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Initial Review, 50,600 Miles on Tires
April 08, 2013

I have a set of these Michelin LX4 on my Odyssey EXL. I had always been happy with Michelin in the past on my Honda Accords and Nissan. They are generally more quiet than any other tires of comparable costs, particularly when they get olders (35K+). This set performs well for the most part with no exception. I rotated my tires every 7.5K so they wear evenly and keep the pressure between 35 to 40 psi depending on the weather (high pressure during the winter months). They are very quiet on the city and highway unless the road surface have grooves but never pave up in some states. I'd say that we did about 30K on high way and 20K in city. They are probably good for another 4-5K in the summer before I have to replace them. The tires traction is very good in dry, wet or light snow conditions now that the tread had worn out but it is used to be good in 4-6 in" of snow too when it was newer. I will likely replace them with the Michelin Defender which has a better tire life (60K+) for almost the same price. I think if the Defender is quiet as this tire, I will be happy.

Initial Review, 91,000 Miles on Tires
March 01, 2013

I drive to work 176 miles round trip everyday on a Civic that has over 500,000 miles on it..I've tried different tires and these so far have been the best for the money. With a car with this many miles on it, you can say I know my car very well. I liked so much that I have them on my Old's mini van and my wife's 2006 Civic.

Initial Review, 7,000 Miles on Tires
February 13, 2013

I am from Montreal and ordered them and have them installed in the US. The whole process was smooth.

The tires are quite good for winter conditions. I get amazing traction in almost all situations. We have had a few serious snow storms and a few days of freezing rain. I have never had any problems accelerating, braking and cornering. I rarely engage the ABS. I don't have traction control but my tires don't spin even on ice. I use to drive a Nissan Rogue AWD for the winter with Michelin's x-ice and i can tell you that my Corolla with Altimax feels similar, my FWD combined with these tires are just as secure.
The noise level of these tires are however louder than my previous winter tires. That is expected with its aggressive tread design. Same reason why the dry traction and steering response is rated lower. Under hard acceleration, the steering input is often irresponsive. You should expect a .5-.7ms second delay between your steering input and the vehicle's action.

Depending on how long they'll last, probably will buy again.

Initial Review, 6,000 Miles on Tires
February 21, 2013

Great tires, they have a real nice ride. they also get great traction and are not to noisy. I would for sure buy them again !!!

Initial Review, 6,000 Miles on Tires
March 01, 2013

This is the first set of snow tires i've purchased, after trying to simply get by with all season tires in a region where it is quite snowy in the winter. The tires perform extremely well in the snow, and I've driven on snow covered highways, and up and down pretty steep hills. I would definitely buy the tires again, for a winter scenario. I've noticed a bit more "wander" with the tires, and they are noisy but the agressive tread is going to lead to increased noise. But overall, the snow traction is very very good. In fact, I think i have better traction with my Altimax-Arctic equipped FWD minivan now than my 4WD F150 (with very good tires) in the snow.

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
February 22, 2013

Great tire, very quiet, almost forget about the studs. Seem to be wearing better than my previous Firestone's which became Very loud as they wore. At 3000 miles I am very happy with the General Altimax's.

Initial Review, 7,000 Miles on Tires
March 14, 2013

Great wet and dry traction..very good handling....but the road noise is unacceptable!
Have tried all diff pressures..still far to much noise!! Always had great success with General Tires, but these are terrible to live with.

Initial Review, 1,000 Miles on Tires
March 14, 2013

fare tire will use agian

Initial Review, 60 Miles on Tires
February 21, 2013

I am using these tires on the front of a 1967 Volkswagen Squareback. I love these tires. They are perfect for this car and I drive like a madman in a rallycar!

Initial Review, 37,000 Miles on Tires
March 14, 2013

After 30000 miles, the winter performance was gone. Stopping in light snow or ice has always been poor, but got noticeably worse after a few years.

Initial Review, 3,500 Miles on Tires
February 07, 2013

These tires are awesome in the snow what a difference from the summer tires last year. No sliding no skidding they get traction everywhere. Nice job general for making a good affordable tire for people to buy.

Initial Review, 2,000 Miles on Tires
March 12, 2013

These tires turned my Golf into a snow mobile. I've had zero problems driving on very treacherous roads in Belgium where they don't treat roads during or after snow/ice storms. They seem tough and handle the roughest roads well and most roads here are very narrow, not straight, and riddled with heaves and holes. I do not have studs installed on these tires.

Initial Review, 5,000 Miles on Tires
March 14, 2013

the tire handled well in 6" snow on an incline up driveway
first true snow tire
will buy same for wife's car

Initial Review, 3,000 Miles on Tires
November 05, 2012

I put these on my son 2004 Saturn L100. It's no race car so at $74.00 per tire and ranked so high on the survey I figured why not? What a great tire. It is such a quiet smooth riding tire! They handled great in the rain and light snow. The "Sam's" only major manufature brand he had couldn't even get him up a slight incline here in NC when some snow fell. I was honestly really surprised how well these tires rode, handled, and great treadwear for such a low price. This might be one of best bang for the buck tires going.

Initial Review, 16,000 Miles on Tires
March 30, 2013

I have had my TL for nearly 10 years and 175K miles. During that time, the only real complaint I had was it chew up tires. I generally got 18-20K per set, no matter the brand (Bridgestone, Michelin, Pirelli, BF Goodrich, Yokahama), but I got 30K out of my first set of these Continentals (50% more miles and much more reasonable cost, with no performance loss at all!). Could not be more pleased.

Initial Review, 4,837 Miles on Tires
March 22, 2013

I ordered 2 sets of these tires ( both studded, hence the lower dry traction score and noise ) with new steel rims, one set for my brother who has the identical vehicle. I have just over 7780 kms on these, ordered October 15th, installed on the 22nd of October.

These tires are AMAZING in the snow, and equally competent on ice with the carbide studs. Wear seems to be non-existant, however I haven't measured the tread depth. The only downside to having studded tires though is the noise, which is more annoying at lower speeds in town, as well as reduced traction braking and accelerating on dry road in the winter.

With the traction control off, you can break them loose in wet snow, but it takes a bit of throttle to do so. With traction control on, this car is like a 4x4, I managed to climb about a 25 degree incline with about 5 inches of fresh wet snow ( back lane that didn't get plowed ) without losing forward momentum, although the traction light was flickering.

If you live in the snow belt, you need these tires. If you also have a lot of ice in the winter ( melt/freeze cycles + rain and snow ) you need them studded. What a difference over driving most of my life on all seasons.

Initial Review, 200 Miles on Tires
March 26, 2013

Time will tell with the tires. From the other reviews I read before my purchase I'm sure that these will be a good tire for my purpose.
I purchased these with new ENKEI M52 hyper black wheels and the combination looks great on my black car. I ordered on a Saturday , received 2 that Tuesday and the other 2 that Wednesday, all in perfect condition.

Initial Review, 24,500 Miles on Tires
March 29, 2013

Nice tires resonable price. Good weather tires perform well but off road or snow they are lacking. Tread wear is very good and they stay in balance very well as they wear. There is no difference in mpg from the original Wranglers tho. In general I would buy then again.

Initial Review, 5,700 Miles on Tires
March 28, 2013

unbeliveably quiet tires. i cannot judge treadwear, but these were one of the lower price tires in my size from a major tire company in southeastern Michigan. Traction appears very good.

Initial Review, 15,000 Miles on Tires
March 20, 2013

i bought these tires in 2010. i put them on my vehicle on the monday following thanksgiving day and remove them between march 15th & april 1st. i had them studded and recommend anyone buying them to do the same. i have probably 3-4 years life left in them. they far exceeded any expectations i had for them. i drive on dry roads, rainy roads, snow and ice with full confidence i am going to arrive safely. i know i can travel at the posted speed limits even in icy conditions. i will be buying them again when i or if i need another set. buy these and drive with confidence.