Originally Posted By: edyvw
Originally Posted By: Indydriver
Great tire from the industry leader in winters.
Are you serious? On biggest market for winter tires (that would be Europe, not North America) Bridgestone is just average performer. Continental, Semperit, Vredestein, Good Year (Europe), Pirelli, Dunlop, Michelin are always performing better.
Problem is, we do not get here those tires. Continental is for 10 years ahead of everyone in winter tires for mid-size cars, but they are keeping those tires away from NA. Dunlop is leader for a long time in high-performance winter tires, and they bring them here, but they are designed mostly for Euro high performance cars.
I have several cars in Europe, driving them in winter on Continetal TS850, Michelin Alpin A4, Good Year Ultra Grip 8, and here in the US I drive one car on Blizzak LM-60 and one on WS-70. They do not come even close to those tires I mentioned.
You can buy most of the same Winters as sold in Finland / Sweden / Russia etc here in Canada, including the ones you specifically mentioned.
If you want you could try an online reseller based in Canada (eg 1010 Tires) to see if you can get them delivered to you in Colorado.
I'm running Continental ExtremeWinterContacts on the PT Cruiser right now; like them for overall. They are not as good as the best winters on glare ice or polished hard pack snow, but come close, and better in all other winter driving conditions.
For the Truck I like Cooper Weatheralls; the Euro-spec Winters in a LT Load Range C or better don't last beyond the second winter, maybe 6,000 miles (10,000 Km).
