What kind of wear do you see on your winter tires?

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Kedis82ZE8

'15 CX-5 AWD GT w/Tech Pkg

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• Apr 5, 2018

• #1

So I picked up a used set of Blizzak DM-V2s in the fall of 2016 with 1k miles. They have a stock depth of 13/32. They were still reading 13/32 when I bought them.

Counting the usage of previous owner and my use puts me at 11,164 miles (~17966 km) and tread still reads 12/32. Seems like they are wearing pretty good for a winter tire. I know they are supposed to lose winter tire status at some levels but looks like I could still get a few more years out of them.

What are other's seeing with same or other brands?

 

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yugrus

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CX-5 GT

• Apr 5, 2018

• #2

We have 17" Blizzak WS80 on our CX-5, that's a fourth season, but only about 18k km on them, December through April. I can't tell they've lost any of their winter grip capabilities. Still great in snow and on ice. Will check the tread depth when I get a car from my wife to change oil and switch tires to a 19" summer set.

 

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Kedis82ZE8

'15 CX-5 AWD GT w/Tech Pkg

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• Apr 5, 2018

• #3

That's good to hear! I did buy some used 17" stock CX-5 rims for another winter set but I think those will stay up in the garage rafters until I wear this current Blizzak set out in a few years. I really thought tread-ware would be greater as used on a quite a bit of barren pavement at spring level temperatures the last few months. I sure like the TPMS reset on my '15...so easy. I have to bring out Toyota Techstream to update tires when swapping sets on my GX.

 

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yugrus

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CX-5 GT

• Apr 5, 2018

• #4

Yeah, on my Tahoe I have two sets of rims with sensors, and the tool to check them in... It gets quite expensive really fast for the convenience of knowing individual tire pressure...

 

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jthj

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2017 CX-5

• Apr 6, 2018

• #5

I’m running Michelin Xice 3 on ours and saw minimal wear this first season. It seems like wear has been improved a lot on winter tires at least compared to what I’ve previously experienced. Also getting them off as soon as it warms up consistently helps a lot. They will see a lot more wear when it’s above 50.

 

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Jo_Bob6000

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2017 Mazda CX-5 GS

• Apr 11, 2018

• #6

I've got Goodyear Ultra Grip winters. They are on their third winter and I have 8/32nds left. New tread depth is 13/32nds.

I had them on my 2011 Rav4 for 2 winters, and from October-February this winter. I put them on my CX-5 when I bought it on February 1st. I use my winter tires from around the middle of October to the End of April, depending on the weather.

Yeah...we have a long winter, and the Goodyears are lasting a long time considering they're on my car about 6 months of the year.

 

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Kedis82ZE8

'15 CX-5 AWD GT w/Tech Pkg

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• Apr 11, 2018

• #7

Good to hear others are seeing good wear as well.