Tires MICHELIN or Nokia

Studded tires are superior in ice. I have ran Nokian studded and studless and studded are my choice by a large margin. I run them for max performance in the worst of conditions even if that means giving up a little performance in better conditions.

I have them on my other car and they’re excellent.

I run 245/40/18 crossclimate 2 on my RS3 as my winter tire in Colorado. Driven through pretty bad blizzard conditions and freeze, they perform outstanding, and of course hold up with the heat during the winter here. They aren’t a performance tire, but they at least hold up better and don’t turn into mush like a winter compound once you get 60f+. They’re also the first all season I ever used that actually perform great in snow, versus barely passable like something like the DWS.

Nokian Hakkepalitta get me everywhere I need to go, even plowing snow 10 inches deep.

CrossClimate2 tires, they're really fantastic all-year and in particular great with the winter and snow.

I got 4 cross climates at 80%. Stick with Michelin tires and you will get more mileage so to speak

I just changed out my primacy MXV4s for Michelin cross climate 2s. It’s still early days, but they feel better, they’re quieter, and don’t slip in the places, the old ones did.

Michelin Pilot Sports are expensive tires. I run a version of these on my BMW.

I have run Michelin Pilot Sport AS4s on my MK7 GTI in the midwest and I've been OK.

i purchased 4 nokia tires in july of 2024. by june of 2025 the tires are completely bald. i bought a good tire rated to 80,000 miles and have them rotated and balanced every other oil change. in my entire life i never seen a tire wear down so fast.