C-5 Recommended Tires
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C-5 Recommended Tires
I have one owner C-5 convertible that has 9,000 miles on the original Goodyear Run Flats, and the car is ready for new tires. It seems like most posts I see recommend the Michelin Pilots. Would appreciate any input you can offer. I would like to stay with run flats. Car is driven about 600 miles per year. I will be keeping this car for a second driver for life. Car is pristine.
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Gary D.
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I have one owner C-5 convertible that has 9,000 miles on the original Goodyear Run Flats, and the car is ready for new tires. It seems like most posts I see recommend the Michelin Pilots. Would appreciate any input you can offer. I would like to stay with run flats. Car is driven about 600 miles per year. I will be keeping this car for a second driver for life. Car is pristine.
Thank you,
Gary D.
Michigan
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BUT
It seems you can get a better deal and ride with non run flats..
Just need a 12v compressor and slime....
The tires should be changed every 5 years not decade.
IMHO
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I just today installed four Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus ZP run flat tires on my 50th Anniversary Special Edition. $1221.87 out the door at Discount Tires in Las Cruces, NM. Cannot believe how much more quiet they are than the OEM Goodyears. I am happy. 
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I have one owner C-5 convertible that has 9,000 miles on the original Goodyear Run Flats, and the car is ready for new tires. It seems like most posts I see recommend the Michelin Pilots. Would appreciate any input you can offer. I would like to stay with run flats. Car is driven about 600 miles per year. I will be keeping this car for a second driver for life. Car is pristine.
Thank you,
Gary D.
Michigan
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Now if you drove it a lot I would go with non run flats. I love my Bridgestone Potenzas.
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To the OP - With the Michelins, ZP means Zero Pressure or run flat, A/S is the all season designation. The ones without A/S are the summer tires.
However, no more than you plan to drive your car, I wonder about investing that much money in tires.
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However, no more than you plan to drive your car, I wonder about investing that much money in tires.
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don't buy all season tires if you don't need them for bad weather
run flats in general are more noisy than non runflats
not that many choices in c5 size run flats
you could get another set of OEM tires but they are probably as much as the better michelin
run flats in general are more noisy than non runflats
not that many choices in c5 size run flats
you could get another set of OEM tires but they are probably as much as the better michelin
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In your case, I would go with the original equipment Goodyear Runflats. You drive very little and your car is in showroom condition so you might as well keep it the way it came from the factory.
Now if you drove it a lot I would go with non run flats. I love my Bridgestone Potenzas.
Now if you drove it a lot I would go with non run flats. I love my Bridgestone Potenzas.
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Thanks for the input.
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Don't know if the PS2 ZPs are still sold by Michelin (they were the softer "summer" tire years ago). They gripped a lot better than the AS ZPs that I now have on my 50th Anniversary. Depending on how late in the season that you intend to be on the road is something to consider. The PS2s, or their replacements (I'm guessing here) will not perform as well in the cold. Good luck 
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Don't know if the PS2 ZPs are still sold by Michelin (they were the softer "summer" tire years ago). They gripped a lot better than the AS ZPs that I now have on my 50th Anniversary. Depending on how late in the season that you intend to be on the road is something to consider. The PS2s, or their replacements (I'm guessing here) will not perform as well in the cold. Good luck
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Had these tires installed 3 years ago and no regrets. While your at it recommend replacing all the TPMS sensors.
Ditch the old Goodyears.
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Thanks.