I have Cooper WeatherMasters for my 2010 Malibu - but they're discontinued. They'll be replaced by Cooper Evolutions.
I had a set of Nokian summer tires and it was enough for me to swear off summer tires entirely. For a summer tire they had no wet traction. And I was sweating bullets going into fall as I knew I wanted them off before first snow--around here, it can have a few snows long before any real accumulation, but that will happen in say October, then one is running winter tires until well into April (and sometimes later). I was driving over 30k per year, no small amount of time to have to live with winter tires, just so that I could have the "good" summer tires for summer.I have a few problems with Nokian.
First, personal, they stopped selling summer tires in the USA and I had two sets of Zlines.
That's it, I must have blocked the memory. Awful tire! I'm surprised that I tried entyres afterwards, I must have been on a kick at the time.There was i3 Nokian, if memory serves me well.
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Altimax Arctics do very well in snow and slush and have a decent price point and are easy to find. In fact since our sonata rarely gets outside of Lincoln Ne city limits and we only put on maybe 3-4 k miles per year on it, I run em year round. Out does AWD vehicles that have only all seasons in winter. View attachment 33014 Stepson lives in Fargo ND and has used Altimax in the past as well and ND has about as tough of winters as you can find in the lower 48. When they wore out he went with Vredstein which work well in ND winters also.
Experience I had with Nokian's put them in my vocabulary in third rate group. They excel in one or two disciplines, but abysmal in everything else.That's it, I must have blocked the memory. Awful tire! I'm surprised that I tried entyres afterwards, I must have been on a kick at the time.
Altimax are a fine winter tire, that's for sure. Growing up in Fargo almost everyone uses dedicated winter tires . I reccomended them to my long time neighbor who had always just ran all season tires every winter and he often found his vehicle struggling on snow and ice. Now he raves about how well his 2014 Camry handles the snow and ice now with winter tires. A side benefit is that it saves wear and tear and mileage on both sets of tires when they are switched out. The all seasons are fine most of the time but there is usually a few big snow storms here where the all seasons simply do not cut it and are not safe. I look at winter tires as a cheap and wise insurance as they have a huge advantage over all seasons during winter.+1
I have the Altimax Arctic 12's on my rear-wheel drive BMW. It's a tank in the snow. Drove through a blizzard in upper state NY without issue. I've pushed snow with the front bumper.
I am the same. 2 of my cars have the Winter Contact Si, 2 have the Viking Contact 7. I wanted to try the Michelin X-ice Snow but the sale prices and Continental rebates made them too hard to pass up. Based on all the links to tests here at BITOG you really can't go wrong with either of your choices. The VC7 and X-ice snow would probably be best for the longer dry drives over the Blizzak. X-ice snow also still carry's the 40k treadwear warranty.I’ve decided to re use my Continental Winter Contact Si. They are just too good and too much tread (almost new) to let sit
They are 17s and were on my accord sport for a few thousand miles. I bought appropriately sized hub rings and some PCD (wobble) bolts for the 114.3 vs 112 pattern but the bolt/nut holes were far too small to use those
So dismounted the tires today and ordered some new wheels/rims specific to the GLI
next year our odyssey will need new winters and will likely go with the Viking contact 7 unless there is an amazing price on something else in the big 3 (x ice, blizzak or continental)
Yeah I love mine. Previously I've owned mostly Jeep vehicles with just 4x4 and all-terrain tires, but with the car I run dedicated summer performance and winter sets of tires/wheels. I've found the performance of all-seasons to be poor in pretty much most conditions. The All-terrains on the Jeeps were adequate in snow, but 4x4 was definitely required for slippery surfaces, and I wouldn't say the handling in bad weather was confident like it is with the snows.Altimax are a fine winter tire, that's for sure. Growing up in Fargo almost everyone uses dedicated winter tires . I reccomended them to my long time neighbor who had always just ran all season tires every winter and he often found his vehicle struggling on snow and ice. Now he raves about how well his 2014 Camry handles the snow and ice now with winter tires. A side benefit is that it saves wear and tear and mileage on both sets of tires when they are switched out. The all seasons are fine most of the time but there is usually a few big snow storms here where the all seasons simply do not cut it and are not safe. I look at winter tires as a cheap and wise insurance as they have a huge advantage over all seasons during winter.
Looks to be Canadian Tire stores only for that “plus” tireConti WinterContact SI Plus is a 'new' tire in Canada, may not be available in USA thou, sorry I didn't realize it at once. This 'Plus' tire is supposed to be much longer lasting than Viking while better on ice and comparable in snow, slush, dry and wet.