Please help me pick snow tires

[JonBoy1969]

After reading through the threads here I decided to buy snows for my 2015 Gen 3.8. I live in NY. Come Spring I will buy a set of all weather or summer tires. I have a $150.00 credit that Mavis Tires owes me , otherwise I would buy elsewhere. They only have 3 options:
Bridgestone Blizzak
Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D
Pirelli Winter 240 Sottozero Series II
I'm not sure why they don't offer more options. Perhaps its the supply chain shortage.
Of those 3, which would you guys recommend?
Thanks!

 

[5.0KDM]

FOR SALE: - 2019 G80 Winter/Snow Wheel & Tire Package these would fit yours better than my 5.0

 

[JonBoy1969]

FOR SALE: - 2019 G80 Winter/Snow Wheel & Tire Package these would fit yours better than my 5.0

Looks like a good deal, but I really don't want to go the route of rims too. Rather just buy 4 new tires

 

[chris41]

Buy the cheapest. My experience is any winter tire is better than AS tires. Blizzak are the best known winter tire but I found them to be noisier than others. I've always went with a dedicated set (rims/tires) for both summer and winter seasons.

 

[JonBoy1969]

Buy the cheapest. My experience is any winter tire is better than AS tires. Blizzak are the best known winter tire but I found them to be noisier than others. I've always went with a dedicated set (rims/tires) for both summer and winter seasons.

Funny you say that. I was going to ask if the cheapest snow tires would outperform the most expensive all weather tires.

 

[JonBoy1969]

A set of Michelin X-ICE SNOW just went on sale. $830 for the set

 

[JonBoy1969]

Buy the cheapest. My experience is any winter tire is better than AS tires. Blizzak are the best known winter tire but I found them to be noisier than others. I've always went with a dedicated set (rims/tires) for both summer and winter seasons.

The cheapest I could find are the Federal Himalaya at $149.00 a tire.

 

[glennk]

Do snow tires last more than one season?

 

[JonBoy1969]

Do snow tires last more than one season?

One of the expensive ones I was looking claimed to go 80,000 miles

 

[JonBoy1969]

One of the expensive ones I was looking claimed to go 80,000 miles

Good question though. I drive about 1000 miles a month. So 5 winter months is 5000 miles a season. If I keep the car 4 years (being realistic) I only need 25,000 miles of winter tire

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[chris41]

My experience is about 3 seasons before they become super loud or thin on the usable tread.