Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLT Studio Overview

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- G'day, welcome back to tyre review. Today we've got the brand new Cooper AT3 tyre, in the warehouse. Now you might be thinking, hey there's already an AT3, that's been on the market for however long, and it's a well respected tyre, and people in the outback using that sort of stuff. But, this is actually a brand new one they've just released. And, they've split the old one into three different patterns. So, there's the AT3 4S, it's got a little sort of super score sort of thing. And the 4S is now an AT3 tyre that's for the highway, so more for highway driving but still has some off-road chops. And the AT3 XL and AT3 XLT are sort of the bigger brothers, the off-road. Apparently the only difference really is that the XL is smaller sizes and the XLT is larger sizes. But we did notice when we looked at it, the XLT does have larger sort of side biters or what are you gonna call these things.

So there is some small differences in the tyre but that's probably because it's smaller tyres vs larger tyres. So this is the Cooper AT3 XLT which we'll be testing. And probably some of the biggest features that you'll notice in the tread is actually they've got these new sort of rugged shoulders. And then, on top of that, they've also got this little scarlet bit here and there, so you see how every second tread lug is actually recessed a little bit, and then they say they've got these amazing Aqua Vac Channels, so we'll see what they reckon about that but we'll see how that actually goes in real life, but these are supposed to get more water out of the tread than you might otherwise.

So if you can see down in there. And then they've got the stone ledges, these bits here. Which are supposed to help to get stones out of the tread, which means that they're less likely to actually drill into the tread. And then finally, in terms of interesting stuff, right in here, they've got these little whisper groove shields, which they reckon make this tyre 20 percent quieter. Which is a bit crazy but anyway we'll see how it goes as well. So one of the things I did work on with this all-terrain tyre is making sure that it stays quieter over the whole tread life, rather than just being quiet to start off with.

So one of the other things I've just noticed is that these tyres are actually M and S rated, so mud and snow rated, but they're not the new three peak, snow rating. So that means they won't be as good at sub-zero temperatures or you know, really close to sub-zero. So just keep that in mind if you're gonna be doing some snow driving when you're choosing your tyres next.

So the other thing about these Coopers is they do come with an 80,000 k warranty and like all warranties in the tyre industry I encourage you to check the fine print and see what they actually cover, but they do have some warranty not just no warranty. So, again depending on what you're actually in to, that's worth checking. These tyres are going to go onto my personal Ranger, I've been working away through as many different all terrain patterns as I can with these long term tests. Each long term test is 10,000 k's and at the end of it we see how I feel about them or with the other tyres, how the other drivers feel about them, how they've performed day-to-day life as well as for some trips.

So I'm actually excited to see how the Coopers go on my Ford Ranger, and I'll be reporting back to you in about 10,000 k's.