Accumulated info, experience and opinion

[Deleted User 1326]

i had cross climates on last two cars and on the few occasions the UK shut down due to snow they were brilliant

Since I haven’t had to deal with any serious snow since fitting my previous Optima SW with CC2s, I’m delighted to hear that you had a good experience in snowy conditions.

I found braking performance in heavy rain and with plenty of surface water much more reassuring with the CC2s than the regular Michelins that came as standard. When the time comes to replace tyres on my Tucson, I shall certainly give serious consideration to going down the all-season route again but for the time being, the regular tyres should see me through the next couple of winters.

I can understand 4x4s in the highland forestry areas or the mountainous Cairngorms but in the Home Counties.......Mmm, not so much! For that reason, I’m happy to spend a little extra on top-rated 'All Seasons’, rather than the additional purchase, fuel and maintenance costs that 4WD attracts.

[Nashy]

i had cross climates on last two cars and on the few occasions the UK shut down due to snow they were brilliant

Since I haven’t had to deal with any serious snow since fitting my previous Optima SW with CC2s, I’m delighted to hear that you had a good experience in snowy conditions.

I found braking performance in heavy rain and with plenty of surface water much more reassuring with the CC2s than the regular Michelins that came as standard. When the time comes to replace tyres on my Tucson, I shall certainly give serious consideration to going down the all-season route again but for the time being, the regular tyres should see me through the next couple of winters.

I can understand 4x4s in the highland forestry areas or the mountainous Cairngorms but in the Home Counties.......Mmm, not so much! For that reason, I’m happy to spend a little extra on top-rated 'All Seasons’, rather than the additional purchase, fuel and maintenance costs that 4WD attracts.

Mines a company car so i don't pay for them, if i did i would 100% look at more viable options, I think these were £200 ish each,

I felt a difference in braking and in wet conditions as my fronts degraded

[jarvis]

In your HEV, when going up a steep hill, pressing the pedal slightly more causes the car to downshift to 2nd gear, while using Smart Cruise Control (SCC) allows it to maintain 3rd gear and regain speed on the same hill.

Yes

[Nashy]

Had 3rd Service this morning 30,697 miles

Only thing that was flagged up was rear screen washer not working, which they did not fix and said will speak to lease company. not the end of the world

Other than that no issues

[Nashy]

Car in for rear washer fix
Not collected yet
So interested to know why they did 6 miles in it this morning, maybe subbed out the work ?
Will ask when I collect
Is this normal ?

[Nashy]

Rear windscreen washer was blocked, so not a fault

As for the miles, they test drove it to make sure everything else okay, they did give me a work sheet so that's fair enough

Other than that i've had no issues with the car, but the brakes are creaking again, so that's 100% weather related as all summer was fine

[Berty]

My thoughts with some months of ownership, this happens nearly every time somebody sits behind the drivers seat in that their sideshow bob feet press down on the seatbelt assembly and I can feel my seatbelt pull against me. They've been in my previous cars and the seatbelt assembly wasn't in the same position as the Tucson so I blame the Tucson for the position of the bottom location of the assembly.

[Nashy]

My thoughts with some months of ownership, this happens nearly every time somebody sits behind the drivers seat in that their sideshow bob feet press down on the seatbelt assembly and I can feel my seatbelt pull against me. They've been in my previous cars and the seatbelt assembly wasn't in the same position as the Tucson so I blame the Tucson for the position of the bottom location of the assembly.

This really does my head in, taught the kids to stop moving about, bad design for sure, although when one of my boys sits in front the others do kick it from behind to wind them up on purpose

Still cant understand the middle belt also, why put it there it looks rubbish

[Nashy]

Also ref tyres, Rear's still have 4mm ish on them at 37k i think thats pretty good, however i need to get to 3mm to change to cross climate 2 on rear for that one day of snow we should get in Jan / Feb lol

[Nashy]

4th service today
39,795 miles
Original rear tyres at 3.6 passenger 3.9 driver
Will put CC2 on rear in 2 weeks

Front pads 9mm and rear 8mm

Every thing all good no drama washed and vacuumed as well