Tyre reviews Taurus All Season 45

Noisy, but that's the only minus for now, the road holding is great, braking is super, tilts are almost imperceptible.

I purchased these tires in the 225/45 R17 size at the beginning of August, and I've had the chance to drive on them in both +30°C and -5°C temperatures. What can I say: during summer driving in the heat, the tire is a bit too soft, brakes moderately, and when entering turns at speeds of 80-90 km/h, the car tends to skid off course, requiring me to make corrections or slow down. In autumn driving conditions, the tire performs well, with good water drainage - I've driven into deep puddles at speed without noticing any aquaplaning. I've also driven on it in the first frost, and as long as I avoided sudden maneuvers and braked in advance, I could drive safely at a speed of 40 km/h, with a braking distance of around 20-25 meters when braking halfway; the ABS kicks in, but the car doesn't skid. Now that we've had a significant amount of snow, the roads are a snowy mess, but the car handles reasonably well, the tire clears the snow, and when starting from a standstill, there's a slight wheelspin, but in turns, I feel the car sliding, although the ESP helps. So, my verdict is that at least in temperatures down to -5°C, you can drive with caution.

P.S. The tire is moderately soft, quite quiet, and a pleasure to drive on rough roads and over speed bumps - I position it as a summer tire for calm driving with an extended service life (all-season, early winter), so you don't have to rush to change tires at the first snowfall, but can wait for a stable minus temperature and snow cover. Probably, if you drive carefully and only in the city, you could use it throughout the winter, but I have a winter tire for that. So, I won't be conducting any further winter driving experiments.

P.P.S. Good tire for its price, essentially the only choice if you don't want to buy Chinese tires.

Great tires, exceeded all expectations, glad I got them to wait out the winter....

The tires were purchased specifically for trips to the dacha and forest. The soil at the dacha is clay and after rain it's problematic to pass through. I deliberately drove into a puddle on these tires - it floats, but grips and moves. On four-wheel drive, it would probably be better. I didn't drive on snow and ice, I bought them for spring-summer-autumn. We'll see about wear in the process of operation.

Tires are super! They hold wet asphalt very well, are not prone to aquaplaning. Quiet. I tried them on dirt, they grip confidently, not 4WD of course, but the main thing is not to get stuck, so you can drive confidently into the woods, for mushrooms. I haven't tried them in frost, but at 0 degrees the behavior of the tires hasn't changed.

Not bad tires, autumn - spring is generally ideal, sticks to water with enthusiasm.
In the heat, of course, it will float - let's see how long.
I haven't tried it in real winter, I have good studded tires.

A very worthy tire for very reasonable money. The car has become softer, and the cabin is significantly quieter. They were balanced well. I haven't had a chance to check its performance on snow yet, I'm curious to see how it will behave.

Taken from the calculation of driving to the dacha from early spring to late autumn. I didn't have to use them in winter conditions - on solid snow, handling is stable, but on icy snow, traction is poor. On asphalt, good handling and braking, does not go into skid. In summer and rainy conditions, I haven't used them yet. I didn't feel strong noise, they were balanced easily.

I've used such tires before, but this particular small size, in fact, instead of the claimed 195-60-15, the actual size is 170-60-15, which is much smaller than it should be. The diameter is actually 600mm, whereas it should be 617.

Wonderful tires! Soft, quiet. For their price category, they are unbeatable!