Winter Tires

CapeCoaler wrote:I have almost 180k on 2 sets of tires...
the factory set...
and a set of toyo's
must be all that sand on The Cape...
Not winter tires but...
If you are only getting 25k they better be snows...

Funny you should say that, it seems I got the best mileage so far from running used blizzaks year round

What vehicle do you drive?

I bought the General AT2 tires back in Sept of 2012. And so far they are wearing evenly and thats a good thing with the roads around here. Front end alignments take a beating out here. My 01 Silverado has performed very well with these tires in 2 wheel drive and even better in 4wheel. I would buy these again and have reccomended these to others.

jpd989 wrote:I bought the General AT2 tires back in Sept of 2012. And so far they are wearing evenly and thats a good thing with the roads around here. Front end alignments take a beating out here. My 01 Silverado has performed very well with these tires in 2 wheel drive and even better in 4wheel. I would buy these again and have reccomended these to others.

It's good to hear some encouraging news on these tires jpd. I really did my homework on them. I had a nice set of 5 spoke 18" rims that I wanted to put these on. The rims really looked great on the truck. Unfortunately I couldn't get my hands on the 18" AT2's. Everyone was out of stock for weeks. So I end up using the 17" rims which still look pretty good. It was good in a way, I saved 50 bucks a tire, plus gained some oomph and gas mileage by losing the rotational mass of the heavier rims and tires.

Used to live in S.Canaan so I know what you mean about the roads in these parts. All turns, Ups and Downs. It can be a lot of fun driving those roads, but the chip and tar surface is tough. Not to mention at that time I was driving a '95 Dodge 1/2 ton reg cab short box. Very short wheelbase and a solid front axle. Thing rode like a jeep but it was as durable as hell.

I see we're neighbors. I'm in the Mid-Valley area.

Joe

Have a gmc sierra 1500 with the 5.3...
Had fun with cars...
too many chats with the cops about the use of the right foot...
Did make it from hyannis and across the dover delaware bridge in under 6 hrs..
and made the florida state line in 18 hrs...

So far so good on these General AT2s. I got a great deal from the tire shop and I will be going to him for all my future tire needs. And I forgot to mention they are not all that annoying on the highway at 65mph, orabove.

That is why i went with the Toyo...
Road noise was very minimal for a truck tire...
I see more sand than snow...
The price was reasonable...
Went with an E-rated tire...