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94 messages, Last post on Dec 29, 2008 at 9:56 AM
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| I have a 2001 Subaru Outback that has the Firestone Wilderness Tire but no one has them. They have to be ordered. Is it the best tire for this car or can I go for another brand tire? | |
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Try the several online retailers like TireRack. They all have search engines that allow you to enter your model and will bring up all the tire options that are available.
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I bought a '97 Subaru Legacy Outback last May and I'm considering my future tire options when the set on the car wears out in the future. 1. What kind of winter tires would you install 2. What kind of all season tires would you intall and are winter tires overkill for an AWD?
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Are the original tires still on the car? If so, replace them now because they are too old. Wear isn't the only factor when replacing tires as rubber gets very harder and dryer as it ages. 6 years is a good benchmark maximum age for tires. 1) Depends on where you live and how you drive and what you are looking for as far as performance. Is comfort and quietness a high priority or is grip? 2) AWD is only as good as the tires. If you can't get traction, then having AWD does no good, you just end up with 4 tires spinning instead of 2. AWD will make poor tires perform better, but only to a point. Again this also depends on where you live and how you drive. For me living in Iowa, snow tires are overkill because I just don't drive in snow that much, a good all season tire works just fine.
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Replying to: dliboiron (Aug 04, 2007 5:40 pm) -mike
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Replying to: paisan (Aug 07, 2007 6:53 pm) 
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Replying to: shrinermonkey (Aug 04, 2007 5:49 pm)
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Replying to: nelgigenflugen (Aug 08, 2007 5:10 pm) -mike
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Replying to: nelgigenflugen (Aug 08, 2007 5:10 pm) It also depends on how much you want to spend. Searching on TireRack for a 97 Outback yielded 24 tires with a price range of $46 to $107 each. |
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when I went from FWD cars with all seasons to AWD all season tires I thought it was great in the winter in the midwest, then I put on snowtires on the AWD and I have never used all seasons again in winter. the traction and braking are so much better. one great option is to use Nokian WR tires which are winter snowrated but can be run all year round. I use them as winter tires on my Legacy and all year round on my Tribeca and a minivan. The Turanza LS (NOT the ELs) are very good all seasons.
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