Time to replace the tires on my wife's 2012 Jeep Patriot, Latitude 4x4 with 215/60R17s. Pretty straight treads on now, fine in the summer but not much for traction in the winter. Looking for a good winter tire for snow/ice/safety. Any recommendations? What are you all running? Something that is good in winter but won't drive her nuts in the summer with a ton of road noise/bad mpgs...

JS

Whatever Michelin you can buy at your local Sam's Club.

They will have superior wear and mpg over most everyone else.

R.

I have Michelin LTX's on my ram 1500 4x4. They wear very well, but do not do so good in snow. Okay in fresh un-driven snow, poor on packed snow/ice.

I also have Treadwrights on another set of rims. They are excellent in snow, but wear fast and need tire rotations or they get noisy.

Trying to get everything in one tire limits the ability to be really good at any one thing.

I just installed a set of General Altimax RT43 on our CX-7 (same class as your Patriot). This is a brand new tire from General with really good road test reviews. In the 2 weeks I have driven on them, I have encountered cold rain conditions (just above freezing), light snow (2-3"), bitter cold conditions (sub-zero temps with both dry pavement and drifted areas), and heavier snow fall. This 2 ton wagon rides smooth, quiet, and like it's on rails!

I am truly impressed with these tires (FWD with ETC, no 4x4)! On the CX-7, there is only ONE tire available, and that's the Bridgestone Dueller the factory shipped them with. There is NO WAY I'd ever get another set of those! Noisy, lousy ride, surprisingly excellent wet traction, no traction on all other conditions.

I had to plus-size to get the Generals (I'm now 0.2" less in diameter and 1/2" wider than stock). I paid a whopping $460.00 for the four 225-65R17 delivered from Tire Rack, and had them installed at the local Ford dealership (a Tire Rack recommended installer) for exactly ZERO DOLLARS!!!

I'm not sure how anyone can beat a deal like this!!!!

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=General&tireModel=AltiMAX+RT43

Just a bump to make sure you see this. I am REALLY liking these tires!!!!

I put Michelin LTX/2 on my wife's 4x4 Liberty. Far superior to the Coopers that were on it before. Have not done snow yet but wet and mild off road no issues. This is a better tire than the older LTX.

I have a set of Fuzions on our Nitro, work very well so far. Quiet on the road, worked well in the snow, and won't break the bank.


http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Fuzion&tireModel=SUV

SUV(Highway All-Season)

I'm running a distant cousin to the Patriot - a Caliber. When the OE Firestone's proved very poor in the snow I got dedicated snow tires & wheels from the Tire Rack in a 16" "minus" size. I got Pirilla's as Blizzaks were sold out. Delivered to my door in a couple days mounted and balanced and worked great. Similar packages are available for your Patriot. It looks like ~$800 would get 16" aluminum wheels and tires delivered to you (Brigstone Blizzaks, best I believe). If you want to stick to an all season on your current wheels, it sounds like the generals mentioned above are very good or Michelin or Cooper.