Tires Falken or Nokia

The Nokians are a solid choice. After extensive research I went with Michelin X-Ice for better hydroplaning and lower rolling resistance. All other testing categories were within the margin of error.

Blizzaks are great. Nokian Hakkapeliitta's are out of this effing world.

Not sure what you went with but the Nokian WR G4 are great tires. I've used 4 pairs of the WR type of tires over 15 years in Michigan, Oregon, Utah(In the Canyon), Washington and Colorado on a front wheel and AWD drive SUVs/cars. They work great and are snow tires.

Go for the Nokian Hakkapeliitta. Best tires by far! They're not cheap but definitely worth it. I have the studded ones on both of my vehicles and they're bullet proof

I got the Nokian wrg4 for my wife's 2001 Lexus rx300 and have been very impressed. Still less than 1000 miles on them though so can't speak for the longevity.

I do have a set of Falken Azenis RT615K+ tires on my Cabriolet, and they are nice tires. Sticky enough(200TW), but people are reporting lots of usage before they need replacement(16 people with 15-50K miles on these tires).

I have the Nokian WR-G4, which are in a class of tires called 'all-weather' tires. This class of tire is relatively new is much more winter biased than traditional all-season tires. It does very well with moderate amounts of snow and extremely cold temperatures, whereas most typical all-season tires are 'marginally sufficient' at best.

We have run Falken Wildpeaks for many years now..we're on our fifth set. They have given us hundreds of thousands of miles on all kinds of roads, and all kinds of weather.

But now running 912's littel better in snow, and wet. Haven't really pushed them on dry roads.

Falken FK510 - HARD NO from me. I corded a set in 10,000 miles between daily & 6 HPDEs.