Tire recs for an Outback

Been doing my own googling but thought I'd check here too as I've literally never purchased a car tire. Wife's Outback has 42k on the oe tires. They've got another 6 months in them at least. Doesnt drive much in the city, probably 90% highway. Any recommendations or starting points?

 

I would just go online to discount tire and search under tire size. plenty of options and price points to choose from.

 

Defender T+H, OEM size.

 

Go to the Tire Rack website and check ratings on any tires that your preferred store sells.

 

Bumping my own thread for an opinion. Wife picked up and threw a screw tonight. Fix-a-flat is holding air in the garage so I've got a couple days, and the hole is almost dead center so I'd guess a patch would work. We're sitting at 49k on the stock Yokohama Avids though. Local DT has 4 of these two in stock, and I'm leaning Michelin. Anyone care to weigh in? Its $120ish on what should last 7+ years mileage-wise so its nominal...just like hearing real world opinions

 

My mom has similar yokos on her rav4, I spent a lot of time researching for the quietest tire.

The michelins will do better in the cold, but we run dedicated winters, so highway was the highest priority for us.

 

Costco is another alternative, good deals on 4 tires, also %3 back on any purchase at year end I’d you are a member.

 

Our Outback is now 95% tooling around within 5 miles of home and not even a gravel road. We'll eventually get back to using it on roadtrips but part of the deal with me getting a new 4Runner was we'd basically park the Outback for a year or 2 since we'd been averaging 15k a year on it

 

We are members but locally they didnt seem to have much on hand

 

Hear you, maybe depends on brands!.

 

Continental Terrain Contact HT(gf has 52k on her oem set and they have half life left) or
Yokohama YK CTX

 

I'd consider Super Swampers. It's a do it all tire.

 

We just put Firestone Destination LE3’s on my wife’s 2019 Outback Touring 3.5R and I absolutely love it. Very quiet and sticky compared to what was on their stock. Supposedly a 70K mile tire too.