Tires Pirelli or DUNLOP

Tire store employees say Conti is best overall. I have the Pirellis and hard to imagine a quiter, smoother, UHP all season.

For 7k you should be able to find pretty good tyres for your Volvo. I looked around a bit this year and found last years NAF test winner for under 10k for a bigger dimension for my car, including mounting on rims. Look for the ones from NAF tyre test just under the winner, like the Pirellis that scored okay but not great are within your price range, at least here in Norway, and way safer than these unknown China tyres.

I run the Pirelli on my B9.5 S4 and no complains so far, heading into first full winter together so I'll see how it goes.

I like Pirelli ice zero fr, they have the best grip, Bridgestone also fine

Pirelli WeatherActive

The sipes on the Pirelli tire are not full depth. I found that out when I had a set of AS2s. Great for initial testing and reviews, however, after they wear out, they basically become summer tires. Just something to consider.

I swapped my Dunlops over to my VA, and in colder temps (dry) they feel harder/slick compared to the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 that was on there. Not sketchy or anything, but I could feel a difference. Temps were about 30°F.

Absolute garbage, they only lasted 20k miles on my XC90 T8. Pretty bad in wet conditions also.

Verdes suck. As others are saying, 3 peak tires are the way to go if you’re gonna deal with snow and don’t want dedicated snow tires. I’ve switched to scorpion weatheractive and my last two trips to Tahoe in heavy snow have been a breeze.

My audi came with the Pirelli's and they stink in the winter. Replaced with Michelin and it was a huge difference.