Hi there

I bought an 08 plate Freelander 2 XS a couple of months ago. Its my first 4x4 and first Landy, and I love it. Its currently running Pirelli Scorpion Verde 235/65/R17.

I live in southern spain so dont need a winter tyre, or even a good wet weather tyre. Itll be for mostly road use, but plently of dirt, sand and occasional mud as well. I have no experience with off road tyres at all, i understand that chunky equates to more road noise.

Should I go for more of the same tyres, or would you recommend anything else. I used it in very wet mud the other day and with low treads especially on the front it didn't seem to grip very much at all.

Cheers chaps....

An AT tyre is probably going to meet your needs best. Loads of threads on here if you search. My go to manufacturer is General Grabber, , using their AT3 at present and very impressed, tarmac, gravel and snow. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Cheers buddy, ill take a look

Pirelli AT + , are excellent tyres . They are also very quiet for an all terrain tyre , drive and steer well . I’ve been using them and their predecessor the ATR for 9 years . My car isn’t a supermarket carpark Princess , it goes off tarmac every week . One thing to look at on an all terrain tyre is the bead . A good All Terrain tyre will have a large rim protection bead to protect the alloys when you’re on the rough stuff . They are available in 17” , that’s what I’m running . 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

Pirelli AT + , are excellent tyres . They are also very quiet for an all terrain tyre , drive and steer well . I’ve been using them and their predecessor the ATR for 9 years . My car isn’t a supermarket carpark Princess , it goes off tarmac every week . One thing to look at on an all terrain tyre is the bead . A good All Terrain tyre will have a large rim protection bead to protect the alloys when you’re on the rough stuff . They are available in 17” , that’s what I’m running . 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership

2016 Subaru Outback SE 2.0 diesel SE Premium Lineartronic Sold 2024 after 8 years and 80k miles . Best Car I ever owned !

2023 Toyota Hilux invincible X 2.8 Auto .

well that is two votes for Pirelli AT's

They start off suprisingly quiet but get noisier with age. Some bitumen road surfaces are more noisy than others, concrete roads are noisy.

Think carefully if you really need AT. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Had Michelin Cross Climates fitted on Friday - had them previously on my Subaru Forester and was impressed especially with the wear, seemed to last forever.

yippee - got some snow at long last to try the Nokians.

Not surprisingly, they work as expected. Jules

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Nokia Hakka 10s........it's the first Nokia tyre I ever owned and they were simply AMAZING on snow and ice, bloody incredible! If memory serves, they tracked directional & side to side during revolution in heavy snow and that cleared the snow that packs into the threads. Simply, a great tyre. They don't make that model anymore and that manufacturer is not carried by most tyre sellers here so they are generally too pricey for me for the models that are of interest.

Sidthecat wrote:

Had Michelin Cross Climates fitted on Friday - had them previously on my Subaru Forester and was impressed especially with the wear, seemed to last forever.

Sidthecat wrote:

Had Michelin Cross Climates fitted on Friday - had them previously on my Subaru Forester and was impressed especially with the wear, seemed to last forever.

Recollect them being on a few years so would have been well over 20k miles. Had a spell of having to change three in quick succession, down to nails, chunk of metal. Only ever put one complete set on in five years of owning that car.
Was impressed with them in the snow; it'd never been really deep down in here in London but felt sure footed in what we did have.
Went to Black Circle this time around but they couldn't deliver to my chosen garage for six days and I'd been carrying a slow puncture in one and a nail in the other for a fortnight so really didn't want to wait. Instead I called the chosen garage who sourced them overnight, fitted two days later for just £15 more. Could have used an NHS discount through a well known high street outlet (who apparently I won't find kwiker) but they don't get favourable reviews so paid the extra for an honest, professional local garage instead.

I get closer to 50k miles from the Generals. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Couldn't source in required size otherwise would have considered GG