Best Tire for Outback

[Phillip]

I'm due for tires on my '99 OBW and looking for a recommendation. Last time I purchased Goodyear 'Triple-Tred'; they only lasted abut 40,000 miles and are VERY noisy. I live in Oregon where it rains a lot, but we get very little snow. I'd sure like to hear your opinions. Thanks

[cagranitz]

I just put a second set of Hankook Mileage Plus II H724 tires on my wifes 2000 OBW. I got about 55,000 miles from the first set. They handled fine and were fairly quiet even after the tread was mostly worn.

[ShawnW]

Check to see if Costco is still selling the Michelins with a rebate I just got a set of X radials for less than I could buy almost anything else of name brand quality.

[subieman]

Check to see if Costco is still selling the Michelins with a rebate I just got a set of X radials for less than I could buy almost anything else of name brand quality.

I have the Michelins on my 96 Outback that Shawn is talking about. It's a good tire, im getting good tread life and they are smooth and quiet. The tire is good except it has poor snow and ice traction.

 

I had a pair of Yoko Geoanders on it for a few thousand miles. If you live in a town with lots of grooves in the pavement stay away from these tires. They follow the grooves and whip you all around the road. Poor rubber compound. Took them back and got my Michelins. Other then that they gripped to anything!

 

Costco just stopped the rebate.

[davhaney]

I have a 99 outback. I bought the X radials from Sams Club, with the awesome discount. They're good tires, high mileage rating. Consumer reports thought very highly of them overall, with the exception of snow / ice handling. In that department CR rated them roughly average.

 

From my perspective on snow and ice, they were a huge upgrade from the BF Goodwrench tires I had -- and an excellent all-weather tire.