hey guys,

i have a 2007 G35 Sport and will need new tires soon. at the moment i have a set of summer and winter tires mounted on separate rims.

should i go with summer tires or all seasons for the summer?

i don't drive that hard and it seems that the all seasons are cheaper and will last longer.

has anyone here with the same car driven on all seasons? what's it like?

 

It's like driving on a cloud made of asphalt

 

There you go, you've answered your own question. The AS tires will be just fine if you're not pushing them hard.

 

Only those of us that live in SoCal should run high performance tires year round! All season tires are great if you spend a little more and buy quality rubber. UTQG shouldn't be over or under 300 for both ride quality and wear. Michelin's have never let me down unlike most other popular tire brands! Nothing worse than being 70 miles from home and your tires go down because of sidewall cracking...thank you Goodyear!
Gary

 

Conti DWS for all season
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You pretty much answered your own question. Get a better AS tire and enjoy decent performance for your type of driving, and a longer lasting tire.

Summer performance tires are great, but they don't last as long, and tend to lose grip when the temp drops below 40-50 degrees or so.

 

Really depends on your climate. Summers turn into skateboard wheels when the temps are in the 40s and below. The grip is fun, but I got tired of my rear summer tires only lasting me a year, even with stock wheels for the winter.

Changed to Continental DWS all season on BOTH sets of wheels and am satisfied. They may not be the "best" for the 1 or 2 times a year I autocross the car, but they handle great and give you plenty of warning if pushing it too hard. Plus a 285 rear tire doesn't break loose easily anyway, even with an all-season.

 

Since the OP seems to imply that he/she is in a part of the world where there is snow, my vote is for all seasons.

I'm in a similar situation, where I have winters mounted on a set of rims and I need a new set for the warmer weather. I had a set of Bridgestone RE970AS and they were quiet all the way through. Right now I'm contemplating another set of RE970AS's or trying out the Conti ExtremeContact DWS's. However, I've read mixed reviews of the Conti's as they can get noisy.

Summer tires like the Michelin Super Sports are nice but only if your area rarely see's temperatures below 50. I would not want to be on the road with Super Sports when it gets below 50 degrees. Just too hard to judge when I would need to put on my winters.

All seasons take the guess work as to when to put on the winters out of the picture.

 

If you just want a set of tires for Summer, then IMO you'd be best w/ Summer tires, the tread wear won't be as much of a factor if you're only using these tires 3-4 months out of the year unless you really put a lot of miles on your car. Should get 3 seasons out of them driving 1500 miles a month.

If you do plan on overlapping into colder months that changes everything, but for summer only, I'd go w/ only Summers

 

My summer tires are S04s, and they stayed on the car this winter (in Connecticut) until January 23. Nothing awful happened below 50°F, but I didn't drive like it was summer. The winter wheels have Blizzaks, and I can't drive on those marshmallows like it's summer -- but I need them in the snow. I put the S04s back on on February 27 -- rather have the Blizzaks off as soon as possible, even if it's still below 50°F.

 

Some summer tires can actually crack in cold temps, the compound can't handle it. There were a bunch of brand new corvettes with cracked tires a few years back because temps dropped at the assembly plant.

 

I used to run summer tires all winter long in my Mustang. If it snowed, I wouldn't drive, but when it was 0 degrees out, I'd fire it up and go for a ride.

Used to be able to spin all 4 gears, and rolling on the throttle in 3rd or 4th could potentially spin the tires at 80MPH (from lack of traction). Needless to say, I NEVER turned the traction control off when the temp got under 40 degrees.

They got better after a little driving and heat put into them, but you definitely had to pay attention when you rolled on the throttle. If we got 1 inch of snow, I was pretty much stuck wherever I was parked.

I traded that car in for my G35x due to me needing a true winter car

 

Have been very happy with the Toyo Proxes 4 Plus on our Sport. Will buy them again.