Review on Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice Arctic 195/60 R15 88T winter by Micha Grt ᠌

Name: Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice Arctic 195/60 R15 88T winter
Item: Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice Arctic 195/60 R15 88T winter
Rating: 4

May 13, 2023

The product did not disappoint, the quality pleases.

Place of operation: St. Petersburg (home) - Kolpino (work).
Accordingly, all the surprises of the St. Petersburg weather, the roads are either flat, or with a wild gauge, or in general sections, as after the bombing, as well as surprises from neighbors on the road.
In daily trips, there is both a city and a country track.

Outcome: SATISFIED with tires.
There are no special claims to her. Maybe there are better ones, but knowing the “good”, you don’t want to experiment in search of the “better” because of the risks of “burning yourself”.
I decided to look at other rubber models only because the spikes fell out, but after reading the reviews about different models, I can already say with a 90% probability that I will purchase the same replacement.

Abusive reviews about this rubber prompted me to write my own review.
I don’t know if the negatives with ratings of “2” are caused by an unsuccessful set that someone got, or inadequate emotions, or paid reviews, but I want to ask: “gentlemen, do you know the perfect winter tires? If yes, tell me its name and so that there are no such negative reviews."

Pros

I can definitely recommend this tire for consideration. I would put her "5", but I admit that "there may be better rubber." I reach her 4th winter. I think it would have been possible for another 1-2 winters, but the situation with the spikes (see "disadvantages") pushes me morally to change the kit. For 4 winters, I hit them ~ 30 thousand km. Auto - Golf 5, 102 hp, automatic transmission. Tires 195/65 R15 95T, Poland. The general conclusion is that no noticeable "failures" were found in a wide variety of road situations, no unpleasant surprises were presented. There were 2 emergency situations due to my "second carelessness", in which a fairly stable and predictable behavior of the rubber allowed me to "get out of the water". Unfortunately, I had to get into serious pits, but there was no damage to the tires.

Cons

From the truthful curses in the reviews of this rubber: The main thing - really loses spikes. After the first season, ~ 70% remained, after the second 45-50% On the current 4th, I had to throw the front ones on the back, because. there are practically no spikes left. If it were not for this, then I would have ridden them for another one or two winters and, without thinking at all, acquired the same ones. BUT (!) it is worth noting separately that even without spikes, the rubber behaves quite predictably and with dignity (of course, at the same time, I slightly increased my caution when driving). So the loss of spikes is basically just psychological pressure. Less important - indeed, how the "helicopter" makes noise for the first 2 winters, but I don’t consider it critical (the music drowns out the noise, and also - try to find a normal spike that does not make noise).