Help me pick a snow tire

Stiff sidewalls and larger voids make for great Rallyx tires (Cooper Weathermaster ST2).
My wife prefers Blizzaks and Haka's. She says the minivan turns into a monster truck that can plow through anything.

It's that time of year again, giving this thread a bump!

Now through Sept 11th General is giving $50 off, and through Sept 28th Tirerack is doing $50 off as well! Combined, $100 off the General's through Sept 11th, just in time for me to get my bonus this Friday and buy a set.

Last year, I bought 215/70R-16 General Altimax Arctic for my Y2K RAV4. Man, those things are good.

I'll cast another voted for the General Altimax Artics. They are fantastic.

beans wrote: It's that time of year again, giving this thread a bump! Now through Sept 11th General is giving $50 off, and through Sept 28th Tirerack is doing $50 off as well! Combined, $100 off the General's through Sept 11th, just in time for me to get my bonus this Friday and buy a set.

Holy crap! $148.96 plus shipping for FOUR awesome Miata tires!

Thanks for the heads up on the rebates.

This will be the last winter for the Blizzaks. Getting old and worn. Due to the higher price of new Blizzaks I most likely will go with the Generals next time.

I concur, thanks for the tip on pricing & rebates. I missed the end-of-season snow tire deals this spring so this is great timing as well.

I'm looking for a set of 225/55R17 or 235/55R17 snows to go on 7.5" rims. The Generals are pretty well regarded with 10+ million miles worth of reviews. Any opinions here on some other potential options? The Firestone Winterforce are still cheapest after rebate but I see mixed reviews on their performance. Also, the Yohokama Iceguard IG52C and Goodyear Ultragrip Winter both seem comparable.

I have a set of the Yokohama Iceguards on my Camry. They were a good tire in the ice until the magic layer wore off. It did take a while for that to happen. I don't buy Firestone since a set of those almost killed me 30 years ago, after almost killing my wife. Yeah, I hold a grudge.

Woody wrote:

beans wrote: It's that time of year again, giving this thread a bump! Now through Sept 11th General is giving $50 off, and through Sept 28th Tirerack is doing $50 off as well! Combined, $100 off the General's through Sept 11th, just in time for me to get my bonus this Friday and buy a set.

Holy crap! $148.96 plus shipping for FOUR awesome Miata tires!

Got my set in two days from TireRack! Great service as always.

Do I really NEED winter tires in Oklahoma? Probably not, but...