Newbie Tyres advice summer vs all season

[Jb14]

Firstly apologies for another tyre question, I've read through the forums and elsewhere but would appreciate some specific F type advice.

Recently purchased my P300 F type and the front tyre treads are getting low. My other car has all season Michelin CC2 which worked well, but has nothing like the F type power etc. I would usually deviate towards All season tyres as the F type is a daily, but don't know how 'detrimental' this will be in the summer months. I'm often up and down the Welsh valley roads and temps can be in the 1-5C range on the early morning commute. I don't do track days etc and would likely not notice a big difference in tyre dynamics in the day to day drive. I'm having trouble deciding between the Bridgestone Turanza All Season 6 as it seems well rated in summer driving too vs the Michelin Pilot Sport 5 (or 4S) and accept the few months of under 7C tyre performance degradation. I don't have the space for winter tyres. I'm essentially wondering if I should stick with the summer tyres or go with the all seasons like I normally do!

Any thoughts welcomed thanks!

 

[Lord Farquad]

You’ll definitely notice summer tyres in those conditions and will need to be sensitive to the road. All season and winter rubber makes a huge difference under 7 degrees and in the wet/snow.
If you’ve got the option of a second car for those days great. But if you’re going to use the Jag, and don’t mind losing some summer performance, I’d go all season.

 

[RPSN]

I have MIchelin Pilot Sport 5 on the front and Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S on the rear. Never had any issues up and down the Welsh Valley roads....summer or winter!

 

[scm]

I've used summer tyres MPS4S the year round down here on the sunny south coast and never had problems. Some folks on the US forum use (and recommend) Continental DWS06, or the later DWS06+ all seasons.