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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Michelin, Continental, Pirelli are my preferences in that order.
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I don't think I've had Michelin or Continental winter tires. I've had Yokohama, Bridgestone and Pirelli for sure. I currently have a brand new set of Pirellis on my car and a brand new set of Blizzaks (Bridgestone) on my daughter's car. The Blizzaks are way better than the Pirellis, so I'd at least slide Bridgestone above Pirelli in your list.
That being said, when I was younger and had less money, I did buy some no-name winter tires from Walmart once. They were very good. Basically any winter tire is very good versus an all season, IMO, so you can't really fata this up and there's no need to overthink it.
I had Blizzaks on my work F-150 for four seasons. Not much can help a truck be good in the winter...they're just the worst. When I needed new summer tires I just bought All Weather tires and use them year-round now. Much better than all seasons and barely worse than winters on a truck. Can't stress this enough - trucks are awful in the winter compared to every other type of vehicle. Always have to do one of these
when people buy a truck to be safe in winter. No, a RWD vehicle with the lightest rear end is the actual worst, unless you want to leave it in 4x4 all the time
in case you hit some black ice, thereby fataing up your diffs and killing your fuel economy.