Need your professional opinion on tires

[BTLew81]

This is gonna be long. Brace yourself!

2023 Acadia FWD. it gets about 7.5-8.5k per year. Stock continentals are quiet, but not particularly great in wet or snow. Now, I only drive a few times a year in snow, but with kids in the car I want solid snow performance. So, listing a bunch of tires below. Some are three peak, which I know have some tradeoffs, so very open to a high performing all season.

Pirelli weather active
Pirelli as3
Continental LX25
Bridgestone alenza ultra
GY Weatherready
Crossclimate 2
Bridgestone weatherpeak
Nokian outpost apt
Nokian remedy

Of course, open to other suggestions. Appreciate your insight and experiences.

 

[Propflux01]

LX25 Hands down.

 

[DriveHard]

size?

 

[2strokeNorthstar]

Every pair of Bridgestone tires I have owned wear out way too fast. I quit buying them.

 

[BTLew81]

size?

235/65-18

 

[dubber09]

You may want to look into All Weather tires for your locale use.
General AltiMAX 365 AW may fit your needs and should be reasonably priced. Check on TireRack to compare with tires in the same category, these Generals rate very well, they are not a dedicated winter tire thou.

 

[JeffKeryk]

For the cars I'm keeping, it's either Michelin or Continental. No more Bridgestones for me.
Costco offers some killer Michelin deals from time to time and does not charge for installation.

 

[Astro14]

Honestly? Kids in the car?

And you want good snow performance?

You definitely want a set of dedicated winter tires on a separate set of wheels.

Run your factory Continentals for the rest of the year.

The worst snow tire beats the best all season by wide margin. Throw a good set of snow tires on there, and you’ve got a car that could stop far better, sometimes in half the distance - an enormous increase in safety margin.

 

[CharBaby]

I’m a Pirelli guy

 

[Astro14]

For the cars I'm keeping, it's either Michelin or Continental. No more Bridgestones for me.
Costco offers some killer Michelin deals from time to time and does not charge for installation.

I’m curious why you say that - I was really disappointed* with the OEM Bridgestone Alenza tires on my Tundra, but other than that I’ve had good luck with Bridgestone.

*They were smooth, quiet, and responsive but had really awful snow traction. Great tire for Texas, but not Colorado.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I’m curious why you say that - I was really disappointed with the OEM tires on my tundra but other than that I’ve had good luck with Bridgestone.

I just find Michelin and Continental outstanding. I replaced the Bridgestone Turanza(?) on our '06 TSX with Michelin Pilot A/S.
Now, the Bridgestones were older and probably hard, but the difference was like night and day.

I put a set of Contis on my Dad's homecare giver's '19 CR-V EX-L replacing the stock Hankooks (not really a fair comparison).
OMG I fell in love with that little SUV. What a difference!

Just my 2 cents.

 

[BTLew81]

I just find Michelin and Continental outstanding. I replaced the Bridgestone Turanza(?) on our '06 TSX with Michelin Pilot A/S.
Now, the Bridgestones were older and probably hard, but the difference was like night and day.

I put a set of Contis on my Dad's homecare giver's '19 CR-V EX-L replacing the stock Hankooks (not really a fair comparison).
OMG I fell in love with that little SUV. What a difference!

Just my 2 cents.

I have always liked continental. The lx 25 is really attractive. I’ve also always liked pirelli and the weatheractive looks really good

As far as dedicated snows, I don’t drive enough in snow to justify, and if it’s snow it’s usually really light snow. I’m actually wondering if I really need an all weather, with the lx 25 getting very good marks on light snow performance.

 

[XB_Fan]

I live in SD and we get tons of ice and snow. Honestly, I have really good luck with General Altimax RT45 tires. I have them on both of my front wheel drive vehicles and I can through some pretty rough stuff on my 20 mile commute. A great priced tire, and I think a bit underrated in their ice and snow performance.

 

[CKN]

For the cars I'm keeping, it's either Michelin or Continental. No more Bridgestones for me.
Costco offers some killer Michelin deals from time to time and does not charge for installation.

Yes-but what's your experience on wait times for rotations? In most metro areas it can be long......

 

[Oey12]

The CrossClimate 2’s are stellar in the rain but also in snow and ice CONSIDERING they are not a winter tire. However I am not advocating that they perform as well as a winter. They are better than any other type of tire I have ever used and this includes any All Terrain tire.

I just purchased a set for my wife’s Highlander. My kids are in that car most of the time…

 

[skyactiv]

I'd like input down the road from members on the new Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady 2.

If it can be believed, Goodyear studied the Michelin CC2 and improved on it by making it quieter in the real world and it has emerging groves to help maintain wet traction as it wears.

 

[BTLew81]

I'd like input down the road from members on the new Goodyear Assurance WeatherReady 2.

If it can be believed, Goodyear studied the Michelin CC2 and improved on it by making it quieter in the real world and it has emerging groves to help maintain wet traction as it wears.

Also a very intriguing tire. It’s getting good early reviews. A lot of people like to kinda hate on GY, but I put a set on my wife’s old atlas because the price was right and I’ll be honest, I liked them

 

[dubber09]

General Tire is in a way Continental Tire as it's under Conti umbrella, Generals are quality tires.

 

[skyactiv]

Also a very intriguing tire. It’s getting good early reviews. A lot of people like to kinda hate on GY, but I put a set on my wife’s old atlas because the price was right and I’ll be honest, I liked them

I think Goodyear makes some real duds but has the knowhow to make excellent tires when they want to. I think this new Goodyear is an attempt to compete with Michelin.

 

[MParr]

https://www.yokohamatire.com/tires/geolandar-cv-4s