Tires Continental or MRF

Continental is the only way to go, period. I tried the PilotSports - junk. OEM's - junk.

If studded tires aren't an option I've had good experiences with Continental Vikintcontacts, although a non-studded tire will always perform worse on ice.

Have the continental tires all 4 wheels of my 2018 turbo love them ride nice on highway driving.

Ever since I started using the ExtremeContact DWS years ago on my ‘08 Mazda6, I’ve never gone back except for the stock tires that came on my ‘15. I really liked them when I had to deal with snow.

I am using them on MYLR since 8 months and already clocked 10k miles tread loss is around 15%, hoping to clovk 60k miles atleast - very sure. They are superb and tesla stock tires (Continental) were mess and in just 18K state inspection failed because there was no tread left LOL

Conti's on my R since 1000K miles. I'm at 24K now and they're holding up great. I'm in CT, we get some good snow events here, not like Chi town I'm sure, but the couple times I had to go out in it I wasn't too worried.

I also live in Toronto, I use Viking Contacts in the winter, very happy with these tires. They are quieter than the average winter tire when driving on bare dry pavement.

Only have experience with continental among the 4 brands, and immediately love the MC7 range. I was never loyal to a brand until I tried this. Quiet, stable, grip well, everything I want from a tire.

I had Conti ECF for a summer on my CTR. Wasn't bad. Got caught in rain a few times didn't die. Was a little noisy but rode well.

I have 30k on my 22 hatch and while they still have tread depth the compound has deteriorated so badly that they understeer in the cold at low speed.