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Tires Nexen or Laufenn
The Nexens without a second thought... Those N'Fera SU1 tires are excellent tires and Nexen has arguably the best warranty in the tire industry.
Pros: excellent tires, best warranty
I received and installed a set of 4 Laufenn X Fit HP tires for my '18 Odyssey today. On my 38-mile commute back home, tires are smooth, and noise is normal to very low.
Pros: smooth, low noise
Cons: difficult mounting
Vehicle:
Honda Odyssey
Mileage: 61 km
I’ve owned a lot of VWs, and this is the only one that has not consumed any oil from the very beginning. I’ve actually joked that I’m concerned about that. I kept my previous 2016 GTI until I bought this car last year - 212K miles and it consumed about a quart and a half between 5K interval changes, ever since new. In fact all of my VWs have consumed something since new and that amount never really changed, so I do believe it is most likely build tolerances and luck of the draw. That said, I wouldn’t hesitate to drive a car that consumed a reasonable amount these days and I consider that normal. Build quality has been better than I expected for a car in this price range. Comfort is very good, but it’s not what I would call sporty in any way (coming from a GTI). some people complain about the lag on acceleration but I believe that is the transmission programming and there are ways you can drive it that minimize that. I think the Nexen tires are decent enough and they seem to wearing well.
Pros: no oil consumption, decent wear
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Mileage: 30000 km
I have the nexens on my golf R and they are perfectly serviceable winter tires. Would buy them again no problem
Pros: serviceable winter tires
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
We ran those Nexens for a few years on a Ford Focus RS AWD in winter and it's a solid tire... The Michelin is a better tire especially on ice, but for $150 less I would take the Nexens again. This is in ND, so winters can get pretty extreme and they perform well.
Pros: solid tire, performs well
Vehicle:
Ford Focus
Bought my truck in 2019 at 55k miles with NEXEN tires, it’s 2024 98k miles and still in the green for discount tires tread chart (8/32”). I was told they are cheap tires but they’re quiet and have held up great.
Pros: quiet, held up great
Cons: cheap tires
Mileage: 157725 km
Been running them for 3 winters and they've been great.
Pros: great winter performance
I currently use these tires. They're rated to last 60,000 miles but I don't think they lasted more than 30,000 or 2 years for me.
Cons: short lifespan
Mileage: 48280 km
Can't tell for EV, but my nexens on kodiaq lasted like 20k and already fronts were down to 3mm.
Cons: fronts down to 3mm
Vehicle:
Skoda Kodiaq
Mileage: 20000 km
I had some nexens on a passat years ago, absolute trash. Traction was so bad I could spin them with the crappy 5 cyl on dry pavement
Pros: spin on dry pavement
Cons: absolute trash
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Passat
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