Thread: Continental Crosscontact AT tyre dead

Originally Posted by Larry

I've had them on for 11 months, done 14k kms & still very happy with their performance & wear.
They felt a little bit different to the old Contis at first, but didn't take long to get used to them.
At $210/tyre fitted, I think they're good value, as I was left with quite a bit in my bank account compared to other brands.
Are there better tyres around? Sure, but this is on a Defender, not a high performance sports car.

Thanks Larry, that’s a great price. And thanks for the pic, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by skidrov

I note in all this no one has mentioned the Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac tyres - these look like a mid point between ATs and MTs. Has anyone tried them?

They look good, but a bit chunky for me and very expensive!

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

I believe that when the Defender stopped production Conti dropped the 235/85R16, pity as its a great tyre.

I have been fitting to customers Defenders, the Yokohama Geolander

I did my google research and in the end ordered 1 x Yokohama Geolander as my spare.
Once my Conti's run out I'll buy 4 x Geolanders G015.

I paid $273 fitted, it gets fitted on Wed.

I reckon you'll like them if you do mainly gravel/sand hwy work.
Massive grip in the wet(tarmac).
I have the earlier GO12's .. I'd expect that the newer model will have some additional advantage.
Not so good on muddy tracks tho .. I get too much sideways slip .. but keep forgetting to take into account their intended purpose. Not deep muddy hard yakka type tracks, I'm talking about 1" deep muddy tracks.
Don't really trust them for hard yakka mud(which I prefer to avoid anyhow!).
My only complaint with the GO12 is the level of road noise considering the tread pattern .. comparing to many other A/T tyres I've had on other cars, brother's KO2's and then not too long ago was taken in Young Angus's D1 with Duratrac muddies.

KO2's a much quieter, and even the Duratrac MT's are quieter than my Yokos!

But! that's not a negative point of view tho. I'd still recommend them due to how well they drive on sand and in the wet.
Would still consider a set of the GO15's at the right price.
So I reckon you'll be happy with a set.

I always found (or thought) that the Yokohama Geolander was a really quite tyre, a lot of customers have them on their Discovery 3s.
I first put them on my Pa's Defender 130 TD5 (not that you particularly notice quite that much) and since then plenty of Defender TDCi models.
For an AT tyre they seem to perform really well on the black and great in the sand.

The BF Goodies in the AT are a very tough side wall tyre, great up north WA, but are lacking in the sand due to their tough not very flexible side wall.

I figure in WA 90% of our driving is on the tarmac and the last 10% is sand.

I've had a great run out of the Contis too. Over 82000k and still in good shape with no rotations in that time.
FWIW, Just fitted some Falken Wildpeak M/T. 235/85/16. The local tyre dealer had a 4 for 3 offer, which helped with the price. Quieter on road than I thought they would be. Possibly quieter than the aged Contis. Significantly lower cost than BFG, etc.
Cheers

I recently fitted a set of 235/85R16 Kumho AT51’s, which were the closest I could find to the Conti’s tread pattern. Not sure how long they’ll last, but seem ok so far in the wet and on gravel. $260 each.