An update on the Yokohama ATS GO12s fitted to my 3 yo Suzuki Grand Vitara.

Bitumen.

The car drives well no matter if the roads are wet or dry. It just goes to where ever I point it. The Suzi feels much lighter and way more 'feisty' than when it was wearing the Dunlop Grandtrek AT 3s.

The big issue though was tyre noise. I had reached the stage where I hated driving it but with the GO12s fitted there is no tyre noise and my enthusiasm for driving it has returned. Wonderful!

Off Road. Stone/rocky type forest tracks N/E Vic.

This is where the Yoko ATS GO12s are really shining.

Driving the same tracks that I usually haunt with the Yoko ATS GO12s fitted I can now feel a cushioning effect through the car body that wasn't there before. The tyres are absorbing a great deal of the harsher/jarring impacts from driving over rough, stony/rocky tracks and make the car feel pleasurably 'soft'. There is a profound improvement in ride quality.

Conclusion.

I wish I had bitten the bullet and had the Yoko GO12s fitted much earlier than when I did. I used to hate driving the Suzi and absolutely dreaded any bitumen travelling, even short runs to the shops for mail etc.. I was so unhappy with using it that I was seriously considering selling it. Not now though! It feels like it could be a 'keeper'.

Now I wonder about the Rangie. It is currently fitted with Toyo ATs which are about half way worn and have proven to be a great tyre, no complaints at all. But........could Solihulls best be even better if fitted with Yokohama GO12s?