Tires Kumho or OEM Subaru

Winter tires are significantly superior to AWD. Should you question that.

I've run Kumho tires on a few cars. They've been fine.

I’ve just gone from Michelin PS5s to the new Kumho PS72 and can highly recommend both. I’ll be sticking to the ps72 now as I think they’re amazing value

I've ran both Kumho Ecsta PS71s and GoodYear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6s on my ND2.

Both pretty great.

My 22 WRX was also good in the snow, there was times where people were getting stuck especially on hills and I would just cruise by with no issues. I had pilot sport all season 4 tires which are only meant for light snow and I had no issues.

Years ago I was door dashing, had a really nice set of snow tires on my legacy. That thing is a beast in the snow; one lady came to the door and apologized for not having shoveled. I handed her food over and said "no worries" and brapped my out of her driveway while she watched me essentially plow it with my bumper, easily walked thru 8+ inches of snow without missing a beat.

I have a set of Kumho all weather tires on the Ranger. They're better than the all seasons in the cold and rain, but they're not better in snow than the 10 year old 2/3rds worn out snow tires they replaced, and I ended up buying chains for them too.

Kumhos are decent tires for smooth town driving. Not the top notch, but pretty decent.

I think they’re too loud on the road. Also, they wear out very quickly

Because of the screw? No. Because you bought kumho tires? Yes.