Tires MICHELIN or Nokia

I’ve had three sets of the Michelin Defender LTX m/s on my 2015. No complaints whatsoever.

Hi. I'm a tire nerd. I ran all-weather tires on my cars for years and would still be doing it except now I have space to store winters. Nokian and Toyo make amazing all-weather tires that don't have a ton of compromise in winter or summer. Just keep in mind that tread depth has a decent impact on snow so if they're at 3/32 depth in the summer you won't notice but 3/32 in the winter you will. They wear faster than modern touring tires. I'm on track to get 80,000km from my Michelin AS4 but only got 55,000km from my Nokian WRG4s.

I went with the Crossclimate 3 Sport myself, and very happy so far. Haven\u2019t seen proper snow yet, but then we very rarely do where I live in Germany. Great in cold and wet conditions, and WAY better than a true winter tire when conditions are more favorable.

I have a Tiguan with cross climate 2s and I can also say they've been great. Especially in big rain storms.

Can't say enough good things about the CC2s. I do a lot of highway driving and they are rock solid in both cold and snowy weather.

We put Nokians on ours and so far it's awesome. Much quieter than the Gitis were. Haven't had snow yet though.

Get michelin CC2. Excellent snow performance but you can also keep them on year around and expect 60k moles out of them.

If you can only afford one set of tires, get an all-weather set. Michelin CrossClimates are a good example.

Picked up a new set of Cross Climate 2’s over the weekend. Handling is great, especially in the rain. Aesthetically, I think they look super cool and unique. They have an aggressive look to them.

That being said, I did not do my due diligence beforehand and let the guy at discount t*re give me the run down on them. One thing he failed to mention was the lack of efficiency they bring (not blaming him). In my first couple of drives I noticed my wh/mi to be well over 300 and in one instance on a 5 mile drive it was 395 wh/mi. Crazy! This is in comparison to my average of 252 wh/mi for the last 5k miles I’ve driven. It’s important to note that I like to accelerate fast and have had the heat on due to the cold weather coming in (Chicago native).

I wanted to see how much of a difference it made if I changed my driving habits so for the past 15 miles or so. I turned “chill” mode on and turned off the AC system and have averaged around 210 wh/mi. Nice to know that efficiency is still attainable just a bit sad that I will be losing 30%+ of range when driving how I normally do.

Hoping that with time they will break in and I will see that number go down a bit. I will update the thread as I put more miles on them.

I don't enjoy the lack of lateral traction when wet with these