New winter tires today. Switching things up and went with the Falken Eurowinter HS449 (225/45R17-XL-94V) this time.
Ran the previous Bridgestone WS80 for 4 winters and then scrubbed the rest of them off over the summer. Very happy with the tire and will say they made for a very good all-season tire. At the end of their life they were quite greasy in the wet (like any tire would be) but will say the dry, snow, ice traction was still pretty good. I'd guess I had about 2-4mm left on them.
Have only driven 3 kms so far so no real reports but will say things are MUCH quieter now as the WS80s sounded like monster truck tires at the end.
Picture of the new tire tread.
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