Tires MICHELIN or OEM Subaru

I got the defender 2s (Michelin) and they are nice. I drive a Honda odyssey.

I ended up with the Michelin CrossClimate 2. Had them about 1k so far and I love them. Slightly louder, like barely noticeable, but boy do they bite the road well.

Every set of Michelin tires I've had out lasted their mileage warranty and were dry rotted very badly, but never separated or caused me a safety concern.

Replaced with Michelin at 17K miles. Seems like a trend.

I have the Cross Climate 2 on a 2017 AWD CRV and had them on a 2019 manual Jetta, they’ve been great! Snow, ice, heavy rain, handles everything like a champ! Slight decrease in fuel efficiency however.

R1T, but I replaced mine with Michelin Defenders at 17k miles

I’ve driven on the cross climate 2s and they’re great. Michigan winters were a breeze, never slid once

They are fantastic tires year round.

They do wear a bit faster but now where near as fast as a dedicated snow

They perform much much better than all seasons in snow.

Previously I had Michelin Defender xlt. While I would prefer a more pavement oriented tire the Coopers where the only load range E tires I could get on a 3 day turnaround when I needed them.

I liked the Michelins but the xl load rating was just too squirmy while towing a 7000lb trailer.

Wasn't my experience at all. About six months ago I replaced the OEM Geolanders on my 2018 Crosstrek with CrossClimate 2 tires. By the time drove 15 minutes home I knew that there I didn't like what I was experiencing with the CrossClimates. They were noisier, jittery, mushy and didn't track like the Geolanders. I wrote it off as being new. They did an alignment and wheel balance during installation. I am not an aggressive driver but the interstate on ramp that I use all the time I could enter at 50mph and stay at 50. I had to brake use the Michelins. Also I lost 3 mpg compared to the Geolanders.