I'll help with the selection for future buyers.
The first day on this tire was December 28th, and we had spring in Kaliningrad with a temperature of +5°C (I chose it considering it's for European winters).
It performed well.
On the second day, I drove on the highway at 130-150 km/h, and it felt confident. But suddenly, at this speed, I hit aquaplaning on a turn. After a few seconds of free drifting to the side, I already imagined how I would have to send the car for spare parts in the best-case scenario. But I'll say, the main thing is that the car maintained its trajectory, didn't spin, and there was no hint of it. The electronics worked, and as soon as I started pressing the brake, the car came out of the uncontrollable drift after a few more seconds. I'm sure that even if I had any other tire that costs more than 20,000 for a set, it wouldn't have performed better!
For the next 5 days, the temperature remained above +5°C, and I drove on the highway at 200-210 km/h (since the speed limit on it is 240).
I also drove through puddles while going straight (not a word about losing control) at a speed of 150 km/h.
At some point, I was overtaken by an X5 on the highway, and he started catching up to me at a speed of 200 km/h, so I sped up to 220 km/h. That's when fear started, as I didn't feel the car during light turns (as if it was biting into the asphalt like in summer) and it was throwing me into a light skid. At 200 km/h, it was fine. I don't recommend going faster; maybe the problem was with the wind, I don't know… In the summer (with Chinese Triangle tires), I drove at 250 km/h, and it felt like I was glued to the road.
The story doesn't end there. Winter suddenly arrived, and my friend and I had to drive 2 hours on the highway)))
At the time of our departure, the highway was all covered in snow, and the traffic was moving at 80-90 km/h strictly in the right lane. I was running late, but I was afraid to risk it (since it's a Chinese tire, not a European one).
Suddenly, a bus decided to overtake and made a track, and I followed it, and we were already driving at 100 km/h on the cleared path behind it.
Then the bus left, and I decided to stay in my lane and drive faster, at 110-120 km/h, confidently on the clean, wet snow, occasionally probing the road and assessing the car's behavior during sharp braking.
After driving for an hour on such a road, without feeling tired or scared, a part of the road appeared where it had already been cleaned and salted. I drove at 180 km/h, confidently catching up on time.
Further on, the road narrowed, and we found ourselves on a two-way road. The road was clean, and I probed it - everything was fine, I didn't think about slowing down.
I drove at 180 km/h, occasionally overtaking calmly driving cars.
The tire held the road, and you could feel everything - you could drive.
After the second hour, we turned onto a narrow German road, asphalted (with cobblestone on the asphalt))).
There was no snow here yet, and I drove at 100-110 km/h confidently, of course, occasionally probing the road, and otherwise, I wouldn't do it, as the road condition can change before you can react. I'm talking about black ice, which is normal for us.
We arrived on time.
The drive back was all in snow, and the German roads were all icy. I drove at 60 km/h, and on turns, I slowed down to 40-50 km/h. I'll say that on black ice, the tire behaves predictably if you probe the road. Sometimes I got out of the car and touched the road out of interest.
The braking distance was within reasonable limits, as expected on black ice, but much shorter than on the winter tires that are on my Solaris (Korean).
In short - for those who want detailed information, they can read this.
For those who want a brief summary - I recommend these tires, they perform well, the quality is super, up to 200 km/h at +5 to -2°C (what I was able to test) they perform perfectly!
And if we consider the price-to-quality ratio - it's the best choice.
Regarding noise - the sound is minimal, the original summer Ran Flat tires were very loud, and it was hard to drive with them.
