Well I put my $$$ with bridgestone again..
After a great experience with the ws-70's on my previous 2011 forester.
I tirerack'ed up a set of ws-80s in 225/60r17 for the 2015 forester on steel wheels.
I tried shopping dtd but they only had yokohama ig-51v in my size.. and while I'm sure that's a good tire.
The price was only 50$ cheaper than tirerack.
If they had some kind of triple rebate deal I would have probably jumped on those.. at nearly the same price.. Tirerack won my business.
I paid a premium of aprox 15$ per tire to get blizzack ws-80's over other winter tires conti ewc, yoko ig-51v
I expect them to last me 3-5 seasons.
They were quite pricy at 900$.. at least they included the roadforce mount and balance (95$ locally)
The 135$ shipping charge was kind of over the top.. but I'm not driving 550miles to save 75$
final notes: I did consider some alternative sizes such as 215/60r17 235/60r17 but they were all T rated vs H rated for the size I ordered.
It may seem expensive but any kind of accident in the winter would surely cost more.
I also sold my previous set for about half the cost of these.
After a great experience with the ws-70's on my previous 2011 forester.
I tirerack'ed up a set of ws-80s in 225/60r17 for the 2015 forester on steel wheels.
I tried shopping dtd but they only had yokohama ig-51v in my size.. and while I'm sure that's a good tire.
The price was only 50$ cheaper than tirerack.
If they had some kind of triple rebate deal I would have probably jumped on those.. at nearly the same price.. Tirerack won my business.
I paid a premium of aprox 15$ per tire to get blizzack ws-80's over other winter tires conti ewc, yoko ig-51v
I expect them to last me 3-5 seasons.
They were quite pricy at 900$.. at least they included the roadforce mount and balance (95$ locally)
The 135$ shipping charge was kind of over the top.. but I'm not driving 550miles to save 75$
final notes: I did consider some alternative sizes such as 215/60r17 235/60r17 but they were all T rated vs H rated for the size I ordered.
It may seem expensive but any kind of accident in the winter would surely cost more.
I also sold my previous set for about half the cost of these.
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