New Tires - Advise Needed
#1
New Tires - Advise Needed
Well I soon will have gone through the stock 2010 GT pirelli tires... I have the 19" premium rims. Even though these tires had good grip they seemed to burn quickly. I did a 3000 mile road trip and most of my driving is highway. I never have been impressed with the durability of pirelli tires though. I was looking at a couple yokohama's and I didn't know if anyone had suggestions.
The one catch I need good all season tires. I didn't need anything amazing in rain/snow, but do realize this is my DD and I do not have the money to buy a new set of rims right now. So I need a good all around tire. I live in MD so on the most part it gets decently cold and when it snows I work from home.
Thank you in advanced.
The one catch I need good all season tires. I didn't need anything amazing in rain/snow, but do realize this is my DD and I do not have the money to buy a new set of rims right now. So I need a good all around tire. I live in MD so on the most part it gets decently cold and when it snows I work from home.
Thank you in advanced.
#2
6th Gear Member
There are so many choices it's not funny. It sounds like you don't need a performance tire and if you REALLY want an all seson worth a darn, the farther from a performanc tire the more likely it'll be barely worth a darn in snow (90% of all season tires absolutely suck in snow). I recommend that you check the ratings on sites such as tirerack.com and others. The info on tirerack is from the users. I put Yokahama's (can't recall the models but there are bad Yokahamas and good ones) on the g/f's previous Malibu and her son's Civic and they did quite well in Chicago snow.
BTW, how many miles on those stock tires? I find it hard to believe that they're already shot. My g/f has 19,000 miles on the stock Perilli's on her Stang and they're in very good shape tread-wise.
BTW, how many miles on those stock tires? I find it hard to believe that they're already shot. My g/f has 19,000 miles on the stock Perilli's on her Stang and they're in very good shape tread-wise.
#3
I'm shocked you ran through you're stock tires already too.
Anyways, all I've had are the stock 2006 Pirelli's and Nitto 555's. Hopefully picking up a set of winter tires tomorrow. Tirerack and discount tire were the two first sites I checked. I sorted by tire size and then by user ratings and read through them.
Haven't tried AS tires on the stang, so can't help you much there for a referral. At one point I did consider getting those over a summer/winter set.
Anyways, all I've had are the stock 2006 Pirelli's and Nitto 555's. Hopefully picking up a set of winter tires tomorrow. Tirerack and discount tire were the two first sites I checked. I sorted by tire size and then by user ratings and read through them.
Haven't tried AS tires on the stang, so can't help you much there for a referral. At one point I did consider getting those over a summer/winter set.
#4
I got 26k almost 27k on my mustang. Tires are getting closer to the wear bar... I would expect maybe 5k at most more. However, I am noticing increased road noise and tread in dry and wet is going down hill.
I do know that all season are called no season tires... Like I said I'm not expecting awesome results in the snow from this car, I never did.
I was looking at the Yokohama Avid Envigor (W) and Yokohama AdvanS.4. Both are W rated tires.
I do know that all season are called no season tires... Like I said I'm not expecting awesome results in the snow from this car, I never did.
I was looking at the Yokohama Avid Envigor (W) and Yokohama AdvanS.4. Both are W rated tires.
#5
When I was looking into this myself, I was from NY and currently live in IL so I need to deal with cold and snow at least to some extent. I found that the continental DWS tires have pretty good performance in each season, even in snow (obviously not perfect but rated pretty highly)
#7
#8
I know alot of people don't like them because they are a little noisey but when mine need replacing I'm considering run flat tires. I had two corvettes and they wore and handled fine, my exhaust took care of the tire noise and I did get flats but what a pleasure to just keep driving