Bridgestone WeatherPeak Snow Review, Better than All-Seasons?

Review of the Bridgestone WeatherPeak All Weather Tire in the snow.

[@Kman09JGC]

I have these on my 23 cx 5 turbo. Fantastic tires in all conditions

[@EverydayCars]

Have you driven through a lot of snow with them?

[@Kman09JGC]

@@EverydayCars the most so far this season was about 6 inches. Did very well.

[@willoverkill8461]

What's been your favorite all weather tire so far? I currently have Weatherpeaks on my Camry, the factory Hankook hybrid tires were useless in winter. I've found them good in snow, they ride nice and soft, but I noticed their rolling wasn't as smooth as the Kinergy tires they replaced. I've had Toyo Celcius, Firestone Weathergrips, Kuhmo Crugen HT-somethings, Nokian WRG3 and the Bridgestones, I'd say the Bridgestones are midpack, Nokians still my favorite.

[@EverydayCars]

I liked the Destination at 2, but those were on my AWD explorer. I am going to get the cross climate 2 next. From all the reviews those seem to be the best all weather in all conditions. Unfortunately not much snow this year. But if you watch my video on the wearhergrips I was able to drive through some really deep snow. So any All weather tire is pretty impressive. I don’t think you can really go wrong with any of them.

[@choyMM]

Great review! Have you had dedicated winter tires in the past on the same car? I have all weather now on my fwd van and I notice the same thing with a little bit of spin but haven't been stuck. I have a CUV that's AWD that has all seasons and winter. But they're nearing replacement and I'm thinking going all weather so I don't have to change tires twice a year. But my winters are great and I want to know if the experience will be quite close on the same vehicle.

[@EverydayCars]

With AWD and all weather tires the traction is really good. I had Destination AT2 which were sever snow rated. It went everywhere. The main difference between snow tires will be better stopping distance and ice traction. If you don’t get much snow a year I would stick with all weather tires.

[@choyMM]

@@EverydayCars we don't but i would drive out to ski hills and on occassion might do a winter roadtrip that involves a mountain pass or two. It doesn't happen often to justify having winter tires all the time so I want to know if the experience is quite close. I do always keep a good distance for braking even in hot, dry weather. I just don't want to get stuck where my winters just allowed me to go anywhere.

[@aab434]

Not sure what you were expecting on a front wheel drive vehicle? You’re more suited for a TLX, I’ve driven in the pouring rain with storm warnings and on ice and snow below 30 degrees and my TLX with SH-AWD handles like a beast.

[@escheidl]

I'm kind of wondering why you got these over the CrossClimate2's. The price difference seems small and you talk up the CC2's a lot.. Only $24.00 difference for my Camry hybrid. That's a McDonalds breakfast for two. I have a set of CrossClimate2's on my Camry that now have 77k miles on them. I'm expecting to take them to near 100k before replacing them. They are amazing tires, but they killed my fuel economy on my hybrid. It went from 48 mpg to 40. I'm figuring at this point they have cost me about $600 in extra fuel expense. After 77k I am now getting 45 mpg, but it's been a long time coming back up. I am very interested in the WeatherPeaks because I think they wouldn't hurt my mileage so bad. How did they effect yours? I would love to see a side by side test against the WeatherPeaks vs the CrossClimate2's, but there aren't any. Just speculation at this point. It amazes me there are no tests comparing the two side by side. They seem like the most likely contenders to be tested against. I still have another 20 to 25k left in my CC2's. I'm hoping somebody will test them together before I have to make my decision.

[@EverydayCars]

I had the Firestone all weather tire before so I wanted to try Bridgestone next. I thought about the CC2 but I got a good deal on the Bridgestones. The Bridgestones definitely have a softer ride and my mpg has been similar to the Firestone. I believe I lost 3 or 4 mpg from the OEM fuel savings tires that came on the car. But having piece of mind in bad weather is a lot better then a few mpg. I was going to try the CC2’s next to get a little sportier handling.

[@escheidl]

@@EverydayCars Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure the CC2's will handle noticeably better on these kinds of cars. My car does handle very nice with them, but it's not that kind of car. It does handle nicer with the CC2's than it did with the original Firestones FT140's that came on the car. I think I might enjoy a softer, quieter ride that I'm hoping the WeatherPeaks might offer. As long as it doesn't come at a traction, hydroplaning, and braking cost. And if the mpg's improve I'll be really happy. I don't mind a little loss for the improved safety over the OEM's. But an 8 mpg loss was a hard bullet to bite. I'll be very interested in your future reviews on these tires. I still have about a year before I'm going to have to replace them. I wish you were coming from CC2's to these so I could know how they compare. But I'll take what I can get. 🙂

[@EverydayCars]

I put 20k to 30k miles on my car a year. I have about 13k miles on them now. I’ll do another update at about 25k miles to see how they are wearing. I only got about 45k out of my Firestone weathergrip tires.

[@escheidl]

@@EverydayCars That's funny, 45k is what I got out of my Firestone FT140's. But I don't recall ever getting more than 55k out of a set of tires. These CC2's on my car have 77k on them right now and they are still showing 5-6/10ths tread depth left. Unfortunately, at my last rotation they told me that they are starting to wear more on the insides now than the outsides. It's too late in the game to pay for a wheel alignment now since I will just have to do it again when I get the new tires. Besides, once a wear pattern starts there's no way to stop it. So I have an appointment to have the tires dismounted from the wheels and swapped to the other side of the car so I can put the wear side on the outside and let the insides wear more. Hoping to change the pattern so I can hit the 100k mark. However whenever they reach 4/10ths they will go. The funny thing is that the WP's (WeatherPeaks) have a higher UTQG rating than the CC2's do. The WP's are rated 700 for Treadwear with a 70k warranty and the CC2's are only rated 640 with a 60k warranty. So on paper, the WP's should actually last longer. The other interesting thing with the UTQG ratings is that the WP's have a rating of AA for Traction/Temperature, where the CC2's are only BA indicating that they have less traction somehow than the WP's. Of course the real world is where the story is truly told. That's why I really wish somebody would pit these tires against each other and let the facts be known. I'm sure the UTQG rating system is full of holes. But it still really makes me wonder why these two very competitive tires have never been put into the same testing arena.

[@liljohn3152]

@@escheidl Great comment thanks for sharing. I was looking at the CC2's personally, but the WeatherPeak's are the ones offered in my tire size, while the CC2's are not. Something else to consider, is the speed rating. The WeatherPeak's are V rated tires (up to 149mph), while the CC2's are only H rated (130mph). Not that it really matters for most people. But my car is supposed to have V rated tires. So anyways i'm ordering my WeatherPeaks' tomorrow. I'm looking forward to them. Have a great day.

[@korzym]

What’s the handling like in dry and warm conditions? Is gas mileage worse?

[@EverydayCars]

Handling in dry is good. It’s just a really soft ride smaller impacts in the road are almost not noticeable now. I haven’t driven them in temps above 50 degrees yet. The crossclimate 2 will be a better dry and warm weather handling tire for sure. The range is maybe 1 - 5 miles less per full charge compared to Eco tires.

[@korzym]

@@EverydayCars soft ride sounds like they’d be less sporty especially on twisty roads. I have a rear wheel drive car in a northern city, for me it’s weatherpeak vs potenza sport a/s - $1400 vs $1000, I’m leaning towards the cheaper potenza sport all season. Great video, they’re good in snow no doubt

[@EverydayCars]

@@korzym the Michelin CrossClimet 2 are a lot more sporty with the sever snow rating. Look into those if you get a decent amount of snow.

[@robob221]

@@korzymif you have rear wheel drive get dedicated snow tires. Front wheel drive is superior in the snow due to weight distribution and tracking. If you get almost no snow then more the reason to buy two sets: summers and all seasons.