Ok decision time on NEw tires

so the stock potenzas on my 02 are worn bad and i'm looking to replace them pronto. Keep in mind its the 02 legacy and not my 05 so its not fast nor furious but i still gas it a bit on the turns w/o much abuse.

 

So i'm not gonna go for NOkians cuz they are way too pricey and i prolly wont keep the car long enuff to justify spending $165 a tire.

 

My budget is $80-90 a tire.

 

And of course my most important considerations are:

-SNOW/WET/ICY TRACTION...hey its freakin MN and till i live here its #1 on my list

-Road Noise - the potenzas are noisy IMO so anything better would be nice

 

Options so far on the list are:

 

Kumho ECSTA ASX (only -ve i've heard is they prolly wont last too long)

Pirelli P3000

Good Year Assurance

 

Pls recommend me something that will meet my requirements for snow/wet traction with all season capability and my budget.

THx

Kumho's. The price is right, never heard anything negative about them.

 

As for winter, you know what I am going to say. Dedicated snow tires!

 

Ultra High Performance All season is an oxymoron.

which dedicated snow tire do u recommend considering my price range?

 

the nokians are out cuz of price for sure. I may not even keep my car for another year considering its got 68K on it and i wanna switch to an 07 spec B (as soon as they start dealing on em with low APRs or cash backs)

 

But i need new tires like yesterday. the stock re92s are so worn i'm getting a slight vibration on the steering at 70mph+

the goodyear assurance tripletread are nice tires. My sister's forester has those after the stock geolanders wore out. Very nice tire. MUCH better than my still going re92s:icon_mad:

which dedicated snow tire do u recommend considering my price range?

 

the nokians are out cuz of price for sure. I may not even keep my car for another year considering its got 68K on it and i wanna switch to an 07 spec B (as soon as they start dealing on em with low APRs or cash backs)

 

But i need new tires like yesterday. the stock re92s are so worn i'm getting a slight vibration on the steering at 70mph+

 

I've read good things about Avons on Tire Rack. However, there are a lot of complaints about road noise after 15k miles or so.

 

My current plan is to get the Nokians with 17" wheels for Chicagoland winter driving and filling them with nitrogen for storage during the summer season. AWD and the Nokians and I should be plenty good to go round these parts. Hell I'd even take them to the mountains and just throw a set of chains in the trunk in case it got really bad.

i should get harcore summer tires...that ought to motivate me to move somplace warm......winter sucks ...driving in snow however does rock

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How hard are you going to be pushing the car in the snow? If you drive like there really is snow on the ground (AWD helps maintain traction, it doesn't compensate for the driver's lack of commonsense in inclement weather), any decent snow tire will do. If you plan to do some...ugh spirited snow driving, probably one of the Blizzaks or Hakki's will fit you.

u kow hv soe fun in empty parking lots after a snow dump ....but behave well on the public streets and freeway commute to work (which mostly is bumper 2 bumper both ways )

My brother is pretty happy on his Saab 9-5 Aero with Continental Extreme Contact. He finds the car goes fine in Boston area snow and winter muck.

 

My only reservation to you is that QE is variable on them, buy locally and let the installer deal with returning bad ones if you get so unlucky.

I put the Hankook Ice bears on last winter. Worked great. I had the Pirelli P-zeros M&S the winter before and the Hankooks are 100% better in the snow. I think i paid about $100 a tire at Discount Tire. The other nice thing is these tires are actually very nice riding & handling in dry conditions, when it's just 20 below and to cold to snow. The "all season" M&S I ran in the winter before would just turn into blocks of ice when it was cold, so even when it was clear on the streets they never felt right.

Get dunlop wintersport M3's. ive had those tires for 3 winters nowand they are nothing short of spectacular.

why is it the kuhmos dont give any mileage warranty while the pirellis p3000 come with 85K miles warranty ?

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Belong to Sam's Club, Costco or BJ's?

 

Michelin X are better on ice and snow than TT's according to some reviews [like CR, FWIW] and cost less.

 

Or if you are dumping the car, look for used ones on craigslist or eBay.

any one know how the BF Goodrich Traction T/A are??????

 

and another question....will the stabdard rims/tires from the 05 LGT fit my 02 LGT without issues??

Cuz if so then i may just get a new rim/tire pkg for the 05 and use the OEM on my 02.

BFG Traction T/A H or V rated are great tires for the money (loved them on my Forester XT), but not for what you need - if "SNOW/WET/ICY TRACTION" are your priorities you need winter tires, period.