This is a question for anyone who has replaced (or going to replace) the factory tires on his/her G35 Sport. My wife is already PO'd after I told her I'm going to need new tires for the winter. I live near Phila. PA and our winters are always different. It gets cold, which the sport tires hate and snow could be 1" to 40" total. Anyway, I'm not into snow tires or changing out everytime the season changes so I'm leaning towards changing my factory to all season and sell myy exsisting tires. Question is.....

What all-season tire's are people using or going to use. I'm just interested in the make and size.

Thank you in advance for your input or commentatary.

 

I have an X but I have 245/45/18 all seasons installed. So far they perform quite well but I don't know how they perform in the colder weather. They certainly have good write-ups and reviews. They are Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires and they are classed as a ultra high performance all season tire.
I still run dedicated winter tires though because of our location.

 

I'm a big fan of Michelin Pilot A/S, they grip really well and work well in multiple temp ranges. Note that I can't comment on how they work in snow, I live in Houston...

 

I just saw that these were available at Tirerack:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....ng=Y&minLoad=S

No feedback on the site yet, but it's nice that there is at least another option out there in OEM size.

 

From experience:

Don't settle on A/S tires. I did the same thing on my 04 coupe and while they were a "tad" better than the sports in snow, they were nowhere near satisfactory in cold weather.

The Sport tires are great in warm weather. The Winter tires are great in cold weather. The A/S is neither. They won't give you good traction in the summer and even less traction in the winter. Take my advice: Get yourself a dedicated set and potentially save your family's lives.

 

My only concern with that option is I can not rotate the tires with two different sizes. Has anyone intalled matching A/S tires?

 

You still can't rotate them anyway because the front and rear wheels are different sizes (and some of these like the stock OEM and the F1 have uni-directional treads).

I'm planning on switching from the OEM summer tires to all-season tires for this winter. From what I have read in the past, certain high performance A/S like Michelin Pilot Sports are nearly as good or better than some (not all) summer tires for warm weather traction.

I am deciding between the Bridgestone 960 A/S all 245/45/18 (although I am hoping they come out with a 225/50/18 soon) or the new Goodyear Eagle F1 A/S in the correct staggered sizes.

For what its worth, I have never used dedicated winter tires on any car in the greater Detroit area and have had no significant problems. My previous car, a 2003.5 G35S 6MT with the Goodyear RSA A/S (not the greatest tires, but OK) did fine all year round. I think these come standard on the M Series, and there are a lot of those driving around on all-seasons year round.

I'm looking forward to checking out the new G37 coupe being introduced next month. The standard tire is a 225/50/18 all-season - just what we need on the front - I wonder what make those are ? -maybe the Goodyears?

 

I had one size up Mich Pilot A/S on my 03 G and they were a huge improvement over whatever it came with in dry or wet and decent in the snow conditions we get in the Wash DC area.

The Brigestones on my S are outstanding in the dry, not too bad in the wet and totally oh crap in the snow. I will seriously consider A/S when the time comes,

 

I couldn't agree more. If you are going to purchase another set of tires, why bother with AS tires when you could get a good dedicted winter setup.

I don't get why people scrimp on the most important part of their vehicle during the winter.

 

GC and Speed:

If I decide to go with a set of dedicated winter tires......what our my options on a size. Can I use the same size all around. What size did you go with, rims tires?

Thanks.

 

225/55-17. Go with tirerack and there are 17" rims that will fit for sure. I went with cheap rims from a local discount tires shop.

There are plenty of tires available at that size for winter depending on if you are more worried about dry pavement performance in winter, or deep snow.

 

Go with 225/17/55 all around.

See my thread here to get some ideas:

My winter setup

 

I agree with you that if you live in a colder climate where it will snow and be cold enough for it to stick around a few days that winter tires are best. However my dilemma is that here in NC we do not get much if any snow (and I typically work from home on those days anyway since it's more cost effective to take a day off than risk paying out a deductible) but the temps usually drop in the 20-30° range at times so I don't really need dedicated snow tires just something that is not going to be like driving on glass. Hmm, decisions, decisions.

 

If this is your only car, I think you're better off with a dedicated set of winter tires. It will help you keep out of trouble down the road. My aunt lives near Philly too. She uses all season tires on her RWD BMW, but got into trouble more than once.

 

Snow is not everything. Cold temps can have some hazardous implications as well. A/S will be better than Summer but not as good as winter. Like GC said above - you are already spending the money, why not have a dedicated winter set and be over with it?