|I had my 02 Outback Ltd in to the dealer for an oil change today, and while there I asked him about snow tires. I live in Michigan (SE) and we will definitely be getting snow soon. I had my head set to buy Michelin Arctic Alpins or Nokian Qs, but the dealer only offers Blizzak snow tires. Mounted on steel rims, the price he gave me was $1,075. | |I'm a woman in my 50's. I don't have the time or the inclination to buy tires on line and have them sent here and then take them in somewhere. I just want to go to some tire dealer and get 4 new snow tires mounted on new steel rims. My tires are 16" and I'd like to keep that size. Is the price above decent? Don't Blizzaks wear out really quickly -- more so than the Arctic Alpins do? Can anyone tell me anything about Blizzaks? I live near Detroit and will have no trouble going to a tire dealer, but I'll probably have to do some phone shopping to find the right thing. Just wondering about the Blizzaks though..... | |June
Try Michelin HydroEdge. I have run X-Ones on my Outback (99 Legacy Outback and
97 Outback Sport) for years and since Michelin replaced the X1's with the HydroEdge I went to those this year. They are absolutely awesome in water and are the 2nd highest rated (by Michelin anyway) tire they make for snow, next to their Alpin. I certainly don't live in CO or MI, but I'm 3500' up in the north west mountains of NC and we get our fair share of snow & ice. For their price and an 85k warranty I don't think they can be beat. Try a set and you'll never use anything else.
Now if I could only persuade Michelin to make them from my 04 XTerra...
Thanks... Brian Bergin
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