These are the tyres that I use and I absolutely love them. They are great in the rain and the snow. I am running 255/55/18 tyres. The reason I went with these over the oem tyre is I can not justify 200 dollars for a goodyear tyre, especially with the ratings it has received from a lot of different people that are unhappy with it. I paid 115 a tyre locally from a Cooper dealer and have not looked back. The only drawback to the Cooper is the speed rating. They are only rated for 118mph where as the vehicle will do 130. Obviously this isn't an issue as it is very rare to even be driving close to 90 let alone over 100. It is also a 60,000 mile tyre.

 

look nice but isn't the profile a bit "streety"?

 

I also use Cooper Discoverer H/T Plus tires on my DII, love them. When I got the car it had a different brand/tread patter tire on each wheel plus the spare, couldn't take that, so I bought a full set of the Coopers off ebay after reading some reviews. I do about 90% of my driving on the road, BUT when I do go offroad, the Coopers work fairly well for a more street profile tire. Wear is very good as well.

 

I wonder what happened to SN. She lasted less than a year.