All Weather Premium Touring Tyres

Of all the tire sets I've owned, these were so good, with so little to complain about, that I bought another set on closeout! Absolutely, would put them on all my Subarus. Alas, Goodyear has updated so on to something else.

70000 mile warranty and tires completely worn out at 29000 miles with conservative driving

Just wanted to give my review of my new-ish Bridgestone Ultraweather tires. For context, my car previously had the Continental ProContact TX, which came factory installed from VW. I live in New England, so I wanted to try some all-weather tires for the snow as the car is FWD. I have had all-weather tires before, with Michelin CC 2 on my previous Acura ILX.

So far, it's certainly softer than the Continental's the car came with. The handling does feel less precise / responsive, but not by much. On highway on-ramps, for example, it feels a little bit more floaty than before. My 2022 Passat isn't exactly the sharpest handling to begin with. In dry conditions, the car stops great, once again, way shorter than my previous tires. I'm not sure what metrics will show, but in real world, it's certainly improved for me. It also feels confident in wet conditions. It's only October and I got the tires in August, so I haven't had a chance to drive them in snow yet.

In comparison to the Michelin CC 2s, I would argue that the Ultraweathers are both more comfortable & quieter than the Michelin's. Handling wise, the Michelin's were a bit better, and it handled great in the snow. I'll update my review for these tires after my first snow, but no regrets to this point with the UltraWeather purchase. I was considering the Continental SecureContact AW before purchasing these, but I was a bit disappointed in the performance in the ProContacts that the car came with, hence why I decided not to. The Ultraweathers are also symmetrical, so easier rotations wherever I go. I've unfortunately had rotations done incorrectly with asymmetrical tires in the past.

On a par with Continental DWS06 in wet and dry handling.
Despite 3PMS rating, less grip in snow than expected.

My car came with police issued Goodyear. They were noisy and terrible rolling resistance. Which led to horrible MPG. Cross Climate 2's a definite upgrade in every way. Most importantly better stopping in the rain and snow.
Curious how much better the Cross Climate 3's could actually be. I guess I have a lot of miles ahead of me before I find out.

Much quieter than previous Russian Nokian effort. No tread separation issues yet (it is an American made Nokian).

These tires are actually dangerous. They have basically zero grip on dry roads. They don't even have enough grip to activate my ABS they just slide on dry pavement, its 10x worse in the rain. Cornering at normal speeds and the tires start screaming like they are at edge of their grip. I drive a WRX and these tires have seriously handicapped the car. These tires take confidence away from you. A 9 year old set of Hankook's had easily 2x the grip in wet and dry condition. THese are dangerous tires and I cannot recommend them to anyone, I will feel bad when I sell them because they are so dangerous.

11,000 miles in on the CC2s on a heavy Kia EV9 Wind. Our most worn rear tire is measuring 8.25/32" center, 7.75-8/32" edges. So we're maybe 30% in to the usable life of the tire and might get 35,000 miles out of them; more if we rotate with the fronts (which are at 9-9.25/32" center, mid-8s edges). Not amazing, but also not terrible for a heavy car with tons of torque put to good use. We've driven these in snow maybe a dozen times and they've been very good. Most of the rest of the driving is boring dry pavement, where they've also been very good. No complaints other than price, which is absurd ($370/ea for the XL / 113 load rating).

Initial impressions after driving on the tires (215/60R16 on an AWD 2016 Mazda CX-3) new for about 750 kilometers/little under 500 miles: compared to the previous value brand all-weather tires that came with the vehicle when I purchased it used a year and half ago, the vehicle feels much more planted. Grip in dry conditions feels greatly improved whether it's in a straight line getting up to speed from a stop, taking turns on city streets, accelerating to pass other vehicles at highway speeds or making decisive lane changes. Regarding the handling feeling greatly improved relative to the previous set of tires on the vehicle, in taking 360 degree exits or on ramps on/off highways - the Nokians exhibit much improved lateral grip allowing for a more confident approach at speed.

Given its the dry and warm season currently there's only been one or two small showers for the tires to handle but there's been no appreciable or noticeable difference in the performance or handling of the tires in the wet - tire grip and handling the turns of the road, the Nokians have inspired confident driving in wet and dry conditions.

This is also true for braking - stopping from both city and highway speeds with the tires has not been an issue and feedback while braking has been linear and predictable in the dry and the few occasions where the roads have been wet/damp.

Road noise has been perhaps a little louder than the previous set of tires but ride comfort regarding handling the bumps of the road has improved slightly. Fuel consumption is unchanged or negligibly worse sitting at around 8.8 L/100 km after a few trips to refuel while on the previous set of tires I would average 8.5-8.8 L/100 km.

So far, these tires have been excellent performers given their purchase price of around $150 USD/tire that I paid.