So I went to michelin the other day and was recommended there rugged tarrains. They want $213 a tire. Im not going there I've found them much cheaper $163 a tire. But I've been reading about the grabber at2's and they got better reviews. So what do you guys drive on ?


keep in mind I live in Canada and in the city so I get lots of snow in the winter and I do a lot of city driving. But Ido like to crawl around in the woods and mud back roads ect....

Am a little worried about my gas mileage with these tires. So has your mpg gone down alot with either of these tires?

thanks for your input

 

I've heard the Grabbers are good tires, but have heard many reports of them wearing out quickly.

Never been a fan of Michelins. Very hard tires usually, not typically a good thing for ice, at least not here in the north, central USA. I am assuming Canada isn't much different in the winter, maybe even worse.

When my factory tires wear out, which will be after this coming winter or not much longer, I plan on grabbing some Hankooks. Hankook Dynapro ATMs are very nice tires. Only common complaints I've seen about them is that you don't want to go rock climbing with them. When my wife had them on her Durango before we traded that in, her MPGs went down only by about 0.5 and they were great tires in the winter.

 

I loved mu Hankook Dynapros. Some did say they were soft, but like Jason said, if your not rock climbing or jumping curbs they do great. Nice looking tire, too.

 

Here in the far Southwest US, we don't get much snow or ice and even off road there's rarely any mud. So aggressive snow tires aren't required and do tend to sing, become unstable, and rob mileage out on the highway (our interstate runs along at slightly more than 80 mph.)

I'm running Hankook Optimo tires that the previous owner but on the truck ('96, 5.2, automatic, 4wd.) I have no overwhelming feelings about the tires--they handle well in the city and on the highway and are wearing very well, I guess. The nice thing about them is that they are inexpensive.

I think that for snow/offroad tires, part of what one pays for with Michelins is the brand name. If I'm going to pay for a name on the sidewall, I've had very good results in the past with Generals and BF Goodrich. Especially BF Goodrich.

 

I'm running Dynapro MTs on my Dakota and I'm happy with them. I've taken them rock crawling, mudding, and on interstate road trips with no problems. They've also been wearing like iron.

On my Blazer, I'm running Toyo Open Country MTs and I like those too, but I haven't put nearly as many miles on them as the Hankooks, so I can't really comment on them yet.

 

Well were I am in canada its hit and miss for bad winters there always cold as hell. but some years we get tons of snow like last year. And some we get almost nothing like the year before that.

 

Well im gonna look I to those tires and see what they will run me lol
thanks for the help everyone