Tires YOKOHAMA or BRIDGESTONE

Stock tires from 2023 Golf R, the car was delivered on 1/20/23 with 7 miles on the odometer and I put on another 20 miles to the tire shop to swap them for all-seasons. Tires are like new with less than 30 miles.

They’re a brilliant tire, and I can’t imagine the Defenders being superior to the intended use. Basing that off extensive experience with the old LTX MS2’s, which were also great. I guess my point is **Bridgestone is making really good tires right now**.

I was a fan of Bridgestones, had some turanza Serenities on my mk5 and before that my old 960 wagon.

Dramatically better traction, specifically when driving through parking lots that were plowed, but now there's 2-4 inches of loose snow you have to go through. Just driving out of the parking lot after installation I had way way better grip.

It's like going from 30% grip to 80% grip.

The improved snow traction is amazing. Living in Minnesota I will never put a tire without the 3Peak Mountain Snowflake Symbol on a car I own again

Running on Yokohama Advan Apex V601, instant favorite of mine now, way better than the PS4's

Bridgestone Driveguards if you want RFTs. driveguards are near silent unless you're in dire need of suspension work

Bridgestone Blizzaks or Michelin Crossclimate 2’s.

Now have the Yokohama Geolanders and certainly believe they're a better tire.

I have the Ascend LX as my summer set but I couldn't quite find a direct comparison talking about the LX compared to the GT The LX's are supposed to have been rated for 85K, but they're already at 6/32s after 25K. Other than that I haven't had much of an issue with them

Can’t comment on the Hankook’s but the Bridgestone Ecopias that came with my CRV (2019 EX AWD) are also terrible.