Nice review, I miss your reviews, if I am not mistaken you had a Mazda6 wagon. Do you miss it? How many clicks on the TDI? When I sold my Mazda6 sport, I put the Continental Extreme Weather Contact tires on the Mazda5 (3rd season just finished, still feel like new), quiet tire, good sense of traction, good wear so far. So when my Mazda5 Sport needed new all season tires (they OEM Toyos were garbage after 35k) no traction, lousy ride, and non existent cornering. I decided to go with Continental again, and get the DWS, pricey in Canada, so I bought and installed them in the US at $135 at tire vs $199 in Canada. Boy was I impressed, quiet, good ride, and grippy. We will see how wear goes...