I've decided to try all season tires on 06 V70 with 17" wheels. Looking for suggestions on which are reasonable choices. OEM Pirellis had short lifespan.
Wife's car, and she isn't Dana Patrick. So I'd even consider H rating tires since she'll never, ever, be cruising in the "V" range or higher.

I've looked at Discount Tire site, but many of the posters there live in South, which isn't much help since we get snow from time the time here and the local road commissions have already announced their "we're broke, plowing and salt cost more money" policies. So I need to know if anybody has had reasonable luck with any all season tires?

 

I don't know if the Michelin Harmony tires come in 17", but the 15's work great on my wife's '99 V70. The hold well in all the weather we experience in MI. They also seem to be wearing well. The previous set of tires, Goodyear Triple Tread, wore ok and held the road great in the snow but we had some other problems that made me go back to Michelin. Hope this helps


Dave
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Loved my Bridgestone RE960AS Potenzas. Great traction in all types of weather and excellent tread life.

 

After looking through Discount Tire/America's Tire and Tire Rack reviews, I
decided to put on a set on Conti Extreme Contact DSW tires on the OEM 17" wheels. Z rated, 540 treadwear rating, and Conti's version of triple t read as we do get rsnow here. These are a fairly new , so I'll let you know how they do. Cost including DT's 3 year replacement deal, was just under $700 with lifetime rotations and spin balancing.

 

Great choice. I was going to suggest them.

I do limited winter driving on them, but having run them for the first few snowfalls last winter I thought they performed great for an all-season tire.

I'm currently running Michelin Pilot Alpin PA2's for the winter season (I was blessed with a set of OEM Volvo steel wheels for free) and they are superior, but overkill if you don't see the messy roads we do up here in MN.

 

Thanks for the heads up. I'd thought of buying dedicated winter tires in 16" (wanting a taller sidewall for winter with potholes, etc) but when the OEM Pirellis were down to about 3/32. I figured I'd need "regular" tires for the rest of the year. Even buying steel wheels got a little pricey, so I went with these
Contis to see if they'd be all year satisfactory here. We don't get too many big, deep storms and icy roads are rare. If they work out I'm happy. If not, then I buy 4 wheels and dedicated winter tires. The Contis look fairly snow and ice "aggressive". Not sure about the 540 treadwear rating, but its better than 300!

Besides, my daughter is away at college (first year = no car allowed) so my wife can drive her AWD CRV if needed since its sitting in the garage. Except, of course, she's not really excited about driving an '01 with 175K on it! No heated seats, either, which the Volvo has.

 

Thanks to family/holiday travel and icy snow storms (nothing too deep yet, however) I can report that these Conti ExtremeContacts work well. I have an uphill driveway trip, and they've provided adequate traction for that 6 or 7 degree uphill trip. If you live where snow is a concern, but not an obsession so that dedicated winter tires are needed, you may wish to consider these. They aren't quite the dry road handlers the Pirelli Scorpions were, and I suspect softer sidewalls. But they also have the benefit of a softer ride over bumps in the road, railroad tracks, etc.

This report is at about 750 miles all in sub 40 degree temps, so I can't offer any useful comments for you Sunbelters.

 

I have 17 in aluminum wheels with 235/45 R17 tires . My question is , were can I find steel wheels and the recommended tires that I have been reading in this web page
Thank you.

 

tirerack.com offers steel wheels for Volvos at a reasonable $44/ea for 16" (they don't come in 17")

I recently purchased some Firestone Winterforce tires in 205/60/16 for my 2002 V70 T5. They should be here early next week, and I'm anxious to see how they handle the snow. They're narrower, and have a taller sidewall than the recommended size of 215/55/16.

 

I really like my Mich Pilot Exalto A/S tires. They perform well in all conditions and are really great in the wet.
Stan

 

There's always a hitch. For some reason (and its been snowing here so maybe that's the reason) there is the slightest rubbing at full lock left, but not right. Only a parking lot problem, but of course my wife noticed it since she's always pulling in and out of store parking lots. Given the aircraft carrier turning circle of a V70 with 17" wheels, she uses full lock more than I do.

As soon as the snow goes away, I'm going to check where the rub is.

 

I'll tell you right where it is

It's in the front of the wheel well, in the center of the metal plate that covers the inner fender liner. Volvo must have known they would rub there from the get-go, because mine have no paint left where the tire has been rubbing.

 

Quick report.....worked great in 4 to 6 inches of snow we had a couple of days ago.