New car tires – Help

My daughters car needs some new tires. I don’t want to do the whole 2 tire set thing. What is a good all season tire for Minnesota winters. I would prefer something that is good on winter roads over smooth ride. She’s 16 years old so she can live with a little less smooth ride but really needs tires that perform well on snow and ice. I’d prefer to not break the bank on a set but don’t want cheap tires either. What are some tires that you have been with?

I’ve only got a few months on them, but I put a set of CONTINENTAL
CONTROL CONTACT TOUR A/S PLUS on my Mazda 6. So far, I have been happy.

I put Michelin’s on my daughter car, wife’s car and wife’s truck.

They are expensive but traction and performance are very good in my opinion.

I always tell my kids to never go cheap ( if you have the money) on tires, shoes, tools and roofing materials.

Have only bought one brand of tires for my vehicles the past 15 yrs….Uniroyal Tiger Paw Touring….and they do not brake the bank…Great on the road, in rain and in snow.

Good thread, my teen is gonna need some soon here as well.

I just bought a cheapo set of Sentury Touring’s for my commuter car from Discount. I’ve got about 5,000 miles on them and they seem to work just fine.

My all time favorite car tire is the Michelin Harmony, which has been replaced with the Michelin Defender. I have no experience with the Defender, but if they’re a replacement, they must be good as well.

Yes-make sure your all season our all terrain tires have the 3 peak mountain snow flakes (3PMSF) symbol on them.

Yokohama
Geolandar A/T G015

I put these on and so far have been amazing but I’m not sure if they make a car tire.

Doing some research and it looks like the Michelin defenders are getting some real good reviews. They are a little $. They are offering a 70.00 back rebate and tires Plus is still offering a Black Friday sale of 10% off if purchased today. That 140.00 brings them down to a decent price. Still researching a few other tires.

If you have a Costco membership they usually have good pricing on tires. Worth a look there.

If the car sees low yearly mileage consider real winter tires year round. General Arctic12’s work great for that. They are much quieter than the previous Arctics and aren’t squishy at all, probably helped by the polyamide(Kevlar) belts. I know a few people that are doing this and really like them. As long as I have the means I will never run all seasons in the winter, I consider them dangerous. The Generals are fairly cheap without being anything like a cheap tire.

The all season plus tires would be at the bottom of my list, but still above any all season.

Just remember, the higher the treadwear rating(harder rubber), the worse in the winter.

BF Goodrich Advantage T/A
I put these on my wife’s Murano last year at the suggestion of my tire guy. Winter performance is very good. Great all around tire.

Get something rated for snow as that is most important

I’m going to put some Toyo Celsius on my wifes car. My son and his boss swears by them. They will be put on for under $500. Between them they have 5 sets on car and are very impressed with them.

cbeeksma wrote:

Have only bought one brand of tires for my vehicles the past 15 yrs….Uniroyal Tiger Paw Touring….and they do not brake the bank…Great on the road, in rain and in snow.

X2 on the Uniroyal. They are basically Michelin without the pricetag.

Jeremy wrote:

Get something rated for snow as that is most important

We have all survived for decades without dedicated snow tires and buying tires is an expensive venture. Any kind of tire will work. Just needs to be newer with tread. Old bald tires are the only real problem in winter.

suzuki wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jeremy wrote:</div>
Get something rated for snow as that is most important

We have all survived for decades without dedicated snow tires and buying tires is an expensive venture. Any kind of tire will work. Just needs to be newer with tread. Old bald tires are the only real problem in winter.

Um, no. 5/32nds is where you start worrying about traction. There’s plenty all season tires that I would never run in the winter. I went from year old all seasons on an SUV that I thought did great to Cooper ATW’s which are basically AT3’s with a bit softer rubber and a lot more siping, even the side of the tread blocks have treads. It was almost like a 2wd/4wd difference. Those aren’t even full snows. ABS activation was reduced big time. 3MPSF is mandatory for me now, same with my wife. That’s really the worst thing, there is no going back once you have ran them.

If you ice fish or enjoy just about any winter sport, it’s a no brainer. When has anyone said- I have too much traction?

And yes, tires are expensive. Choose wisely, you have to live with that decision for at least 40k. Passing everyone over those miles when it’s nasty will put a smile on.

suzuki wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Jeremy wrote:</div>
Get something rated for snow as that is most important

We have all survived for decades without dedicated snow tires and buying tires is an expensive venture. Any kind of tire will work. Just needs to be newer with tread. Old bald tires are the only real problem in winter.

I am not talking about a separate set of tires for snow, just using snow rated tires, even the cheaper ones with the 3 mountain snowflake are rated for 60k miles. I live in the hills and the Blizzaks I had on the front end of my car made a big difference and now with the 4×4 Jeep Liberty I have Dynapro ATMs on all 4, the old tires were Wrangler ST, garbage in deep snow