not the best tire, but the consensious bet tire for the $

obviosuly it wont be the best, but that mixes grip, hold, quietness, and comfort all reasonably well, for the lowest cost

your opinion?

 

That's asking a tire to do a lot...for little $$$. IMO, there are only 6 categories, pick and choose your top 3 and go from there:
Dry
Dry & Wet
All Season
Noise
Cost
Thread wear

 

well not asking for it to be necessarily $70/tire or anything...just the one that does the most for the least

 

I hear good things about the Toyo T1S

 

Car and Driver TV did a rating a few weeks ago... I think they did a top 5 but I only wrote down the top three... sorry if the names are wrong (but they are close - I'm not a tire buff).

1) Goodyear Eagle F1GS3 $145
2) Continental (sorry didn't get type - cause I won't buy it) $146
3) Yokohama Advan $175

Their ranking is based on (dry) performance and price

You can find their full list of top rated tires at www.caranddriver.com

 

I'm running a set of Kumho ECSTA ASX tires on my car right now. Kumho gives you a pretty good price/performance ration. These are a high-performance all-season tire. They're not as grippy as the Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3's that I had previously, but for driving spiritedly on the street they're fine, both in performance and comfort. I use a second set of tires now for autocross instead of one tire for both.

I've heard that Kumho's get a little noisy towards the end of their life, but mine aren't old enough to confirm or deny that.

 

Ryoken do you run a 235? How is the handling and extra traction?

 

235/50R17. The Eagle F1's I had last were 225/55R17 (they didn't make them in 235/50 at the time). You can't find any decent tire choices in 215/55R17.

It's great for city streets. I can't directly compare it to anything, though, as I haven't autocrossed this set of tires and don't plan to, so I don't know how far I can push them.

The difference between the Turanzas and the Eagle F1's on an autocross course was pretty good, but then.. the different between Eagle F1's and Kumho Victoracer V700 racing tires was just flat out amazing -- enough to change the car's character.

I like the ECSTA ASX so far. It's a performance tire with a 30k mi treadware warranty. They're my daily driving tires. I wanted something that wouldn't sacrifice performance or comfort, but that would last awhile and wasn't too expensive. I think they fit the bill nicely.

Now, I live in SoCal. If I were in a place with more inclement weather, I might have sprung the extra $$$ for the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S. I've only heard good things about that tire's ability to be a jack-of-all-trades (performance, ride comfort, treadwear, rain, light snow) -- though never tried it myself. It's a bit expensive for a car that never sees white stuff.

 

I have the Pilot Sport A/S and I love it! Debating on when they wear out whether to switch to the Goodyear F1D3's -- they were out of stock at the time so I went with the Michelin, and that tire just truly is the jack of all trades.

 

I have the BFGoodrich KDW2, and they are by far the stickiest tires I have ever driven on- wet and dry.

I can't break them loose in the dry (partially because I'm running 275's in the rear), but even in the wet it is hard to get them loose, they just grip everything!

I used to put different models of Kumho's on my Maxima, and the tread life was horrible.

 

i like my pirelli pzero neros

 

So is it a good call to go from a 215 to a 235? Wondering if the width will help the handling and grip. I can't get a summer tire so I want the best possible AS and the widest size for traction that makes since without adding too much rolling resistance.

 

Yofool, I say go with the RT 615.

 

but i think that will reduce your mileage by atleast 2-3mpgs

why not give avon tech M550 A/S a try, they are available for 125$ from where I buy and they seem to be nice as far as tirerack riviews go...thats what I am planning on going with..

 

Falken 512 are priced reasonable and are good tires