Blizzak DM-V1

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drafty888

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• Oct 11, 2009

• #1

When I was researching tires for my 2008 CX-9 Sport I came across this site, and now that I've had the DM-V1's on my CX-9 for a couple weeks I thought this crowd might be interested in the results.

Dumbfounding. I was getting 18 to 18.5 mpg consistantly all summer long with the OEM Bridgestone Duellers. My last two tanks of gas with the DM-V1's on them have produced 20.5 to 21 mpg results under the same driving conditions.

This means either the DM-V1's are awesome snow tires or the Duellers are total junk. I am inclined to believe both statements are true.

I immediately noticed a slight drop in cornering performance with the DM-V1's over the Duellers, but overall am very impressed with the DM-V1's handling. Reasonably quiet on the highway and good on wet roads, as I found out today.

 

ceric

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2022 CX-5 Turbo

• Oct 11, 2009

• #2

It could be the tire pressure change when new tires got installed.
No way to be scientifically sure, but thanks for the info.
Sticky summer tires usually consume more fuel. That is to be expected. (high rolling resistance)

 

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Protege52003

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'08 Jetta; '10 Wrangler Unlimited

• Oct 11, 2009

• #3

snow tires are also very soft......is there a change on the overall diameter of the whole set up?????

-R

 

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drafty888

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• Oct 12, 2009

• #4

Protege52003 said:

snow tires are also very soft......is there a change on the overall diameter of the whole set up?????

-R

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The DM-V1's are the same size as the OEM summers that came on the car. 245/60 R18

Just filled up another tank on these snows: 21mpg.

 

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not_too_shabby

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2008 CX-9

• Oct 12, 2009

• #5

I just ordered my blizzaks, althought I went with the 235 width.....I could use an MPG improvement....

 

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not_too_shabby

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2008 CX-9

• Oct 12, 2009

• #6

I just ordered my blizzaks, althought I went with the 235 width.....I could use an MPG improvement....

 

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not_too_shabby

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2008 CX-9

• Oct 27, 2009

• #7

I just found this on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baqCDhQxLIw

They put the Z3 on one side and the new V1 on the other. It looks like from how the car turned the V1s stopped sooner.

 

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balefire

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• Dec 23, 2009

• #8

My two cents.
Last winter on the stock AS Dueller's, my AWD CX9 was terrible in the snow.
Installed the Blizzak DM-V1 in 245/50/20 on my 1 month ago. My CX9 is easily the best car I have ever had in the snow. And I have driven many cars with snow tires in the past.
I should have upgraded to the DM-V1 last winter. At $155 / tire in 20", thats a pretty darn good price too.

 

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mihalis

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• Dec 23, 2009

• #9

balefire said:

My two cents.
Last winter on the stock AS Dueller's, my AWD CX9 was terrible in the snow.
Installed the Blizzak DM-V1 in 245/50/20 on my 1 month ago. My CX9 is easily the best car I have ever had in the snow. And I have driven many cars with snow tires in the past.
I should have upgraded to the DM-V1 last winter. At $155 / tire in 20", thats a pretty darn good price too.

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See, I would order from tirerack but here is the problem...

everytime you do a swap, they are going to charge you, unless, you get the rim/tire package and do the swap yourself. The tire guy that I have will do 2 free swaps per year on your original rims, that can be a huge cost savings if you think about it...