Nitto NT421Q Tire... Any good?

[Beartots]

Bought a gently used CX9. To my surprise, it had winter tires on it.
I've been searching around the net, local dealers, across the border. I'm trying to decide between Michelin Latitudes or these Nitto NT421Q.
There is tons of info for the Michelin's, but not much for the Nittos - just marketing adds.

Anyone have experience with Nitto? I'm not familiar with their tires.

http://tirereviewsandmore.com/nitto-nt421q-reviews.php
http://www.discounttire.com/infonittont421q/nittont421q.html

 

[table5511]

I'm on my second set of Nitto NT850 CUV+ but I'm not in Canada, and they don't do very well in snow, but we only have slippery roads maybe 5-7 days out of the year in central Kentucky.

However, for every other category, they are a winner. Looking at the tread pattern, looks like they might do ok in light snow, but they might be loud on the highway.

I steer clear of Michelin/Goodyear/Bridgestone or any other of those as they tend to have really high prices and you don't get superior performance compared to other brands.

 

[Beartots]

We got a lot of rain here over the past few weeks. I drive through smooth suburb roads for 10 mins, then smooth highway roads for 60 mins, then lumpy-pot-holed city streets for another 30 mins 5 days a week. I must say these Nitto NT421Q are pretty quiet and have excellent dry and wet traction. I get a lot of open and empty roads during my commute to work - I'm on the road at 5:00am-6:30am in the morning. I have been known to test out the limits of my tires traction with some spirited driving on these empty streets and highways

So far, I'm happy with the Nitto's. Compared to the Michelin Lat's, Nitto cost was a lot less (less 50.00 or more per tire). 4 Tires installed, balanced and lifetime free tire rotation for $895.00 CAN is a good deal for my dolla dolla.

 

[bhales]

I'm on my second set of Nitto NT850 CUV+ but I'm not in Canada, and they don't do very well in snow, but we only have slippery roads maybe 5-7 days out of the year in central Kentucky.

However, for every other category, they are a winner. Looking at the tread pattern, looks like they might do ok in light snow, but they might be loud on the highway.

I steer clear of Michelin/Goodyear/Bridgestone or any other of those as they tend to have really high prices and you don't get superior performance compared to other brands.

just ordered a set of the 850 cuv+ for $673.40 OTD delivered to a installer near my house, that wont charge me to mount them