Tires MICHELIN or OEM Audi

If you get a decent amount of snow, go for cross climate 2. Road noise is a bit higher than others but they are good in snow. I got caught in a nasty storm and they were great.

If you want to stay with the existing 22" wheel setup, I would talk with your favorite tire store about changing to 305/45R22 for the rears. The tire width will decrease from 12.6 to 12.0 and tire height will increase from 32.2 to 32.8, but you will have more options for all-season tires. Specially, the Michelin Defender LTX M/S2 is available in both 285/45R22 and 305/45R22 and is a very good tire.

This year got some Michelin cross climates. It is unbelievable.

I mean I really pushed it for fun and it had 0 issues. Great awd.

We have crossclimate2 on our Leaf and they are excellent. Summer driving are a little louder than the oem tires. When our Ariya is ready for tires, they will be a contender.

Cross climates are excellent, had many sets in my accord hybrid, but be prepared for a slight range hit. I haven’t run the pirelli scorpions, but from what other folks say the performance is solid, not cross climate level in the snow, but competent. However, they are quieter overall.

We put cross climates on my wife’s CX-5 here in CO. Like them a lot.

I love my CrossClimate 2. If you are good with the price, not much beats them in performance.

I've got the Michelin pilot sport all season 4 tires on my ND3 for the cold months and they do great, but I don't generally drive it if there's snow on the roads.

Drove the car in the snow storm over the weekend. Did not feel safe with the summer tires on. Also, front windshield wipers froze. Had to pull over twice to scrape the ice off the front windshield. Otherwise a nice SUV. Comfortable and very powerful. Time will tell about the reliability. Cheers

I have the older E-primacy and they're awful. So stick with the standard version.