Put GYSA tires on at 56k. Right now I'm bumping up against 100,000k with mostly highway miles.
They went on in the winter about 2 years ago and were an improvement over the Michelin Cross Terrains which came stock with my 2008 4Runner Ltd. Took them off road and there was really no issue with them on the trails where previously VSC would kick on.
They're beefy, have a decently aggressive looking tread pattern and will help prevent curb rash (0% so far).
There are TWO tread bars. The first is when your "severe snow" rating is shot basically turning your tires into general M+S / generic All-Terrain tires. With 40,000 I still haven't hit that mark and they'll probably last another 30,000 (next winter) before I'll think about replacing them.
For highway, you will have slightly louder highway noise, lose ~1 mpg compared to highway/touring tires and look like a mall cruiser. But if you can deal with paying a few extra bucks a year (yes, I debate between getting a set of dedicated winter tires and running GYSA all year long due to amount of highway miles I run) for gas, keeping them is something to consider.
So this weekend we had 6-10' of snow up here at Tahoe. Heavenly had two parking lots closed (for my own personal fun) and I live up on Kingsbury grade. Plus I screw around (and help people who get stuck) out ... a lot (e.g. Prius with folks from Sunnyvale stuck in a snow bank, lol)
Okay 40,000 on GYSA will get you through 6" of snow w/o a problem. You'll get up some crazy grades (e.g. Kingsbury Grade and Needle Peak Road) with anywhere from 4-6" of snow. If you lock your diff, you will not have a problem getting up hills.
No, seriously, you will NOT get stuck going up anywhere. Lock your diffs and you're tank-like. Sideways in parking lots, snow cascading over the roof and jammed up in the tires... Great fun.
Going down hill is always scary. On Needle Peak Road I was standing on my brake pedal and was not stopping for 1/4 of a mile. It was that bad. But up... no slip, nothing sideways and no real worries. Okay, worried if I got stuck going up hill I would have to be driving in reverse and unable to stop even with full weight on the brakes.
US 50 w/ spinouts and chain control... 35-45 w/o a problem EXCEPT you get nervous going downhill.
Basically, they're wearing excellently, provide great traction in all kinds of weather, look great and provide enough wear to last at least 2 winters.
Plus has the snowflake.
They went on in the winter about 2 years ago and were an improvement over the Michelin Cross Terrains which came stock with my 2008 4Runner Ltd. Took them off road and there was really no issue with them on the trails where previously VSC would kick on.
They're beefy, have a decently aggressive looking tread pattern and will help prevent curb rash (0% so far).
There are TWO tread bars. The first is when your "severe snow" rating is shot basically turning your tires into general M+S / generic All-Terrain tires. With 40,000 I still haven't hit that mark and they'll probably last another 30,000 (next winter) before I'll think about replacing them.
For highway, you will have slightly louder highway noise, lose ~1 mpg compared to highway/touring tires and look like a mall cruiser. But if you can deal with paying a few extra bucks a year (yes, I debate between getting a set of dedicated winter tires and running GYSA all year long due to amount of highway miles I run) for gas, keeping them is something to consider.
So this weekend we had 6-10' of snow up here at Tahoe. Heavenly had two parking lots closed (for my own personal fun) and I live up on Kingsbury grade. Plus I screw around (and help people who get stuck) out ... a lot (e.g. Prius with folks from Sunnyvale stuck in a snow bank, lol)
Okay 40,000 on GYSA will get you through 6" of snow w/o a problem. You'll get up some crazy grades (e.g. Kingsbury Grade and Needle Peak Road) with anywhere from 4-6" of snow. If you lock your diff, you will not have a problem getting up hills.
No, seriously, you will NOT get stuck going up anywhere. Lock your diffs and you're tank-like. Sideways in parking lots, snow cascading over the roof and jammed up in the tires... Great fun.
Going down hill is always scary. On Needle Peak Road I was standing on my brake pedal and was not stopping for 1/4 of a mile. It was that bad. But up... no slip, nothing sideways and no real worries. Okay, worried if I got stuck going up hill I would have to be driving in reverse and unable to stop even with full weight on the brakes.
US 50 w/ spinouts and chain control... 35-45 w/o a problem EXCEPT you get nervous going downhill.
Basically, they're wearing excellently, provide great traction in all kinds of weather, look great and provide enough wear to last at least 2 winters.
Plus has the snowflake.
