2024 Snow Tires

[alembical]

I am in need of a new set of snow tires for our 2015 Toyota Highlander. It has been years since I have looked into new snow tires. I need non-studded, winter specific tires. We live in Portland, OR on a big steep hill and my wife works at 5 am across the river and up a 500 foot hill and she has to be able to get to work. We also will do 3 or 4 trips to Jackson, WY (800 miles of highway driving at over 80mph) and a number of trips up to Mt. Hood.

Any suggestions?

Any feedback on:
Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2
Michelin Xice Snow SUV
Continental 7
Nokian Hakkapeliita 5 Suv

Thanks in advance. I did search, but all seemed old, bike related, or larger truck related.

[J. Barron DeJong]

I am in need of a new set of snow tires for our 2015 Toyota Highlander. It has been years since I have looked into new snow tires. I need non-studded, winter specific tires. We live in Portland, OR on a big steep hill and my wife works at 5 am across the river and up a 500 foot hill and she has to be able to get to work. We also will do 3 or 4 trips to Jackson, WY (800 miles of highway driving at over 80mph) and a number of trips up to Mt. Hood.

Any suggestions?

Any feedback on:
Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2
Michelin Xice Snow SUV
Continental 7
Nokian Hakkapeliita 5 Suv

Thanks in advance. I did search, but all seemed old, bike related, or larger truck related.

Michelin, Conti, or Nokian:

https://www.tire-reviews.com/Article/2022-Tire-Reviews-Studless-Winter-Tire-Test.htm

I have the VikingContact 7 on both cars. Would like to see more on the Nokian R5, but I like the Viking better than the previous R3, especially in slush.

[skaredshtles]

Have been running Michelin X-Ice for over a decade on most of our vehicles. Very satisfied with both winter *and* dry road performance.

Had one set of Blizzaks for a few seasons on our van, and while they did seem to be a bit better in snow/ice, they were loud and kind of crappy on dry roads.

Will be getting the X-Ice snows for our Mazda, since the current winters are burned on that car.

Also helps that Costco carries them and offers them at a good price.

[KJA64]

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[PB]

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[Woolly the Mammoth]

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/305661-Truck-Tire-Time/page67

Tech talk Jong.

[whyturn]

Nokian Hakkapelita there’s no other for suvs


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[Ted Striker]

Echoing skaredshtles, we've run Michelin X-Ice on the Subaru for years, and older Blizzaks before that. The Blizzaks might have been a little better in deep snow, but were pretty annoying at sea level. The X-Ice is just great quiver of one tire.

That said, I run dedicated snow Hakkapeliitta 3 on the 4Runner, and they are fantastic in snow, and not bad at all when it's dry.

You pretty much can't go wrong with those two.

[NBABUCKS1]

Nokian Hakkapelita there’s no other for suvs


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I have the EV variant on my Ioniq 5. Great grip.

Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5

[gaijin]

I have the Michelin X-Ice on my AWD Honda minivan and have never had a better performing winter vehicle. I've also had Blizzaks, which were rad. Never noticed the noise. But Costco be Costco and all that.

Blizzaks and Michelin are dope and pretty standard around snowy JP where 99% of people have studless winter tires and two sets of wheels.

[XXX-er]

I have been a huge studded Hak fanboi since 2001 cuz lots of ice and snow up narth and they are simpley zee best

so I need to order a set for the soon to arrive Tundra which has 18" tires

they don't make the SUV tire in that size so i gotta buy the 10 ply LT3 and they are 422 @ $

i had been used to paying 1800 for the old Ranger and the Tacoma on rims but they are quoting close to 3 K

as my buddy the MD alwasy sez " a shroud has no pockets "

[BCMtnHound]

2024 Snow Tires

I have been a huge studded Hak fanboi since 2001 cuz lots of ice and snow up narth and they are simpley zee best

so I need to order a set for the soon to arrive Tundra which has 18" tires

they don't make the SUV tire in that size so i gotta buy the 10 ply LT3 and they are 422 @ $

i had been used to paying 1800 for the old Ranger and the Tacoma on rims but they are quoting close to 3 K

as my buddy the MD alwasy sez " a shroud has no pockets "

Can’t you get steel 17” rims for the tundra? That’s what I did for the chevy, saved a bit on the tires (and got the rims 2nd hand).

[XXX-er]

I don't think i could find the rims second hand cuz the truck is so fucking new that its a problem finding spare rims and I don't know if I could run 17's,

Kal wants 141$ each for the steelies so I'm gona check with my sales guy at Toyota to see if he has any ideas or connections or wtf

At 566 $ for spare steel rims I could also just forget about spare rims for now and swap tires until something shows up in the future

[El Chupacabra]

I am in need of a new set of snow tires for our 2015 Toyota Highlander. It has been years since I have looked into new snow tires. I need non-studded, winter specific tires. We live in Portland, OR on a big steep hill and my wife works at 5 am across the river and up a 500 foot hill and she has to be able to get to work. We also will do 3 or 4 trips to Jackson, WY (800 miles of highway driving at over 80mph) and a number of trips up to Mt. Hood.

Any suggestions?

Any feedback on:
Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2
Michelin Xice Snow SUV
Continental 7
Nokian Hakkapeliita 5 Suv

Thanks in advance. I did search, but all seemed old, bike related, or larger truck related.

Have you tried any of the 3PMSF rated all season or all terrain tires?

I wouldn't think that Portland Oregon required true soft compound winter tires, but YMMV.

[duffski]

I really liked the Hakks on snow and ice but they don't last very long, I think i got maybe 25k out of them but drove on them during summer which will have worn them out much faster. If you can switch out tires after winter those would be a great choice, otherwise try to find something a bit more harder compound, which would probably be Michilin. I think Blizzacks are soft so won't last long either. I just got Falken Wildpeak AT4W's on my rig and they are way more burly than any tires I've used before. Haven't drove them on snow yet but they are 3PMSF so should be good.