New CX5 owner question

[KingR]

I recently purchased a 2025 CX-5 Premium Turbo, Regarding the Toyo A36 tires, first drive of the day the ride feels a little rough, bumpy almost like tires are not well balanced, this lasts for about 2-3 minutes then things smooth out, I live in a cold weather region so tires are cold first drive, I did notice this on my test drive (different vehicle) but it did smooth out,
So I guess my question is do others feel a bit of a rough ride first drive in cold weather with the Toyo A36 tires.
Really like the car otherwise

Thanks

 

[N7turbo]

All tires get hard in cold weather, so yes.

Also check the pressure and make sure they are correct.

 

[Saskabush]

It's called "square tires". The portion of the tire that touches ground freezes into that flat shape and takes a bit a movement for the rubber to heat up and become flexible enough again. I find it happens below about -15C for non-winter tires. Low tire pressure (which also happens in cold weather) makes it worse.

I highly recommend investing in some dedicated winter tires if you live where this happens. Even if you don't get snow/ice, regular tires rubber compound becomes very hard (like a hockey puck) in cold temps and you lose a massive amount of traction. Winter tires stay flexible in cold temps and will have much better grip even on dry pavement.

 

[jadmt]

I live in Montana so we get cold weather..I actually think the Toyo A36 handled winter weather just fine.. I did put Michelin CC2's on last year and they work great too. We do a lot of winter road trips and neither tire has let me down. I do way more of this type of driving as we go back and forth between Minnesota often