Recommendation for an All-Season
 

I searched and could not find:dunno:

So I have the original summer tires on my 8 and they are all at less than 25% life. (one is almost bald due to a bad alignment). But anyway, I'm heading to college and need a set of tires. I'm looking into all-seasons(i know, get a set of winter tires, yeah i know). I may end up selling the 8 next summer. So I am looking for a set of tires to get me through the school year and into the summer.


Any recommendations?


I have used tirerack and found 3 tires I think pretty good because of the rating system. All above 8's.


This are to fit the OEM wheel with 225/45-18 size

Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS
Bridgestone Tirerack page

Continental ContiExtremeContact
Contintenal Tirerack page

Kumho Ecsta LX Platinum
Kumho Link to tirerack


any input would be good. I just want tires for a daily driver without losing too much performance.

I have used 2 different sets of All-Season tires on my car. The Continental ContiExtremeContact and Pirelli PZero Nero M&S. The Pirelli's were first and they make a good 3 season tire. They weren't as good in the snow as I would have liked. I never got stuck with them, however. They Conti's, which I have now, are great snow tires. The don't corner like a summer tire would in the dry.
All-Season tires are a compromise tire. You can't have everything.

I have the Goodyear Eagle F1 All-Seasons on my OEM wheels and will be putting them back on come late September or October. I have logged about 12k miles on them and I've always been very happy with them. Quite frankly, I am surprised reading some of the bad reviews of them on Tire Rack. People saying they're only getting 12-18k miles from them and such. I've got at least 2/3 tread left on mine after 12k. I don't really push my car very much thought either.

Of course, this is only my experience with them, but I was really very pleased with them. And they look great too.

i just bought a set of the contiextremecontact's and i like them. i mainly chose them because out of all reviews on tirerack they had the best for snow and ice grip. plus theyre not as expensive as the first ranking A/S tire but their performance is just as good. and as someone said before, the dry pavement grip isnt the best but its good.

like alnielsen said, A/S's are a compromise. i bought them for my stock 18's cause i dont want to ride on my rpf1's with star specs in the winter and other harsh seasons. :)

p.s. im not sure if the offer is still on but if you buy continentals and your tire price is over $400 you get a free gps. lol may not be the best gps but if you dont have one then its great or it can be a nice gift. lol

I've used toyo proxes 4 and they were great in dry traction, wet traction, and I was even able to drive them in snow with little problems. The best part, however, is the life of the tread is the best I have gotten on any tire.