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Originally Posted by brucepick
I'm convinced of the value of snow tires if you have snow and/or ice in your area. Put them on all four wheels. You'll be passing 4WD beasts with worn "all seasons" if you care to.
I got a set of Michelin X Ice 2's for last winter. They were superb, especially on ice. 51 psi max, and I found they were fully capable of more. Handled like really good all seasons. Looks like they've modified the model name for this year; I haven't read into the details of any changes to the new version.
For non winter use I'm running Kumho eco Solus HM KR22. I wanted Michelins which were currently unavailable, and still unavailable, so I got the Kumho's as I needed tires right then, not later. They ran fine for maybe 15-20K miles but now the tread sound is uneven as they roll. I got rid of my prior Kumho's due to belt separation that caused unevenness; so next time I'll go with a more "standard" upscale brand. Michilin if available (currently not). If I needed all seasons now, I'd probably get the Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max.
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I don't really have the space to store a second set of wheels and tires for the alternate season. I understand that dedicated summer and winter tires will handle each condition better and that anything else is a compromise. If I had some place to store them properly I would consider it.
However as I currently do not I need to evaluate either seeing if the place will repair/ replace the tire that has a puncture either as a part of the road hazard warranty or prorate its replacement, however, I'm not that sold on these Korean tires. They were claimed to be a 60,000 mile tire, but have shown noticeable amounts of wear more on the edges of the front tires, I may want to find a decent alignment shop check, but it feels like the car is tracking straight, and that the wear there is due more to the steering loads, and potentially not always checking the pressure every single day/ every single fuel stop, as they were usually consistent for a long time, at least before the right rear got a puncture.