Tires NITTO or BRIDGESTONE

After a massive blowout on 422 here in PA a few months back, and having HUGE bubbles in the sidewalls of two other tires and a large gash (no idea where this came from) of the spare that went on, I replaced all four with a set of Bridgestone RE980 AS+'s. What a difference in the way the car rides and grips. You can feel the Bridgestone's handle the bumps SO much better than the stock Conti's and there's much more grip.

I lived in Boston for a while and i used blizzak tires. They worked well.

I have them on mine. They grip pretty well, and good for daily/street.

I have them and like them. I am not a mudder, but they work well for me in snow and what limited ice I have driven on. They are not very loud thankfully.

You should expect a slightly worse gas mileage, but not by much. In exchange you're getting excellent traction in the snow and rain though, so definitely a good choice for a tire.

The on road behavior is better on the ridge than the Terra. Tread pattern is different, but equally aggressive.

I've been very happy with my Nittos. In Australia, used on a work 4wd that does roughly 90% on-road, 10% access tracks.

RS11s are indeed not very popular. This is the case because it sits in between the S22 and the R11 which are both great tires while the RS11 doesn't offer the best of both worlds.

Bridgestone have been terrible for me.

I had Blizzak on my 2014 X5 and traded it in with them, on purpose. Noisiest tires ever. Couldn't wait to get rid of them, and the X5, due to a number of cooling system failures.