[Long_Voyager94]

Oddly enough, despite being an "Economy brand" of Goodyear, I'll put anything Douglas on long before you could pay me to put anything Goodyear on a vehicle. I have never had a Goodyear tire that wasn't garbage.

I won't touch anything Firestone either, they tend to last forever, but they always ride rough, they're always noisy, and they always tend to be terrible in winter.

Same deal with Kelly tires. Some of the noisiest, worst riding tires I have ever experienced.

I however swear by the General Altimax RTs for an all around all season tire. They wear wonderfully, ride wonderful, are quiet on the highway, and are amazing in the winter. So much so that since I got summer wheels I just continue using the Altimax RTs as my winter wheels.
I prefer them to the more expensive Michelins and Continentals because they don't get noisy and lose traction as they wear, which is something every set of Michelins or Continentals we've had have done. They're always amazing when they're new, but once they get under 7/32 tread they become noticeably noisy and they lose a noticeable amount of grip for winter/wet use. The Generals however stay quiet and keep their grip right down to the wear bars.

My summer tires are Hankook Ventus S1 Noble in a 235/50r19 and they have been wonderful for the last 3 seasons. They handle well, they're quiet, and they have been good in the wet. I intend to have another set installed on the summer wheels this spring when I pull them out of storage.

 

[Long_Voyager94]

Have 30,000 miles on same General tires you mentioned, they appear now that they will easily surpass 50,000 miles. I rotate them every 10K

I've gotten 40-50k out of each set I've had. I usually replace tires around the 5-6/32 tread mark though as I have to deal with winter use, so I could easily have made 60-70k out of them in a non-winter climate.

 

[Long_Voyager94]

I'd love to know the secret to getting mileage out of a set of tires. I am on set number 7 with just under 90k miles on my 2015 T&C. I've had Goodyear, Uniroyal, and Michelin and have not had one go beyond 15k. Alignment is perfect and wear even just always quickly.

I get 50k miles on my General Altimax RT43s. I replace them with 5/32 tread remaining due to needing to drive them in winter safely.
They get rotated every other oil change, so every 8k miles.
They get checked from proper 36psi inflation regularly as well.

 

[Long_Voyager94]

I'd love to have that problem. The last three Goodyear sets were all replaced under the mileage guarantee, and have tried Assurance ComfortTred, Assurance WeatherReady, to now the Assurance ComfortDrive. I swear I'm going with some Wrangler ATs next, because this is ridiculous.

Stop buying Goodyear crap and your problem will go away.

 

[Long_Voyager94]

I had the original Defenders way back when. A slight skim of wet snow and they were like slicks. Scary tires, they were.

I see Tirerack has two Defenders listed and snow traction seems to vary accordingly.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=ST

I don't see their tread blocks being open enough to shed slush or get a bite in snow. Very seldom have I come across an all season tire that has open tread blocks for good snow bite.

Toyo Celsius CUV.

I have them on my Pacifica and they are better than some winter tires I've used in the past. They have 35k miles on them currently, still at 7/32 tread, hold the road wonderfully, and ride great.