Morning all. Thought I'd canvas opinion on tyre selections for the L322... I'm currently running the Westminster wheels with a set of 255/50/R20 Eagle F1's on it, which are great but probably don't have much more life left in them. Is anyone running the General Grabber AT on their car in a similar size? What is your opinion of these tyres vs say the OE style pirelli scorpion? Is there anything else I should be looking at which offers decent bang for the buck and will be good for road and some light off-road use?

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All tyres are a compromise so just choose the one that performs best in the scenario you use it in the most. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

I can vouch for the Grabber AT3 in the slightly higher profile 255/55 R20. Absolutely fantastic on the L322! Gives a better ride in my opinion than the 50 profile. It will fit in your spare wheel well too, albeit v. snug. 2018 L405 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography
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I'm running Radar Renegade A/T 5 on my 2012 Westie, whilst they are slightly louder than the Pirelli Scorpions they replaced, they are hands down a better tyre, grip is far superior in all conditions, and they're far cheaper as well 😂

‘All conditions’ - difficult to believe wet braking on tarmac is superior on an A/T tyre to a road tyre. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

Strobe84 wrote:

Is there anything else I should be looking at which offers decent bang for the buck and will be good for road and some light off-road use?

Easy one this. General Grabber AT3 in 255 55 20.
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I can only base this on my own experience in my own car, the pirelli didn't perform as well as my AT's is all I can poppet.

You have done emergency stops in the wet on both sets ? 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

Yeah man, lost it on an island at slow speeds on the scorpions, and never lost it on the Radars, not exactly going rapid, but an emergency stop non the less has been done on both, wet and dry, I like to know where i stand with the handling on tyres I purchase for my own piece of mind, especially with the kids in the car.

Anyones "new" tyres will be better than the old ones they took off purely because you now have new tyres on and not worn ones any more..

Any new tyre, whatever make, will feel better than your old tyres...!!! Pete

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For sure man, and as I wanted to take the rangie off road of sorts, I didn't want 'road' tyres per se...

Every tyre test done under controlled conditions (not user reviews) of A/T tyres I have ever seen shows severe compromise when it comes to wet breaking on tarmac compared to road tyres. Physically it’s impossible for a tyre that is designed to handle mud and loose surfaces to work better than a tyre designed to work on tarmac and vice versa.
I never compromise on tyres and that’s why I’d never fit an A/T tyre unless I needed to regularly go places the standard 4x4 system couldn’t cope with. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

That's all good flower, each to their own, I for one wanted AT's so I bought AT's, if someone wants to run road tyres, it's all good, I knew what I wanted, I know how I drive, so I'm fine with them 👍🏿

I’ve been running 255/55/20 General Grabber AT3’3 for just short of 4 years now, excellent tyres and no problems at all. It amuses me that the people slag that them off and say don’t fit them are the ones that have never actually used them themselves, so no first hand experience.

I don’t need first hand experience to make a choice on an important function like emergency wet road braking. People can choose whatever tyre they like for whatever reasons but make sure your choices are properly informed. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)