Tires Cooper or OEM Subaru

Had the Cooper at3s iirc on my ram and they were great in mud, snow etc, but lowered my mpg 1-2 compared to all seasons stock

I got exactly those tires from walmart last blk friday and they are good tires, feel safe in snow and rain, work well on the soft soft sand, and are only a little noisier than the stock hankooks my frontier came with. They cost me probably a mile per gallon in efficiency.

I have Motomaster Eliminators (3peak whatever made by Cooper) and they're great for city driving and the odd jaunt out of town. I drive an SUV with 4wd and put in maybe 15000km/year so they don't have much wear and I don't have to worry about swapping tires every year.

I run snows on the '03 Outback and the '21 Mazda, I have a very early, 20+ mile commute to work, and live in the snow belt. So, roads are generally not plowed. They both do great on unplowed roads.

I replaced them with cooper road and trail AT tires. They are amazing in all conditions and whisper quiet.

I've had great experience in the snow so far with the Road & Trail and wondering if the Stronghold does similarly for LT sizes

Budget for snow tires. AWD is not magic, and you generally can't use chains with AWD systems. In terms of cars, Subarus are good and reliable. I've owned two Foresters.

my Cooper Strongholds do pretty well in ice, haven't had much experience with them in snow though.

I just installed these on my sequoia less than a week ago and the balance feels off already . They have what feels like flat spots with pretty good shaking for the first 5-10 minutes after cold start driving . Once tires are warmed up it almost goes away .

I've had nothing but problems with the road+trail AT tires. They have been rebalanced 6 times in the last 7 months. I've seen a lot of similar reviews saying the same thing. They replaced 2 under their warranty but the original 2 and new set are still coming out of balance.