As an owner of CTC of 2 years almost, I live on dirt roads, and I drive a lot on dirt roads to do daily duties so my mix of driving on crap roads and good smooth roads is about 70/30.
Shortly after I got the van I got me some winter tires on steel wheels, Michelin X Ice and I was disappointed of their performance all together. After years of using Blizzaks these were a massive let down. They felt more like all season tires than a dedicated winter one.
Fast forward Nokian Outpost APT released a tire about 2 years ago for owners of SUVs and Crossovers with light offroad capabilities, and compound that works very well in the snow and Ice.
I got a set off amazon for 97$/tire and snagged some DGC wheels, some new TPMS sensors and bam for about 500$ I got a very sweet combo. Tried it today on first snow and Iced roads and I was shocked at the overall performance.
1st Grip on dirt roads is unreal, I used to spin my tires trying to take off on mud covered roads....not any more.
2nd ICE grip is identical to what a Blizzak tire did in the past.
3rd Noise is actually about the same as the all seasons, no humming.
4th. Comfort, I did not expect them to ride this nice but they are actually very pleasant tires, easily swallowing most road imperfections with reduced chassis impacts. Cant say that for the old all seasons.
5th Finally the looks which I cant get over. Looks absolutely perfect in my eyes.
Enough talk here are some pictures.
Shortly after I got the van I got me some winter tires on steel wheels, Michelin X Ice and I was disappointed of their performance all together. After years of using Blizzaks these were a massive let down. They felt more like all season tires than a dedicated winter one.
Fast forward Nokian Outpost APT released a tire about 2 years ago for owners of SUVs and Crossovers with light offroad capabilities, and compound that works very well in the snow and Ice.
I got a set off amazon for 97$/tire and snagged some DGC wheels, some new TPMS sensors and bam for about 500$ I got a very sweet combo. Tried it today on first snow and Iced roads and I was shocked at the overall performance.
1st Grip on dirt roads is unreal, I used to spin my tires trying to take off on mud covered roads....not any more.
2nd ICE grip is identical to what a Blizzak tire did in the past.
3rd Noise is actually about the same as the all seasons, no humming.
4th. Comfort, I did not expect them to ride this nice but they are actually very pleasant tires, easily swallowing most road imperfections with reduced chassis impacts. Cant say that for the old all seasons.
5th Finally the looks which I cant get over. Looks absolutely perfect in my eyes.
Enough talk here are some pictures.