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Car Forum / BMW Cars / February 2005Recommendation for tire
Any recommendation for replacement of my stock Continentals? P225/55-R16 95H If you want the best high performance tires go Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. It's a bit pricey but you won't regret it. > Any recommendation for replacement of my stock Continentals? > P225/55-R16 95H > If you want the best high performance tires go Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. > It's a bit pricey but you won't regret it. You might, depends on the car and road conditions. PS2s are pretty poor when cold so for stop start they don;t give best performance for a while. Also on wet roads Pirelli PZero Rosso and Nero tend to give superior grip although they wear more quickly. The turn in with Pirelli seems a little sharper for longer, the PS2 can deteriorate rapidly once more than half worn. Personally I'd go with Pirellis and just replace them more often, they are after all a little cheaper so it sort of balances out. All IME obviously. Yes, PS2s are really good in summer but as soon as the temperature drops below 5 degress celcius I change to Pilot Alpin PA2. Again the PA2's are quite expensive but allow high speed driving in winter and damn are they quiet. The only one that will beat it is Dunlop WinterSport. Please note that there is no such thing as "best tire". It all depends on your city's weather pattern, usage and your own style of driving. As far as summer tires I have used Pirelli, Yokohama, Hankook, Dunlop ... I have to say the PS2 gives you best performance especially when it comes to high speed cornering. As far as wear, no comment. > > If you want the best high performance tires go Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. > > It's a bit pricey but you won't regret it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > All IME obviously. The Pilots are the best according to Tire Rack surveys but they are expensive as hell as Tevor said. I paid a bundle to replace mine with Eagle F1's but I saved a lot over the Pilots - nearly $200. Tire wear seems to be better. Handling and traction are no better or worse. They have a bead of rubber that will protect the rims (to a point) that I was happy to see after I bought them. I paid about $US900 or so for all four but I have the sport package and the lower profile tires. Runflats for the Corvette are only $1300 installed. I have 225/40/18's on the front and 255/35/18's on the rear. Dan > If you want the best high performance tires go Michelin Pilot Sport PS2. > It's a bit pricey but you won't regret it. > >>Any recommendation for replacement of my stock Continentals? >>P225/55-R16 95H If you dont mind getting 20-30k miles out of a set of tires you should look into some Kumhos. In theory you actually shouldnt have tires more than a few years anyway. Anyway, Kumho makes really nice tire for comfort and for hard driving. Soft compound with a good rigid sidewall. And they are really inexpensive, ususally well under $100 per tire. > If you dont mind getting 20-30k miles out of a set of tires you > should [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sidewall. > And they are really inexpensive, ususally well under $100 per tire. My experience has not been that great with Kumhos. They are a good value but they wear badly and do not stay round too well. They get noisey as they wear. The moral: You sometimes get what you pay for, but you almost never get what you don't. -Fred W Thats interesting, I have only run two sets, they were the AVS Sport type tread but I had no prob with them going out of round or getting loud? And the price seems fair to me, for what its worth 200-300 per tire for some of these "extreme" sport tires is outrageous... The moral of that being: a fool and his money are soon parted.... ;) |
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