I’m confused - did you lose a tire, and you’re looking for a long-term spare option? Both your summer and winter tires are smaller than a 2007-2015 CX-9’s tires, and the 2016-2023 CX-9’s tires are bigger still.
That's what I'm seeing on the configurator, but it also shows the Turbo S Premium Sport on the exterior view, so I'm not confident they're done with the updates, yet.
Pro tip: the teeth of the physical key are just the right width to fit in the groove that runs around the edge of your fob. The key makes a pretty excellent prying tool.
Great that you’re already doing your homework.
Two of Tire Rack’s top performers in the wet are available in 225/65R17 - the CrossContact LX25 and the Geolandar CV G058 (sorry if you’re gun-shy about Yokohamas, but they’re apparently pretty great tires). Those are on my short list of...
Crap… I got so hung up on your questions about the Yokohamas, I ignored the rest of your post.
Are you mostly concerned about spring/summer storm chasing? Are you open to using dedicated winter tires? Is off-road capability going to be a concern?
I’m not sure if all Geolandar G91As have been OE tires, but I know that I had them as OE on a 2007 RAV4 - one of those bad Tire Rack reviews is mine. You can’t really say anything about a replacement model of a tire when the same brand (including model and sub-model) gets used by an OEM and is...