Discontinued Tires

[Bob Riebe]

I was looking at Tire Rack to check on tires. (cheapest place I have found)

My Kumho All-Season while not near tech. mileage time to replace, if you wait till then they will cost more, ditto for my Michelin snow tires.

Both tires have been discontinued.
The Kumhos have been replaced by a tire that has been shown to be even better in tests, BUT , Michelin has discontinued the Xi3 snow tires and no longer offer a 15 inch snow tire that is large enough for my car.
I run 215/15, the largest snow tire in 15 inches they offer now 195 which is a different diameter than the ones I use that are with in a few MM of the size the car came from the factory with.

Michelin has a 40,000 mile warranty on there snow tires, which is nice , even if one never has to use it, plus they have discount specials several time a year.
As Bridgestone and Michelin offer snow tires that are absolutely better than the competition, in that order, I guess I will be buying Bridgestone Blizzak.

One good thing is I did not have to put on the snow tires this year so they will last one year longer, but, I still best buy a new set in the near future as prices are going up fast, but, but, my Kumho have near 30,000 miles on a so called 50,000 mile tire so I had best deal with them first.

I do not buyn All-Season for mileage or ride, I buy them for how good they are in snow before I get my snow tires on and the new model of Kumho are the best by far in the snow.   

[Graybeard]

Snow?

Whatzat?

Is that the white stuff I see in photos of more northerly places? We see a dusting once ever few years, rare more. Haven't seen any in several years now.

[Lloyd Smale]

dad swore by Bridgestone Blizzak tires. only thing i drive in the winter are trucks and my jeep and they have off road tires that look aggressive but none of them are as good as a snow tire. look too at nito tires. i have no clue if they make what you want but there the longest lasting tire ive ever owned. ive got their ridge grapplers on my jeep and the little gmc. the ones on my wrangler have almost 55k on them and they still have decent tread left. ive got wrangler duratracs on the ram and have to say there the best big tire in the snow ive owned. there the equivelent of a 33x1150x20 and still do good in the snow and wont scare the s--t out of you on ice.

[Ranger99]

I can't say for other climates, but I
can say for sure that your tires and
suspension and BRAKES are
what keeps you rolling safely and
keeps you from a premature casket

No place to be chintzy with your wallet