Tires MICHELIN or Pirelli

I’m on my second AWD car with CC2s. Subaru Impreza wagon and a Hyundai AWD Ioniq5. Pros are great snow & wet handling and braking & adequate dry handling combined with lower rolling resistance than most for better mileage.

I went with the 255/40R20 Michelin CC2 - mostly based on all-weather capability (had them on a previous SUV) and the longer treadwear warranty which I needed based on my requirement of being able to get two winter seasons out of them before hitting 6/32 of tread remaining.

Stock tires are crap, Michelin Cross Climate is the best.

Subaru. I have difficulty breaking traction in a crosstrek sport (2.5l) with Michelin CC2 tires in light snow. I can’t see how anything could be better.

Getting 17k miles out of tires on an X7 is honestly *great*. Most are shot by 10-12k.

Those tires have a foam strip glued to the inside of the tire to help reduce noise. My MYP came with Pirelli tires that had the foam and were very quiet.

the quietest and smoothest all-season sets I’ve tried are the Michelin CrossClimate 2 and Pirelli Scorpion AS Plus 3 both ride way softer than the Falkens and handle New England weather really well.

Scorps in the winter are fine, not great, and terrible at anything backcountry related that isn’t dry.

My initial PZeros have a tire bulge at 13k. I think they were 80% down anyhow.

our stock Pirelli’s got damage and worn very early and set had to be replaced at 11k. Not pleased