Depends on which brand you're interested in. In the past I've bought BFGs and Ingold's in Durham was my jam, but this time I'm going with Coopers and Discount Tire seems to have the best price.
Pros: best price
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MY family has the Nordmans on our Ridgeline and they work pretty well.
Pros: work pretty well
Vehicle:
Honda Ridgeline
Wife now has Hakki 8 that she ran last year. no complaints, very aggressive studs
Pros: very aggressive studs
But the Nitto SN-2 has been long wearing so far, 2 seasons and still plenty of life to go.
Pros: long wearing
The General Altimax Arctic is a previous gen Nokian design, and very good for the price.
Pros: very good for price
My suggestion is that the R2 is the best when it comes to not becoming really noisy after a few years (the Nordmans on my Jetta are pretty noisy). I have R2's on the Alltrack and had them on the Eurovan (it now has the Rotiiva AT's on it and those thing are the best Nokians I've ever had for all year use). So, skiing up in VT and driving through big snowstorms and ice, the R2 works just fine.
Pros: works fine in snowstorms
Cons: Nordmans are pretty noisy
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Nokian's are essentially the best you can buy. If it's anything related to winter driving, the Finns know how to do it.
Pros: best you can buy
Can go wrong with Nokians, in my opinion. I've had several sets on Saabs, my JSW, Touareg, and currently run studded Hakkepellitas on the wife's fwd GSW 5 speed. I ran General artic studdless on my GSW 4 motion 6 speed last winter and was pleased with the performance of those as well.
Pros: pleased with performance
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
They did fine, not a great performing tire but for the price they aren't bad at all.
My biggest gripe was that you can't tell how much life it has left in the rear, since it had a smooth center. I just noticed mine showed cords one day.
Pros: fine for the price
Cons: can't tell life left
Stock Contis are history at 30K The roaring inside the cabin due to cupping has become unbearable, so I wear foam earplugs and my shooting muffs over them.
Cons: roaring inside the cabin
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
Mileage: 48280 km
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