The LuAZ brand is not in the list of brands, but since one of the brand's nicknames is "BMW" (Battle Machine of Volyn), the idea came to write a review of this brand. The 969M model with a VAZ 2130 engine (1.8L) from 1990 with an annual mileage of 15-20 thousand km (a house in the village 300 km away, hence such an atypical mileage for this brand of half a million).
I took the tires of this brand with a size of 185R14 as high-profile summer off-road tires, with the possibility of long runs on asphalt without worrying about a possible puncture when speeding over a brick lying on the road or hitting a large pothole on broken asphalt. In the 14" size, the choice of such tires is extremely limited. The specificity of the LuAZ chassis is the lack of any suspension of hard-riding tires, so the light truck tire caused doubts, and I stopped at this model only thanks to reviews that the tire ride is soft.
I have driven about 6 thousand km on these tires for half a year. The driving impressions are very positive. Indeed, in terms of passing road irregularities, joints, and bridge seams, the tire is soft. It was perfectly balanced and without any hint of force non-uniformities that cause strong vibrations in the rear suspension of LuAZs (with slightly worn-out NIIShPovskaya tires, this was a big problem). The noise level from this similar tread pattern turned out to be lower than expected. Behavior on wet and dry asphalt did not cause any negative emotions, but fuel consumption increased slightly, and the rolling resistance felt worse than on winter Cordiant 205/65R15. On icy and rolled snow cover after studded winter tires, you have to drive more carefully (I didn't change the car's tires for winter), but for non-studded all-season tires, it holds the road quite confidently. I was very pleased with the behavior on a thawed clay road - the car confidently holds the trajectory when overtaking slower-moving cars outside the rolled part of the road, when ordinary winter tires slip and the car starts to drift. When moving through deep snow, the tire also demonstrated a good balance between "good traction" and at the same time "not getting stuck immediately" when slipping, providing good passability and the ability to back up when losing traction.
Two disadvantages were found. The real outer diameter turned out to be 14 mm less than the claimed 650 mm, and since the selection was based on the maximum diameter for my car of about the same 650 mm, it turned out that with such a tolerance, I could have taken tires of the next size, 195R14, without any problems. And the second minus is the unusually strong smell of new tires, because of which I even had to throw out the spare tire from the salon, moving it to the rear board. But for those who have it outside the salon anyway, this is not a problem.
In summary, for LuAZ owners, an excellent universal high-profile tire of the M/T category in 14" size has appeared, which still fits into the standard wheel niches without significant body modifications.
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