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I put these on my 2007 Acura TL Type-S 5AT in March of this year at ~132,000 miles. I'm in the northeastern part of the United States so we get a good amount of snow. Took the car to Mr Tire today to get the Motivos off and put the Blizzak WS60 (235/45-17) snow tires back on for the rest of the winter as it's looking like it's going to be long and snowy. Drove with the Motivos for
~10,000 miles as the odometer read 143,444 miles today.

As far as performance is concerned, I was pretty satisfied. There were few instances in >50 degree Fahrenheit weather where I recall being limited by my tires. Below 50 degrees, that's another story. They don't retain the softness of their rubber compound like winter tires do so traction is very limited. I always made sure to run the right pressure with an accutire digital tire pressure gauge and followed the door sill recommended air pressure.

These tires handle surprisingly well for being all seasons. The sidewalls are slightly harder than most all seasons that I have seen but not quite as firm as summer tires.

The Motivo has 3 wear markings indicating 20,000 mile increments of wear for the 60,000 mile warranty. With 10k miles on them, the wear marker was right where it should be - just above the first wear mark. I drive relatively spirited so this was pretty surprising to me.

Overall the tires were definitely quieter than my Blizzaks that I have on now. I don't have anything to compare these tires against besides my Blizzaks but I would say that they were definitely worth the money and I look forward to the next 50k miles with them.

Btw, the Blizzak WS60 snow tires are awesome. Amazing that with them being 1/2 worn out they still provide 10x the traction in deep snow than my motivos did.