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Originally Posted by Acura604
This season will be Blizzak DM-V1.
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I had amazing luck with these tires! We ran the DM-V1 on our CX-9 for four winter seasons and never lost traction once (I drive like a granny in the winter, so take that with a grain of salt). I really liked having confidence in my vehicle when it got ugly outside, especially when I was carting around my two little kids. The tires are very soft, so I usually put them on when the snow started flying in mid-late November and took them off at the beginning of March. I only put on ~10k kms during those four winters but the tires looked almost new when we sold them with the CX-9 this summer; I'm sure I could have gotten ~30k kms had I kept them.
Now with an F-150 I'm not wanting something quite so soft as I imagine the truck would wear them quicker. I've ordered some Cooper Discoverer AT-W to try this year: firmer rubber and a mileage warranty, but lots of siping should make it decent in the snow/ice, and I won't have to be as worried about when I put them on/take them off. I debated buying some BFG KO2s to run year round but the lack of siping and chunkier blocks don't look like they would perform the same when things get slippery. I will, however, get some KO2s in the spring to run for the snow-less seasons.
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