Toyo Garit HT vs. -G02 plus (winter tires)
TTTembo
compare:
- Ice braking
- Snow braking
- Deep snow traction
- Wet braking
- Hydroplaning
Other tires that I am looking at are the Dunlop Graspic DS1 and Dunlop
Winter Sport M2. Looking forward to people's personal experiences. Thanks
in advance!
TTTembo
Jeffrey Kaplan
; Has anybody compared the Toyo Garit HT to the G-02 plus? Factors to
; compare:
Did you ever get any answers? I can't compare against any other snow
tires as this is the first year I've +ever+ put snow tires on a car. I
got the Toyo Garit Observe on my Mazda6 (215/50R17). I can only
compare them against the stock Michelin Pilots.
; - Ice braking
Not much ice around here per se, and I try not to brake hard on ice
anyway.
; - Snow braking
Pretty good.
; - Deep snow traction
How deep? The only "deep snow" I've been in with them was during a
storm a couple weeks ago. It was actually mostly packed snow by the
time I got on it, and I was able to safely maintain a steady 50 mph
(highway).
; - Wet braking
; - Hydroplaning
Traction in liquid wet could be better. This tire is pretty good in
snow, I haven't had occasion to try it on ice, and it's pretty good on
dry pavement. But for some reason, it's not as good on wet pavement.
If the tire place I got them from had Nokian, Dunlop, Michelin or
Pirelli in the size I need, I probably would have gotten them instead
just on general principle. But this shop has a service I needed that
the others don't: Off-season storage. While one set of tires is on my
car, they'll store the other set.
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