Greetings ladies and gentlemen.
I have a Skoda Fabia, that came with 185/60/R14 Apollo tyres (yes, R14. Yes I know some fabias came with R15 and even R16, but mine's R14. 100% sure). They were good tyres, no doubt.
But now they're at the end of their lives. And time has come to change them.
Now that I've relocated to Amritsar, and given how close Himachal is from there. (Pathankot is 2 hours, and its himachal from there on), I've come to the conclusion that it makes more sense for me to get tyres that can take a bit of an abuse, and can stand slush and mud. (Sole reason I've not fitted another set of Alnac 4G or MRF ZLOs and decided to be done with it).
My sole concern is grip, both dry, wet and slush, and everything else is secondary (tyre life, road noise, high speed behaviour etc).
I would have loved to put on a set of All Terrain tyres, but there are none available in r14.
For that matter, in 185/60/r14 there are only three options that exist: Alnac 4G, Goodyear NCT 5 and Falkens.
So I reckon I'll have to downsize to 175/65/r14, and I'm okay with that.
TL;DR
Assume you live in a hill station in Himachal (lets say Dalhousie, because thats the closest), and your car needs 175/65/R14 tyres, what would you buy? Just to avoid looking like a massive clueless muppet, as this gentleman did.
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