Re: snow tires
 

I've got mine on steel rims and swap them out for the summer months. Around here (Ottawa) that comes out to about 6 months for each set of tires - snow season being from November to April...

I would expect that the rubber is too soft to run them in the warmer weather. I would imagine they'd wear pretty quickly if you did that.

Re: snow tires
 

:sun:I have ran Nokians on all my vehicles for many years, all year round, and have had no issues in dry, wet, or snow conditions in upstate NY. I currently have the Nokian WRs on my Grand Cherokee, Acura, and TCH. On my TCH, I obtain 38-40 mpg and in the winter around 34-36 mpg. They are winter / snow rated (mountain and snow flake symbol) and are designed to run year round. They have deep treads with many sipes, but very low noise. Good luck in your selection.:D

Re: snow tires
 

It has now been about a month, 15,000 kms on vehicle, running 0w20 mobi one, previous best tank was 5.3/100 km and yesterday I got 5.2/100 on a tank, outside temperature about 48-50 F. I have tire pressure at 42/40 as these are xl tires with max pressure of 51 psi.

Overall I am quite impressed with these michelin winter tires.

Re: snow tires
 

For you guys swapping out to steelies for the winter what do you do about the tire pressure monitoring system?

Re: snow tires
 

Not an issue for me - they don't provide it for the TCHs sold in Canada (grumble, grumble).

Re: snow tires
 

Really? I am in Calgary and was told by the dealer if I want new rims and tires I need to purchase new TPM's for each wheel at a cost of over $100 each so as not to trigger the sensor.

Re: snow tires
 

no tpms in canada only a us regulation being through toyota canada on my 2009 on this issue even though the manual says you have one

Re: snow tires
 

Hmm... Can you verify that you actually have the sensors, or is this just what your dealer is saying? I think one way of knowing is if you have the re-calibrate button which I beleive is in the glove compartment. My dealer says that no TCH sold for the CDN market has the TPMS.

Re: snow tires
 

Good to know, I looked for the button before but couldn't find it. Thanks guys.

Re: snow tires
 

on the canadian model you can see the place where the button is supposed to be in the glove box, however it is blank, I have also verified this by removing my tires from the factory rims and they are standard air stems.

Sorry not in Canada at this time.