Ok. A newbie to this group as I just joined the CX-5 owners as of this past Wednesday. Car has 17,500 on it currently. My biggest concern with the purchase are the tires - Prin X Highcountry H/T. Never heard of them googling appears they are a Chinese brand. They are dirt cheap. Appears the previous dealer from where I purchased swapped out whatever was on the car and put these on. Anyone have any experience with these tires. I have told my wife that we need to swap them out for something else - just a matter of when. Looking for an All Weather/All Season for here in southern NH. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

Obviously if you have the money a great set of studded winter tires and great set of performance tires would be the way to go.
But in today's world that is not economically feasible for the majority of us.
Most of the PriX tires are made in Thailand, and the majority of online reviews rate them at 8 overall on a 0-10 scale and 4.5 on a 0-5 scale.
They have a 60,000-mile warranty for the SUV tire and are one of the least expensive tires out there.
However, most reviews describe their snow performance as poor.
There are very good tires available out there for your CX-5 and everyone will have their own preference.
I have the Pirelli Scorpion AS Plus 3 70K 4yr and find them perfect for how and where I drive.
They have been fine in the snow for me but here on the coast we don't get really deep snow and being retired I rarely have to drive it anyway.
Best advice is to purchase the best rated tire you can afford for what you personally want in handling, driving conditions and your driving abilities.

Happy motoring

 

Welcome to the forum

 

I appreciate the feedback. We are in the “ManchVegas” area and each year we seem to have less snow - only got to use my snowblower 3 times last year. Those Pirellis keep coming up when I search for tires and would be very interested in them. Will run with the Prin Xs for a bit and see how they go. One other question - on your car did you install a remote starter. Looking at that as well. Thanks.

 

Only had one vehicle with remote start (Honda Accord) and I hit the start button one day by accident.
It was before the auto shut-off feature, so it idled in the parking lot at work until the landscaping guy came in and informed me, and that was three hours later.
I'm not fan of remote start either, even though most have the 15-minute safety shutoff feature, if something goes wrong (low oil, overheating, etc.) you have no idea until you actually get in your vehicle.
That said many folks have remote start and like it.
If you want it the 2023 Mazda OEM is $500 fee for the first year (phone app) and then you pay for the APP every year after (not sure how much that is).
They do make aftermarket units for the CX-5 as well.