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Review on Bridgestone Dueler A/T 001 265/70 R16 112S summer by Wiktor Prusek ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A good quality product, I rate this purchase perfectly.

Due to the high profile, when driving dynamically, it feels like the rubber is rearranged to the outside of the turn (without slipping, precisely due to the overstepping of the profile). Therefore, it is required to turn the steering wheel a few degrees more. But I quickly got used to it and stopped paying attention. I compared it with the Continental ATR, which is 70 asphalt 30 country roads (this one is 50/50). I did not find Continental in stock, according to reviews it is quieter and the ratio suits me better. But they write about it that it becomes "plastic" near zero. After several cold snaps and a test drive of Bridgestone on wet mud in deep puddles (on the verge of getting stuck, in the summer without chains on Forik, I would be stuck there), I concluded that Bridgestone suits me better. A nice bonus is that you can change into it earlier, and from it to the spikes later than most summer tires. But be careful with ice.

Pros
  • Who is too lazy to read a lot: if you live in the countryside in the summer or constantly, while regularly driving through mud / dirt roads, this is a great option. Detail: Forester 2.0 150 hp, before it was road tires. When driving through the mud, there was much more confidence. Plus, it's much easier to drive without slipping, without killing an already not the best road. In the 0 +8 range, it is much more confident than on road tires (does not become oak, unlike regular summer tires). Asphalt is normal, because. if earlier I confidently overtook most C-class station wagons and went through corners faster, now I drive about the same or a little faster.
Cons
  • It is not all season. After changing shoes, there were frosts and I had a chance to ride on a crust of ice. Where, with a smooth, neat ride on a winter spike, I was completely sure of what was happening, ABS worked on this rubber every now and then). On summer road tires, my average consumption was 9.0 liters. On winter spikes 9.5 liters. On this 9.6 per hundred. In terms of noise level, if you take the summer one for 1, and the winter one for 10, then this one is from 2.5 to 8, depending on the speed and coverage. On a grader with ASG and smooth asphalt, it makes a little more noise than summer, somewhere around 2.5 of an imaginary scale at speeds of 80-90 km / h. At 115 km / h and really large asphalt, about 8 (not much quieter than spikes).