I drove mine primarily on straight smooth roads here in FL, foam filler never gave me any trouble. The rubber on the outside started to disintegrate. I posted pics here.
I’m a big fan of Yokohama Avid Ascend GTs but won’t know for sure whether these are better than my Contis until the contis wear out and make the swap. But tool with Yokes on all of my other vehicles.
Between the two I’d suggest the Conti PureContact LS. The Michelin Primacy MXM4 is generally an OE tire, which means a car manufacturer had it specced out for a certain vehicle, to hit certain targets (like rolling resistance for CAFE and cost). Drivers are generally happier with replacement tires, which tend to put more emphasis on performance drivers care about (like wet handling, tread life, and snow traction). The PureContact LS is a replacement tire (and a good one). A more comparable Michelin would be the Primacy Tour A/S. The Bridgestone Turanza QuietTrack is another good, premium all season touring tire. The Yokohamas mentioned above are well regarded also.
Not sure about limiter on non TourX
I would tell you to stay away from the PureContact LS. After 7,000 miles, 2 of mine were horribly out of round from a tire construction issue. The ExtremeContacts that I had for 2,000 miles before the PureContacts had a similar issue.
Primacy Tour is also OEM on most new Cadillac models and I believe they are also good tires. I actually think getting *any* tires that come as OEM on any car is a good thing since one of the car makers validated these tires at some point. Sure, some OEM tires may not be good, but I would say Michelin is probably the best tire out there, although Premier were horrible on my car when I tried them. I had three new cars with Primacy MXM4 and they all drove great.
I primarily drive another vehicle during the winter. That's if I need to go out since I'm WFH. But I have driven in the snow once with them and they actually very good. My oem Contis were taken off at 38k when I bought 19"rims and tires. But they probably had another 1.5 years left on them. They had the foam on the interior. I thought they wore exceptionally well especially considering I did a NY to Vegas road trip and back two July's ago
Oh, the foam...The OEM Conti's on our 2019 TourX with the foam didn't make it through a pothole-induced sidewall perforation (not the tire's fault),
What brand were the new formless tires?
Generals they had in the shop.. Gave 'em a little test in the Adirondacks over Thanksgiving. I like 'em.
Got to remember the Traverse is truly "slip and grip" - that AWD system has zero desire to have any sporting intent. If you take your Regal on a dry empty on-ramp (cloverleaf style) and get on the boost it will try to step the rear end out like a RWD vehicle.
I think he means the torque vectoring kicks in, but alas in snow or sand, I don’t think the torque vectoring will work very well. I for one don’t drive like Jeff Gordon, more like a grandpa, so whatever the car is doing doesn’t really affect me. On a different note I do have a set of Yokohama snow tires on 5x115 rims for my Chevy Volt, which happen to fit the TourX. The overall diameter of the wheel will be a little smaller so my speedo will be off, but if we ever get Snowageddon 3, I’ll be prepared. I bought these tires at the end of Snowageddon 2, and they did a fine job of warding off Snowageddon 3. I thought about selling them, but know full well that as soon as I sell them, the snow will come and I would wish I didn’t.
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