Initial Observations of Cooper Road and Trail AT Tires

[Rparry]

Winter is close here in Chilliwack and snow tires are required if not now then very soon. So I needed to replace the OEM
Goodyear tires. I decided this time to go with an AT tire rather than a snow tire or one of the All Weather tires that I
had used before. I want to do some off roading within the capabilities of my Lariat AWD Hybrid.

I decide that I did not want the 19" tires for off road and winter so went with 225x65x17 tires on steel wheels. The truck
looks better with the aluminum wheels but icy roads are better with steel if one hits a curb. So after all the preamble
here are my experiences from a week on the Coopers.

My initial drive I felt the tires were smooth and remarkably quiet. This was confirmed when I drove into Vancouver. The
Coopers were noticeably quieter than the OEM rubber. This was a pleasant surprise as I expected at least some more
noise as these are quit a bit more aggressive than the OEM's.

Next it was time to try a very limited off road test, my drive up the hill to my house. This is fairly steep with gravel over
the entire way, with grass mixed into the surface. I first tried it with the Mode set to "Slippery", The truck walked up
the hill with virtual no tire slip and no run to get inertia. I next set the Mode to "Normal" and tried again. There was modest
slip from one of the tires then it proceeded up the hill with no slip at all. Most of this is I am assuming from the tires. The
OEM tires slipped and dug holes for quit awhile before the truck decided to put it into AWD, not so with the Coopers.

I have always wondered if these Modes were more than Idiot Buttons that really do not do anything of particular use, just
making one feel that they do. I can not say for certain that the slippery mode was better than normal but it had slightly
less slippage than the normal mode. This could be due to the slippery mode setting or slightly different surface conditions,
However what is not under dispute is how good these tires are.

I am very impressed, they out perform my Nokian WRG3 on the hill. We will soon see snow, but tests seem to show they should
be better than All Weather . I will give an update when I hit some snow and ice. Winters here seem to be mostly cold wet roads
with some very wet snow on ice. Very tough conditions for any tire. We can get a week or so of cold deep snow on occasion.
Last winter did not have these conditions but the year before was bad for about 2 weeks.

BP

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[mbum56]

I recently just bought the Cooper Discoverer Road & Trail ATs for my 2024 XLT after I had 2 flat tires within a month on the Continental factory tires. It has been 2 weeks and I am really impressed with the ride of these tires. They are a plus since I live back a dirt lane and winter is fast approaching. Also take a lot of rides through the mountains of Central PA. I highly recommend these tires. BTW I got 235/65R17 tires.

 

[Misterwakko]

I have them too. Only issue so far was balancing them went through 2 sets and still had to have 28, 1/4 oz weights attached to each wheel.

 

[Deleted member 37952]

I have the Coopers as well on my 22 Hybrid. I have noticed a slight bit more road noise than the factory Michelins. MPG has also taken more of a hit than I hoped for but it's livable. Certainly does look good though and I am excited to see how they perform with some snow and ice later this winter.

 

[BobC]

Winter is close here in Chilliwack and snow tires are required if not now then very soon. So I needed to replace the OEM
Goodyear tires. I decided this time to go with an AT tire rather than a snow tire or one of the All Weather tires that I
had used before. I want to do some off roading within the capabilities of my Lariat AWD Hybrid.

I decide that I did not want the 19" tires for off road and winter so went with 225x65x17 tires on steel wheels. The truck
looks better with the aluminum wheels but icy roads are better with steel if one hits a curb. So after all the preamble
here are my experiences from a week on the Coopers.

My initial drive I felt the tires were smooth and remarkably quiet. This was confirmed when I drove into Vancouver. The
Coopers were noticeably quieter than the OEM rubber. This was a pleasant surprise as I expected at least some more
noise as these are quit a bit more aggressive than the OEM's.

Next it was time to try a very limited off road test, my drive up the hill to my house. This is fairly steep with gravel over
the entire way, with grass mixed into the surface. I first tried it with the Mode set to "Slippery", The truck walked up
the hill with virtual no tire slip and no run to get inertia. I next set the Mode to "Normal" and tried again. There was modest
slip from one of the tires then it proceeded up the hill with no slip at all. Most of this is I am assuming from the tires. The
OEM tires slipped and dug holes for quit awhile before the truck decided to put it into AWD, not so with the Coopers.

I have always wondered if these Modes were more than Idiot Buttons that really do not do anything of particular use, just
making one feel that they do. I can not say for certain that the slippery mode was better than normal but it had slightly
less slippage than the normal mode. This could be due to the slippery mode setting or slightly different surface conditions,
However what is not under dispute is how good these tires are.

I am very impressed, they out perform my Nokian WRG3 on the hill. We will soon see snow, but tests seem to show they should
be better than All Weather . I will give an update when I hit some snow and ice. Winters here seem to be mostly cold wet roads
with some very wet snow on ice. Very tough conditions for any tire. We can get a week or so of cold deep snow on occasion.
Last winter did not have these conditions but the year before was bad for about 2 weeks.

BP

I also got the Cooper Discoverer Road & Trail when the OEM Pirelli Scorpion lasted about 30,000 miles. The purchase reasons were a more aggressive tread without being a mudder, longer tire life (65k), a 3 Peak Snow rating, and being on sale. Very pleased with the 1st 1.5k miles as to ride and handling - it's like what the truck was supposed to be.

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