yes it is...Give me your choice!
I know there are thousands of threads on tires, too many to search. If you have a link to one that pertains please post.

I need new shoes...quickly...I am NOT going back to runflats so leave that option out. The vette is a daily driver, NO high performance driving, just cruise around town, looking for best ride, quality and daily driver around town performance. I live in the desert so the only extreem weather is heat.
Im open to all brands. So what would be your choice?

 

Depending on your budget....

$$$:Michelin PS2

$$:Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3

$:General Exclaim UHP

 

If cruising is your thing, choice number 3 will suffice. I went with the D3s and they are nothing short of phenomenal.

 

not too concerned with budget more comfort ride and durability.
never heard of General, I would probaly lean to Michelin or Goodyear thanks Ill check those out.

 

Kumho's $600.00+ -

 

good tire for the price ran then on my c4

 

what model? Ecsta ASX?

 

Got mine at the Tire Order House... Couldn't be Happier!!!!

 

That's the one's I got.. LOVE EM!!!!

 

Goodyear GS-D3s would be an excellent choice. I've heard good things about the General Exclaim UHP too.

 

General Exclaim UHP

 

Michelin PS2's here and never been happier.

 

Are you serious? I have a pair of the Kumho ASXs on the back and they are horrible! They spin far too easily and are terrible in the rain and light snow, and the tread pattern is super ugly too. Worst tire I've ever had, it's not worth the savings in price to go with these tires, better to spend more and get much higher quality stuff. I should've listened to a friend of mine up here who has them on his 98 Corvette too, he told me they were garbage but I didn't listen.

 

With you Pat. I had them on my C4. The rears were finished at 20,000 KMS.
The car handled like a stage coach. Very darty when you encountered the the truck grooves in the roads and extremely slippery until you got some heat in them.
I switched to the Sumitomo HTZIII. What a difference,felt like I bought a new car. I paid $600.00 installed and balanced for all four tires. 275/40/17
Check out Tire Rack for pricing and read the ratings.

 

I thought we were ALL entitled to an opinion here.... Just because YOU are having issues with the tires does not mean EVERYONE else will...
And yes I am serious... for the money a perfect replacement for the RUNCRAP!!!

 

Sure, you're definitely entitled to your opinion, I'm just absolutely shocked you actually have that opinion of them since EVERYONE I've ever talked to that has tried these tires has not only disliked them, but the word HATE usually comes up! How many different high performance tires have you tried over the years? Because any other tire out there would probably be better. I would rather go back to OEM runflats over these ASX tires, that's how bad they are.

 

I've run both, and went back to the run-flats. I'm an old guy, and can't imagine trying to plug a tire along the side of the road, let alone trying to find a tire service truck I'd trust (pimply kid with a jack he uses on one-ton dually trucks: "I'll just slide this under here and, er, was that supposed to go crunch?").

I've got the Michelin PS2 A/S Zero Pressure tires. They flex a bit more than the original Goodyears, so have a little quieter ride. Still more noise than the Avons I had before, but my wife isn't happy with loud, and she'll ride in it. Oh, and I leave the F45 set for Tour.

The Michelin Zero Pressure tires, being a little softer in the sidewall, take a bit from the fuel mileage (so did the non run flat tires). They also aren't what the suspension was tuned for, so the Goodyears should produce better handling at the edge (and I know there will be arguments over that - I still think GMs engineers got the C5 right ).

Here's the deal, as I see it, with the tires. The Goodyear EMT tires lasted me nearly 40k miles, and handled most predictably overall. The Avon non run flats, and Kumhos, were quieter and smoother, but the handling suffered - the suspension is set up for rigid sidewalls unless you have a Z06 or want to convert the suspension bits. The Michelin PS2 ZP tires were what was installed on my first C5 (1999 coupe), and were loud and abusive and tramlined horribly, but the current set are much better. They're new, so you'd expect something like that, but still were a surprise. I think they are about 75% (subjective estimate) of what I got out of the Goodyears. But they cost me about half what the Goodyears would, so I'm ahead.

If price is really a constraint, the Kumhos work - I have a former auto tech professor who runs them on his C4. The General Exclaim UHP really get good reviews, and General is an old tire line. They are owned by Continental now, sort of like Firestone and Bridgestone, or BFGoodrich and Michelin.

I'm running the PS2 A/S on my daughter's BMW M3, and they are excellent for that car. The new Pilot Sport non-run-flat tire gets good reviews, and are what's on a friend's SL55 AMG sports car from the factory.

Last comment. It's a Vette. It will be harder riding and noisier than other cars - no mystery there. Admittedly I'm a geezer, but I enjoy my Vette, and don't want to worry about flat tires and being stranded and having my Cajun wife kick my butt. So the car got the run flat tires, at the best value I could find. We plan on taking it across the country next summer, and I really don't want to be in New Mexico at 145* onthe pavement, trying to find a puncture to plug. Tire Rack is blowing out the current PS2 A/S tires, since there's a new model just out - great prices right now.

Your call - I've tried several tires now, and think the Michelin ZP tires will stay unless GY drops the price on their EMT tires.

 

Ok Canucklehead opinions aside, How many miles do you have on the Kumhos?

 

Buy American made, keep jobs here!

 

I'd go GS D3!