadruple amount of miles out of these cross climate tyres.

Exactly as expected. Much better grip in snow and wet

Great I’m really pleased with them, much better handling in the wet

Very well indeed. In cold, wet and sometimes snowy conditions.

The tyres give decent grip and are extremely comfortable