I was talking to my son earlier about winter vs all season tires, and he was saying the winter tires have a much reduced mileage, approx 15,000. Any of you remember when that was good mileage for a tire. I remember recaps being popular, and usually only replaced 2 tires at a time, putting the new on the front and moving the front to the rear. Also remember my BIL got a set of Michelins in late 60's and people constantly telling him his tire need air.
 
BS on the 15,000 miles lifespan. I have had many sets of Firestone Winterforce tires on different pickups, They have all gone at least 50,000 miles. Granted, they don't work as well in snow when they get worn, even then they are still far better than an all season tire.
 
(quoted from post at 06:53:20 12/04/18) approx 15,000. Any of you remember when that was good mileage for a tire.

Ah, bad old bias ply tires. Still suffering with them on my motorcycle. 7000 miles, tops.
 

I remember the old, bias-ply tires quite well. They were good for about 10,000 miles. I bought a set of studded, recapped snow tires one fall. Only got one winter season out of them. Less than 5,000 miles.
 
I know the original all season radials on our Subaru only lasted 26,000, not really worn out, but cupped and noisy. The replacements weren't going to last much longer but we traded it in on another Subaru. They wear faster partly because of the all wheel drive, and we were told we should of rotated them more frequently. I have seen some original car tires last almost 100,000, but they are harder rubber and not as good for traction, it's a trade off.
 
I get about 2-3 yrs out of em

but they only get used during the winter months
that "other month" I use regular tires



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Snow tires usually start out with slightly deeper tread depth of 11/32 or 12/32 inch instead of 9/32 or 10/32 and have softer rubber than all season tires. However, snow tires that are worn down to 6/32 and have hardened over time become useless on snow and ice.
 
Dad got Michelin radials installed on his car, a '67 Cougar. Whenever we stopped at a gas station, someone had to keep watch to keep the well-meaning attendant from adding air to what they thought were low tires.
 
True snow tires usually have a very soft rubber compound which wears well in cold temperatures but will wear quickly when folks leave them on too long.
 
I agree with Scot 730, Firestone Winter Force last about 45,000 sold the car they were on and new owner took them to another 10,000 miles. I understand they aren't available any more is this true
 
Just put a set of new Winterforce tires on our van. They changed the tread design so they don't howl as much on pavement.
 
The Firestone Winterforce are kinda a compromise, harder rubber so not as good of traction on ice & snow, but better tread life. I got about 40,000 on my WinterForce tires on my frt wheel drive car, but ran them over the summer one year. A Bridgestone Blizzak is far softer rubber, faster wear and WAY better grip on ice & snow. But tread life of 15,000 to 20,000 miles is about right. Depends on how much "Spirited" driving you do. SON bought a set of Blizzaks from some friends of ours that they ran one winter on a Saturn car, Son put them on a Mustang GT, 16 year old kid with a hot Mustang, Yes, the soft rubber was a drag slick on bare blacktop. He had them wore out in 5000 miles!
 

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