Tires Falken or Kumho

Falken wild peaks have been pretty great for me. Just got another set after many miles of about that same on/off-road split. Low road noise and excellent grip in snow compared to others in the category.

I'm riding the falken wildpeaks. Drove a week, and the tires helped me one night that I drove while it was raining, and a deer (probably a buck honestly) hit the back of my truck while running across the road. I should've lost grip, but those tires held. I kept them and didn't look back. They do take down MPG and have some road noise. They are on the heavy side, but honestly? I love them. Someone also noted bumpiness, but my truck is a bit more heavy with bit metal bumpers, front and rear

Now I have Kumho Road Venture AT52 275/70/17 E-load. They are aggressive and are heavy but I do not rub on normal highway driving or light off road use. Good tires.

Falken wildpeak at4s. I have had mine for a while and love them on and off-road.

With regular tire rotation I used the tires that came with the car for 65000 miles. I think the brand was Falken. 2019 Forester. My driving is mostly city driving in New York City, which has rough roads.

My 2019 Crosstrek Limited made it to 90k miles on the original Falken Ziex tires before it got close to the wear indicator. Probably coulda done better if I rotated as often as I was supposed to

I ran 265/70/17 Wildpeaks on my stock 2018 for years and had no major issues with them. They are a bit heavy and my personal experience was they did not balance the best, but maybe that was addressed with the AT4s.

I absolutely loved my wildpeaks, yea, the ride is slightly harsher, but I do a fair amount of offroad driving and snow driving, so I'm ok with that. That being said I found 2 issues, 1, they got loud as hell about halfway through their lifecycle, like, to the point id reconsider buying again, 2. They stated cracking and chipping really bad at about 6 years.

I had them on my 2020 GLI and drove the fronts down to about 18K miles. When I got my 2023, I got rid of them immediately. For a car such as this it shouldn't even come on the Kinergy's. For a daily performance car it deserves better rubber and anyone doing even the slightest bit of spirited driving can immediately feel they are not good. Great for daily commuting and around town so I'd assume they will last

Look out for shoulder cracks on the Falkens. Tread might look great, but the tread cleats will start to crack on the shoulders. Nothing you can do about it. Plan on replacing them around 25-30k miles.