Tires.....2001 XC

Hi

The time has come to replace tires. The last time I bought tires I stayed
away from the Pirelli performance variety in favour of comfort, wearability
and general good, reliable use. I installed Goodyear Hydroglide (sp?) that
were supposed to be pretty good all-seasons with a bent toward wet climates.
I live on an island on the West Coast so wet climates I know about.
That was about 4 years ago and I would be interested in your 2009 thoughts
on what may have come out, or what the current thinking is on what you think
might be a good possibility. We actually had a couple of snow storms this
year (which totally freaked out the population) I really can't get too bent
out of shape planning a tire purchase based on maybe 2 weeks of fairly
sporatic wet snow.

Thanks,

Gerry

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Gerry and/or Marilyn Pyper
102 Dogwood Lane
Salt Spring Island, BC
250.537.5756
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I love the Pirelli Scorpion S/T's that came on my '01 XC. They get good
mileage, excellent rain performance, and are great on highways. They
are not at all like the first Pirelli's I got years ago that lasted
about 5,000 miles. I have 125,000 miles and am on my 3rd set of
Pirelli's.

"Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The time has come to replace tires. The last time I bought tires I stayed
> away from the Pirelli performance variety in favour of comfort, wearability
> and general good, reliable use. I installed Goodyear Hydroglide (sp?) that
> were supposed to be pretty good all-seasons with a bent toward wet climates.
> I live on an island on the West Coast so wet climates I know about.
> That was about 4 years ago and I would be interested in your 2009 thoughts
> on what may have come out, or what the current thinking is on what you think
> might be a good possibility. We actually had a couple of snow storms this
> year (which totally freaked out the population) I really can't get too bent
> out of shape planning a tire purchase based on maybe 2 weeks of fairly
> sporatic wet snow.
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