I want to love them, but I am finishing up 3 days of snow driving on K02s... grip like mad, lightweight, and they last a good while. The first hour or 2 when it rains (oils, dirt) is the one area where I would say K02s are weak, but... the AT4W... 76lbs for a C rated is too heavy for me. That's almost an added 13lbs of rotational (unsprung too) weight per tire to get going and get stopped.
-though did someone debunk rotational weight fuel efficiency penalties? ... at any rate - emergency stopping and ... elective launching would certainly be hindered by adding 13lbs per tire.
I understand the weight gain and that does concern me but I'm no longer a big ko2 fan.
I've run 3 sets of them and am not going back.
Personally I'm not a huge fan of their performance on snow and ice
Also to your point they suck on wet roads.
Than there is the increased road noise as the ko2's age, they get so damn loud.
I live on a mountain in western SD and am looking for better winter performance
Hence the appeal of the Falkens and the Mickey Thompson baja boss AT
I also debated straight up winter tire but they seem impossible to find these days
Would have bought some of the nokians l2t or lt3 but they are nowhere to be found.
Perhaps I'll only run the Falkens or Mikeys in the winter.
Decisions, decisions
Thank you for your feedback tho, much appreciated
