nacra55uni
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Gladly replaced the Bridgestones at 29K miles. Local tire store recommended Goodyear Eagle RS-A (255/50R20). Can't comment on snow yet, but wet traction is worlds better and the car also seems to be less prone to poor tracking.
Keep in mind that wider tires are poor for snow.
Gladly replaced the Bridgestones at 29K miles. Local tire store recommended Goodyear Eagle RS-A (255/50R20). Can't comment on snow yet, but wet traction is worlds better and the car also seems to be less prone to poor tracking.
If your CX-9 is navigation equipped, make sure you do a tire calibration. This should be done with every new set of tires, especially if you've gone to an off-size.
I did the calculations a while back when I was considering this size, the speedo error is about 3%. Like I said, though, the nav system can adjust for it.
In the end, I went with Yokohama Spec-X in the factory 245-50-R20 102V.
Here in Michigan we just had our first taste of snow covered roads. The Bridgestone Dueler HL 400's are maybe the WORST tire I have experienced on an AWD vehicle in snow. They border on being actually unsafe on packed snow. Check out the comments on this tire at Tirerack.com and you'll see that the responses are not complimentary about their winter performance. I have a set of Goodyear Eagle RS-A's being installed on Tuesday. I'll report on how they work.
!!URGENT!! - If you are looking for replacement tires to the H/L 400 tires that came oem on the Mazda CX-9 GT LOOK no more. I have done research and asked around, checked Tire Rack and could not find a tire that had any good reviews, good years, pirelli, yokohomo, all of them had the same flaws as the 400's! I was not wanting to spend $ on replacement tires that were just as bad as 400's!
The standard tires on the GT version are 245/50-20, I spoke with the guys at Firestone and used a tire calculator and looks like I can order Bridgestone H/L Alenza 255/50-20 size tire and still have it fit. I should be getting them installed Saturday, if any of you decide to wait and see how they do for me, we are expecting snow on saturday and I will post back on how they do in the snow. So far from what I've read I have very high expectations. If you decide to go this route, the tires are brand new in this size and the tire shops might tell you they are not available yet, they are but the shop will need to order them from the factory.
Got 2,000 miles on my Toyo Proxes ST II's. Still going strong. Very good grip in the wet. No winter use yet.
We bought an '08 GT a few weeks ago and like everyone else have been completely flabbergasted at how terrible the Duellers are in snow. Even with light braking or slow turns the car has been sliding all over the place and we have had at least two near accidents. My wife is too nervous to drive it to work and has elected to drive an old Protege that we almost never use.
Obviously winter tires are better, but I never experienced such poor performance with the all-seasons of my previous SUV. These tires should NOT be on any CX9 sold in northern climates.
I am now trying to find winter tires (Blizzaks or anything else) but every place that I have tried in the Toronto area are sold out. So if I can't find any winter tires in a reasonable amount of time, I will probably try to replace the Duellers with all-seasons that have some decent (read: better) traction in the snow. Could anyone give a recommendation?