I wanted to give my initial impressions of the Vikingcontact 7's on my 2020 Mitsubishi Mirage (175/55-15). I've had them on there about 300 miles now but we had a big blizzard and another smaller snow storm since getting them mounted.
Road noise: Very impressed with this. Cheaper snow tires I've run in the past would hum at higher speeds. The VC 7's seem to be the same road noise level as the Yokohama Avids that this car came with stock.
Dry performance: Basically indistinguishable from the Yokohama all seasons that came stock. Which to me is very impressive.
Snow performance: The weakness of a tiny car is getting going in deeper snow. With these tires the only time I ever got wheel spin was on thick wet slush. Hard packed or fresh snow they just grabbed. I did a little slaloming and medium braking in random parking lots and also couldn't get them to break traction.
My initial impressions of these tires is that they are certainly the best snow tires I've ever driven on. The confidence they give is totally worth the price. The big question will be how many seasons they give me.
Road noise: Very impressed with this. Cheaper snow tires I've run in the past would hum at higher speeds. The VC 7's seem to be the same road noise level as the Yokohama Avids that this car came with stock.
Dry performance: Basically indistinguishable from the Yokohama all seasons that came stock. Which to me is very impressive.
Snow performance: The weakness of a tiny car is getting going in deeper snow. With these tires the only time I ever got wheel spin was on thick wet slush. Hard packed or fresh snow they just grabbed. I did a little slaloming and medium braking in random parking lots and also couldn't get them to break traction.
My initial impressions of these tires is that they are certainly the best snow tires I've ever driven on. The confidence they give is totally worth the price. The big question will be how many seasons they give me.