Still had the original dated 91 Morotrcraft battery in it cranking away. 12 or 13 years of daily driver duties in North Dafuckingkota and our hardcore winters, on a battery?! Sometimes they nail it.
Not even a week later the karma wheel turned and a huge chunk off ice came off a black Ford explorer and took out my windshield.
Little late to this thread. But my wife had Michelin Latitude Tour HP tires on her Ford Explorer when she bought it new. They are a high mileage compound tire. And she got every bit of 75,000 miles out of them over 5 years. No major or noticeable loss of grip, did fairly well in the rain, even at the end.
I ran the Michelin Defender LTX on our 2017 Explorer and they were great, long wearing, good in the rain and quiet. Not a sporty tire at all though.
2018 explorer tire upgrade 265/50/20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers
I had a set on my Explorer last winter and was seriously impressed. They actually ended up being just about perfect - more compliant than my 21" Pirellis, but far firmer, quieter, and enjoyable than I could have ever hoped for. Performance in the snow was incredible
I have a 2002 Explorer Eddie Bauer that I love. Fantastic vehicle, and we call her "Dora" (the Explorer.) I put Michelin Defender LTX M/S on mine. Works wonderfully, and since my family loves it too, the Michelins bring peace of mind since they are comfortable, tough, and have excellent traction wet and dry (I've not tried snow since it doesn't snow in SoCal.)
I'll be running the same Continental Winter Contact SI on the explorer. They did fine last year for me.
It's wild to me that Firestone has been so invisible and irrelevant in the consumer market ever since the Ford Explorer fiasco, yet still so active in Indycar.
I put an OEM glass in an ExST and it fit like shit, had to cut it out and redo it and it still wouldn't line up like before.
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