[Mortamus]

Hey Malibu Forums.

2014 Malibu recently got some new tires, the CrossClimate 2's. I got them installed on 11/30 and I absolutely love them. They are way better than the Goodyear Fuel Assurance tires that I had on there stock from the factory. We are coming up on Winter here where I live, so I definitely needed some new tires after 40k miles total on them. This is my first ever tire "review", so go easy on me!

The Pros:

Road Noise - Almost none. These tires are super quiet!

Tread Pattern - These have a pretty aggressive tread pattern. For those who don't know, these CC2's have the 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake, so they are legally considered snow tires (If your jurisdiction requires).

We haven't had any snow yet, but once we get some I will do some "testing" on the road and update this post. The dry pavement traction is excellent, as is the wet pavement traction. With my Trifecta tune (2.5 NA), I can send it thru a pretty tight corner and not break traction.

The Cons:

Steering feel - For reasons unknown to me, these tires changed the steering feel of the car. On my older tires, the wheel was harder to turn and I kinda liked that. On the CC2's, the steering feel is much lighter. It's almost hard to feel that threshold to tell if you're going to lose traction or not.

The Price - These tires at my local Fox Chevy costed 194.93 / Pc, bringing the total to 779.72 for just the tires. Pretty steep if you ask me, but I know there are much more expensive tires out there.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask em below! I've gotten some great advice from this forum many times before, so I thought I would give back what I could.

 

[cp-the-nerd]

That's a very interesting tire. I didn't know there was a class of tire that bridged the gap between dedicated winter and all season. Thanks for posting your review! Please come back and update periodically after you rack up miles on them.

Comparing the two tread patterns, I think your description of the change in steering feel is the result of the goodyears having more tread surface on the outer edges of the design (and more of a contact patch in overall). It's going to be a sacrifice for that snow capability.

 

[Mortamus]

That's a very interesting tire. I didn't know there was a class of tire that bridged the gap between dedicated winter and all season. Thanks for posting your review! Please come back and update periodically after you rack up miles on them.

Comparing the two tread patterns, I think your description of the change in steering feel is the result of the goodyears having more tread surface on the outer edges of the design (and more of a contact patch in overall). It's going to be a sacrifice for that snow capability.

Will do man! And yeah, I believe they're calling them "All weather" tires. Engineering Explained uploaded an awesome video explaining these tires. The compound feels like a harder snow tire, where you can still push the tread blocks pretty easy, but they're not as soft as a dedicated winter tire.

And thank you for explaining that steering feel difference. I guess it's a worthy sacrifice for the snow performance and siping the water out the sides of the tire.

 

[DrivenDaily]

I saw EE's video about a week ago and thought those might be good tires if I lived where there was more snow. And now here you are sharing your real-world experiences.

I hope they live up to their claims, and based on EE, it looks like they will. Looking forward to more good stuff. Thanks!

 

[campb292]

These tires are a Consumer Reports favorite; they rave about these tires in their testing and reader survey results are glowing. They became the #1 tire of the "loyal" Consumer Reports reader. Tirerack even has them #1 or #2 in the Grand Touring All-Season category depending on where you look: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/chartDisplay.jsp?ttid=261

I've looked at them for my AWD Crosstrek since I don't do full snows on that car. I look forward to some experience feedback over time. I see Fox Chevy mentioned which makes me think Midwest perhaps even West Michigan as the location? Perhaps it will snow at some point.

 

[Mortamus]

These tires are a Consumer Reports favorite; they rave about these tires in their testing and reader survey results are glowing. They became the #1 tire of the "loyal" Consumer Reports reader. Tirerack even has them #1 or #2 in the Grand Touring All-Season category depending on where you look: https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/chartDisplay.jsp?ttid=261

I've looked at them for my AWD Crosstrek since I don't do full snows on that car. I look forward to some experience feedback over time. I see Fox Chevy mentioned which makes me think Midwest perhaps even West Michigan as the location? Perhaps it will snow at some point.

Damn... hit it right on the head haha! How did you know?! Yea, it definitely will start snowing here soon. I will update at soon as I have ~2 weeks of driving on snow. I feel like these would go really well on an AWD vehicle like your Crosstrek.

 

[AliS74]

Hey Malibu Forums.

2014 Malibu recently got some new tires, the CrossClimate 2's. I got them installed on 11/30 and I absolutely love them. They are way better than the Goodyear Fuel Assurance tires that I had on there stock from the factory. We are coming up on Winter here where I live, so I definitely needed some new tires after 40k miles total on them. This is my first ever tire "review", so go easy on me!

The Pros:

Road Noise - Almost none. These tires are super quiet!

Tread Pattern - These have a pretty aggressive tread pattern. For those who don't know, these CC2's have the 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake, so they are legally considered snow tires (If your jurisdiction requires).

We haven't had any snow yet, but once we get some I will do some "testing" on the road and update this post. The dry pavement traction is excellent, as is the wet pavement traction. With my Trifecta tune (2.5 NA), I can send it thru a pretty tight corner and not break traction.

The Cons:

Steering feel - For reasons unknown to me, these tires changed the steering feel of the car. On my older tires, the wheel was harder to turn and I kinda liked that. On the CC2's, the steering feel is much lighter. It's almost hard to feel that threshold to tell if you're going to lose traction or not.

The Price - These tires at my local Fox Chevy costed 194.93 / Pc, bringing the total to 779.72 for just the tires. Pretty steep if you ask me, but I know there are much more expensive tires out there.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask em below! I've gotten some great advice from this forum many times before, so I thought I would give back what I could.



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They are really good tires, I live in Upstate NY with bunch of snow and cold weather, after searching a lot I ran into these pairs of tires and Continental, Pure Contact, I chose the New Continental ones and they are also perfect especially when I see they are Made in the USA. So far no problem, they have perfect grip on ice and snow, better that their OEM ones. I recommend them.

 

[Mortamus]

Hey Guys!

After putting 10k on the tires, I thought I would write up a little performance eval. Tires are doing great, wearing pretty well. In the snow they performed pretty damn well, never got stuck this winter. Living in Michigan, we get plenty around here.

Rotated after 7k miles, so the freshies from the back will be up in the front for this upcoming winter. obviously driving style and conditions will vary, but I never slid around or lost control this winter (unless I did on purpose, lol)