Tires for Forrester

[ksalous]

I have a 2000 Forester S and am shopping for a new set of all season tires.
I will be driving in snow conditions here in Toronto, Canada. Could you
please help me make the right decision?

thanks,

khaled

 

[Y2KRedMustang]

I replaced the original tires on my '04 XT with Bridgestone G 009's. These
are all season unidirectional tires. They perform great in dry and wet
(rain) weather and this week had a chance to drive them in a very snow
Denver weather and they performed flawlessly.

 

[Daya]

I just installed a new set of Michelin HydroEdge on my 03 Forester XS MT
which has 82000km already. I am driving in Toronto too. The original tire
(Geolandar) is not VERY bad as somebody said in this group. However, I can
feel the big difference after I installed the Michelin. I chose this all
season tire because it performs very good on dry, wet and snow as stated in
1010tire.com and other reviews. Moreover, it is rated 130,000km. The only
thing is that it is quite expensive (C$140 a piece) and don't have the
whiteletter on the side. I haven't had a chance to try it out in snow yet.
But I found out it is (comparing to Geolandar) quieter, more grip on wet and
stable. The other choice is the Goodyear Assurance TripleTred.
Quite a few stores in Toronto can install the tire (with balancing etc) for
free. So you just have to pay the tire price plus tax.

 

[Rhesus Monkey]

I have a set too and so far they have been excellent. Have not driven in
snow yet either.

 

[Chris Phillipo]

Subject: Re: Tires for Forrester
From: "Rhesus Monkey" <(e-mail address removed)>
Newsgroups: alt.autos.subaru

I have a set too and so far they have been excellent. Have not driven in
snow yet either.

Same here and I drive them hard, no noticeable wear yet, I have Michelin
X-ice for winter but I'm going to leave the Hydroedge on for the first
snow to see how they perform. They work surprisingly well on wet packed
dirt roads.