anyone try the continental extremecontact dw tires yet?

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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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anyone try the continental extremecontact dw tires yet?

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

Tirerack has these available in 235/50R18 255/45R18 tires and i've been thinking of getting for my '07 g35s.

i know someone on here tried the all season DWS version of the tires, but wondering if anyone else has tried the summers.

Tirerack gave them decent reviews and overall the commentary i've found by googling seems positive.

if no one has anything negative to say about these, I think i'll give them a shot. My current summers should last another month before the snows go on (damn MN winters) and then next spring should be a fresh set of summers.
 
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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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haven't heard much about them myself.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by dopey
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

Tirerack has these available in 235/50R18 255/45R18 tires and i've been thinking of getting for my '07 g35s.

i know someone on here tried the all season DWS version of the tires, but wondering if anyone else has tried the summers.

Tirerack gave them decent reviews and overall the commentary i've found by googling seems positive.

if no one has anything negative to say about these, I think i'll give them a shot. My current summers should last another month before the snows go on (damn MN winters) and then next spring should be a fresh set of summers.
i tried the dws, i know its not the same, but im very happy with them after 5000 miles. its a new tire so there isn't much info out there on them yet.

my next set will be dws, again, no question about it.

the dw is in the same product line as the dws,

hope that helps
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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i tried the dws, i know its not the same, but im very happy with them after 5000 miles. its a new tire so there isn't much info out there on them yet.

my next set will be dws, again, no question about it.

the dw is in the same product line as the dws,

hope that helps
yeah. your review of the DWS was the one I mentioned in my original post .
Damn it, why didn't you get the DW .

I think I'll give them a try. They're reasonably priced and seem like they'd be decent. The
I'm curious about the "DW" wear markers though. I wonder how far they go through the tread depth.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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The dws markers in mine go quite deep, they are too small to wedge a ruler in there to mesure, but I can't see the botom of them if I try to pry them apart with my hands, when I get a chance I'm going to try sliding small nail in there see how deep they are
 
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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Take a look at the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus. apparently they do pretty well all around.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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I have dedicated snow tires. Living in Minnesota I have no intention of driving in the winter with A/S tires, so given that, it seems a waste to not get decent performance summer only tires for the warmer months of the year . The Michelin Pilot Sport A/S are supposed to be awesome all season tires but they're pretty crazy expensive and don't seem to do quite as well as the top rated performance tires.

Although realistically, it ain't like I'm tracking them, so the PS A/S are probably more than enough, but damn it, I want performance tires because I can.
 
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