or winter tires if you prefer.
I think tire sales are around the corner. Could use some tires. Wife's 2011 had Yoko Iceguards for the last two winters, but they got chopped and wore badly and I can't say I'm in a rush to use again. I'm a fan of the General RT43's that I've been getting for all seasons, but Altimax Artic are $112/each at DTD. I see Continental Winter Contact for $98/each. Is there a huge difference? Wife would gladly trade snow traction for ride comfort and most of all, noise--all I want is something that can handle mild snow and ice, and hopefully go more than two years. But they have to be quiet. Figure they go on early to mid Dec, off in April, so probably 10kmiles per winter.
Michelin Ice-X are $105 but I've had bad experiences with their all seasons. So I'm not really interested.
Debating if I want to get cheapo iPikes for my Camry. They seem to work good on my truck, but I'm concerned about noise--I think my truck has more noise insulation than my Camry. 15kmiles for the winter months, I might prefer a new set of RT43's instead--I fear the iPikes might be dead after one winter. Plus the Camry has too much road noise as it is, and I have zero desire for any droning.
FWIW--not interesting an a debate about a/s vs snow. BTDT. We generally stay home when it snows, I generally drive my truck (which has iPikes for winter) if I have to go out. Just interested in a discussion about road noise on iPike, Altimax, Continental, and maybe others. With a nod towards lifespan--it'd be nice to get 30k but if 20k is the right number for cost analysis then so be it. [I'm lucky to get 40k out of a set of tires, they are at the wear bars by then, Primacy/Energy/RT43, they all are done by then.]
I think tire sales are around the corner. Could use some tires. Wife's 2011 had Yoko Iceguards for the last two winters, but they got chopped and wore badly and I can't say I'm in a rush to use again. I'm a fan of the General RT43's that I've been getting for all seasons, but Altimax Artic are $112/each at DTD. I see Continental Winter Contact for $98/each. Is there a huge difference? Wife would gladly trade snow traction for ride comfort and most of all, noise--all I want is something that can handle mild snow and ice, and hopefully go more than two years. But they have to be quiet. Figure they go on early to mid Dec, off in April, so probably 10kmiles per winter.
Michelin Ice-X are $105 but I've had bad experiences with their all seasons. So I'm not really interested.
Debating if I want to get cheapo iPikes for my Camry. They seem to work good on my truck, but I'm concerned about noise--I think my truck has more noise insulation than my Camry. 15kmiles for the winter months, I might prefer a new set of RT43's instead--I fear the iPikes might be dead after one winter. Plus the Camry has too much road noise as it is, and I have zero desire for any droning.
FWIW--not interesting an a debate about a/s vs snow. BTDT. We generally stay home when it snows, I generally drive my truck (which has iPikes for winter) if I have to go out. Just interested in a discussion about road noise on iPike, Altimax, Continental, and maybe others. With a nod towards lifespan--it'd be nice to get 30k but if 20k is the right number for cost analysis then so be it. [I'm lucky to get 40k out of a set of tires, they are at the wear bars by then, Primacy/Energy/RT43, they all are done by then.]