Odrapnew
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- December 27, 2013
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- City, State
- MN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2014 Explorer Sport
I just had a set of the Defender LTX M/S put on yesterday at The Tire Rack in South Bend, IN. $842 out-the-door. I'm ready for winter. With only 34,000 miles on the 2016 OEM tires, I knew they would not get me through a Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois winter.
Your tires didn't last very long.
Paul
No kidding.
I have the factory Hankook tires on my '14 Sport with just over 50k miles and they are still going strong(use that term loosely).
I have no issue with them in the dry and rain. They're starting to get a little louder, but I've been lazy and haven't rotated them for the last 20k miles.
As for the snow, they are definitely underwhelming. I was spoiled with my MazdaSpeed6(AWD) with winter tires before the Ex. The Ex with the factory tires does struggle with traction more than I would think. Even my wife's CX9 with Toyo Versado tires, that are probably close to 60K on them, handles the snow much better than mine.
I keep hoping these Hankooks would just wear out, but I can't justify spending a bunch of money on new tires, especially if they aren't needed(besides those few wintery days a year). On the same topic of Hankooks, I have some on my Mustang and they have sidewalls made of jelly(almost to the point of dangerous).