Tires Pirelli or Firestone

The Pirelli gives the nicest overall ride, with a sporty steering input. The continental gives the most overall grip and is best in deep snow (4+ inches). The Michelin feels the sportiest, But you feel every minor road imperfection.

Just get tires with more protection, like the Pirelli Cinturato Velo.

I have Firestone indy500s on my GT,700 rwhp. Hard to beat the price

My stock tires of pirelli scorpion ms are fantastic but I have around 500 miles on the odometer. No complaints so far and seem quiet

I personally love the Pirelli Scorpion AS 3 tires. Great overall performance and a 70k mile warranty. I’ve put them (and the AS 2) on 2 of my trucks (07 F150 King Ranch and 20 RAM 1500 Limited) , Chevy Cruze LTZ and Equinox LT AWD.

I found 50mm Pirelli Cinturato H to be pretty fastastic.

Had some Pirellis on a former car. Ok ride but didn't last near as long as they were rated.

I have those tires on for my replacement all seasons over the garbage Pirelli's. They handled the most recent snow admirably, but they still had minor slippage here and there.

My new GTI has p-zero all seasons and they suck. So much slop, understeer, and it's really hard to put the power down.

I have had experiences with many tires models on CX-5, my shop basically agreed Scorpion has to be one of the worst tires to recommend to customer for all the reasons you mentioned. These tires has worse road feel than even Westlakes