Best Road Tire
Melting Slicks
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Longevity?
Wet weather?
Cold weather?
Brand?
Price?
Tire Rack has a tool that might help you decide.
Pro
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Montgomery Texas
See @Dads2kconvertible comments.
I'm a Michelin kinda guy. I always have been. I've never had a bad experience with them. But, I decided to try something different this time around.
A lot of the BMWs that I used to tinker with came with Continentals from the factory. They would start dry rotting long before the first half of the tread was worn. In other words, they were as hard as a friggin' rock! Nevertheless, I tried their Sport tires recently and thus far, I quite like them. If you are just looking for cruising around tires you would more than likely prefer the All Season variety over the Sport tires. But, I just thought that I would mention that if you hadn't looked at Continentals for a decade, or more, you might consider them.
I'm a Michelin kinda guy. I always have been. I've never had a bad experience with them. But, I decided to try something different this time around.
A lot of the BMWs that I used to tinker with came with Continentals from the factory. They would start dry rotting long before the first half of the tread was worn. In other words, they were as hard as a friggin' rock! Nevertheless, I tried their Sport tires recently and thus far, I quite like them. If you are just looking for cruising around tires you would more than likely prefer the All Season variety over the Sport tires. But, I just thought that I would mention that if you hadn't looked at Continentals for a decade, or more, you might consider them.
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"Best" depends on your specific use case.
Longevity?
Wet weather?
Cold weather?
Brand?
Price?
Tire Rack has a tool that might help you decide.
Longevity?
Wet weather?
Cold weather?
Brand?
Price?
Tire Rack has a tool that might help you decide.
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I ran a set of Hankook Ventus V12 EVOs on the last two C5s I had. Very reasonably priced and I was very pleased with the overall performance of the tires. Mine were non-runflats.
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From: North Coast
The truth is most name brand tires are fine. Just be aware they all have good and not as good tires.
They sell premium and value tires you get what you pay for.
Many say Michelin and yes they do offer sone good tires but they also have crap.
my last two SUV models came with Michelin and both refused to get 18k and 25 k miles. Wen to Goodyears and got nearly 60k miles. Same on the pilots on my SS. But I know they do have other tires that are better.
Anymore just finding the correct size is tough.
They sell premium and value tires you get what you pay for.
Many say Michelin and yes they do offer sone good tires but they also have crap.
my last two SUV models came with Michelin and both refused to get 18k and 25 k miles. Wen to Goodyears and got nearly 60k miles. Same on the pilots on my SS. But I know they do have other tires that are better.
Anymore just finding the correct size is tough.
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From: In the woods
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I have been very happy with Conti DWS 06's on my coupe. Good road manners and confident feeling when caught in a Florida downpour. That being said I do have a set of Nitto 555 on the way mounted to my new wheels.
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If you can live without run flats (and many of us are but again, only YOU can decide how important that risk is to you) the tool shows four choices based on summer only, prioritizing smooth & quiet. Kumho are less than $800 a set.
And that's just the stock wheel sizes. If you want to change wheels from 17 front, 18 rear there are a dizzying array of choices but staying under $1k total would be a challenge.
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Joined: Nov 2016
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From: Pueblo West CO
The truth is most name brand tires are fine. Just be aware they all have good and not as good tires.
They sell premium and value tires you get what you pay for.
Many say Michelin and yes they do offer sone good tires but they also have crap.
my last two SUV models came with Michelin and both refused to get 18k and 25 k miles. Wen to Goodyears and got nearly 60k miles. Same on the pilots on my SS. But I know they do have other tires that are better.
Anymore just finding the correct size is tough.
They sell premium and value tires you get what you pay for.
Many say Michelin and yes they do offer sone good tires but they also have crap.
my last two SUV models came with Michelin and both refused to get 18k and 25 k miles. Wen to Goodyears and got nearly 60k miles. Same on the pilots on my SS. But I know they do have other tires that are better.
Anymore just finding the correct size is tough.
Melting Slicks
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From: North Coast
I live in Akron. I have several gens of tire company workers in the family and friends.
Some of my friends are tire engineers and you can learn a lot more ftom them vs the web.
My one friend is the grand son of the founder of General tire. He drives Goodyears. Lol
Where I worked the CEO of Firestone used to come in get gas and sit and have coffee with us. This was before they were sold to Japan.
it was a pretty tight community when they were all based here. Now only Goodyear is American and the rest just have research FaceTimes and testing.
Safely times have changes and the tire industry is tough anymore.
‘Tires are expensive but there is little money made per unit. Many people still don’t understand much of the tires are still hand made like my grand father made em.
Some of my friends are tire engineers and you can learn a lot more ftom them vs the web.
My one friend is the grand son of the founder of General tire. He drives Goodyears. Lol
Where I worked the CEO of Firestone used to come in get gas and sit and have coffee with us. This was before they were sold to Japan.
it was a pretty tight community when they were all based here. Now only Goodyear is American and the rest just have research FaceTimes and testing.
Safely times have changes and the tire industry is tough anymore.
‘Tires are expensive but there is little money made per unit. Many people still don’t understand much of the tires are still hand made like my grand father made em.
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Goodyear Eagle Exhilarate - good performance, good price. Just put these on my C5.
