General Tire Grabber GT

Good general use tyre – I've put 65,000kms into them and maybe another 10,000 to go before I'm on the wear indicators. They have been fine for all driving 95% bitumen, 5% gravel roads and sand.

2010 Mitsubishi ZH Outlander - 225/55/18 – I bought a used 2010 Mitsubishi ZH Outlander last year and it came with 2 x Yokohama Geolander tyres on the front and 2 x General Grabber GT tyres on the rear. As the Yokohama tyres were wearing down I decided to rotate them to the back and fit the General tyres on the front. I was surprised at how well the tyres handled in dry and wet conditions in both 2WD and 4WD mode.

I'm now running a new set of General Grabber GT tyres all round with about 7,000 km on them and can highly recommend them.

Not expensive but not good – Did about 60000km, ok but far less than the original Yokohamas. Substantial road noise over last 25000km. Lots of punctures from stones on short gravel road, none with the Yokohamas. It would have been smarter to spend the extra for the Yokohama Geolanders. Handling was ok and they were acceptable in the wet.

Odd Size for an All Terrain Tyre? – At this early stage only 3000 klms I'm very happy with the choice I was looking for an A/T tyre without the aggressive tread pattern of many available; something like the Pirelli Scorpions I have used before or something from Continental. But couldn't get this type of tyre in my size. After looking overseas at reviews I came across these, and they were available from the local Bob Jane store reasonable price and have so far exceeded what I thought I might have been getting. We have been towing a small camping trailer over gravel and dirt roads with confidence, and they are extremely quite on the blacktop. Great so far.

Surprisingly good at first try – 235/50R18 Fitted to 2010 VW Tiguan on 10/11/17. Awkward size so not as cheap as I would have liked but reasonable deal from Bob Jane. $249 per corner. 500km day trip through QLD Sunshine Coast hinterland 12/11/17. Weather alternating cloudy and rain. Good performance on freeway, not significantly noisier than previous road biased tyres. Quite satisfied with grip and turn in on tight twisty tarmac and poor surfaces in the ranges - no problems with wet tarmac road.

150km of dirt and gravel roads in the Ammamor state forest, dry, damp and some bucketing rain and wet muddy forest roads. A little bit of soft wet grassy areas. Tiguan used in both road and off-road modes. Ended up with no reason to use the off-road mode. Performance in slippery conditions was good and around very wet and muddy forest track tight corners was reassuring.

Overall, recognising that they were brand new, the tyres got a good workout in a wide variety of conditions. I was reasonably impressed and am happy with the purchase.