Tires MICHELIN or OEM Subaru

I’d go with the Michelin Defenders. I bought a set of Michelin X Tour A/S 2s (Costco version of Defender 2s) back in April 2023, and after almost 3 years and 70k miles, there’s still plenty of tread left on them. They’ve lasted twice as long as my previous tires now, even with regular rotations.

Michelin defender 2 easily out of those options. It has been a tire that has consistently lasted over 80k miles in 4 of my families vehicles, all with different drivers but regular rotations at Costco. Also has very low rolling resistance so youll save fuel.

Its the tires folks, not the car. Anyone can do that, if you have reliable tires.

With the right tires your golden. Michelin Cross climate are top tier for light snow like this.

If snow tires are an overkill for you just replace OEM tires with Michelin CrossClimate 2. Those will be enough.

The easiest answer is to just get a set of the Michelin Cross Climate 2s (or similar 3-peak all-weathers).

Winter tires are best for you.

* Michelin Cross Climate 2 (I can vouch for these)

My go-to winters are Michelin X-Ice Snow they’re stupid good on ice, stay soft in deep cold, and don’t get noisy like some of the cheaper winter tires do.

They suck after a bunch of heat cycling sadly. I like the ECS02 on my F even in winter they are fine. I just don’t act up. Yes they won’t grip as well as they should be drive like a civilized person you’ll be ight

I’ve had both on my car here in Michigan, the CC2 was awful on packed snow and ice, especially the braking distance. I had them removed because both me and my wife hated them. Yes, they were noisy and very inefficient too.