Anybody run these tires (auto) ?

[Howie]

All weather tires are a compromise.
All weather tires are useless in snow over 4".
Coefficient of friction is coefficient of friction.

Do I run snow tires in the winter?  Not usually, but I don't live where Monsterlover lives nor do I face the incredible commuting lethe does. 

[invinc3ib3]

I run the ventus v12 on my gti, i just got them put on relatively recently.  Before that i had bf goodrich g-forces and compared to the g-forces, the hankooks are very quiet.  They don't grip the road quite as well as the g-forces but they work well as long as you're looking for a sporty summer tire for the street.  Ive also driven a little aggressively during the pouring rain and they still grip pretty well in the wet.  Hopefully that helps.

[Monsterlover]

It does, thanks!!!

[Schmitty]

I've had Toyo T1-S, Sumitomo HTR Z II, and Falken Azenis ST-115 tires on my Jetta over the last 7-8 years, in addition to the stock Michelins.  All of them are excellent summer tires, except for the stockers.  The Falkens are a little less adequate in heavy rain, but being compared to Toyos really isn't fair, since I think the Toyos cost 2X as much.

Also, I run Nokians in winter that kick ass, but are also $$$.

[Popeye the Sailor]

C'mon ML-we all know you're a Kumho kinda guy.

[cyrus buelton]

I guess I have a different opinion, but never been involved in a snow related accident and grew up driving in Northern Indiana and been in snow states since. Of course, not as much as some, but still snow none the less.

Never had snow tires. Never a need. Tires on my car have always worked.

Don't need a performance tire for any driving conditions.

I drive a make the beast with two backsing diesel Jetta and a Lexus RX300, none of which are performance vehicles, so what I put on them seems to work out fine for us.


Carry on.


My current Cooper All Seasons on my Jetta did just fine in 7in of snow a week or so ago.

No reason for me to spend another 700$ on dedicated snow tires and rims.

[Monsterlover]

C'mon ML-we all know you're a Kumho kinda guy.

I like the v710's a lot.

I suspect they wouldn't last too long on the street though

[somegirl]

I guess I have a different opinion, but never been involved in a snow related accident and grew up driving in Northern Indiana and been in snow states since. Of course, not as much as some, but still snow none the less.

Never had snow tires. Never a need. Tires on my car have always worked.

Don't need a performance tire for any driving conditions.

I drive a make the beast with two backsing diesel Jetta and a Lexus RX300, none of which are performance vehicles, so what I put on them seems to work out fine for us.


Carry on.


My current Cooper All Seasons on my Jetta did just fine in 7in of snow a week or so ago.

No reason for me to spend another 700$ on dedicated snow tires and rims.

You also live in the flatlands, you might have a harder time if you had to go up and down mountains covered in snow (and more of it).

[Pip]

How did this turn into a snow-driving pissing contest (don't eat the yellow stuff, BTW) when he's pricing summer tires. 

[corey]

quick response.
loved my hankook summer tires. had the k106 sport, things stuck like glue, and had even better wet traction.

currently we are runnning new continental extreme-contact all seasons on the mini R56. they are incredible in every type of condition you can think of.

[cyrus buelton]

You also live in the flatlands, you might have a harder time if you had to go up and down mountains covered in snow (and more of it).

Your right, but ML lives in Western PA.....not exactly the Rockies.

[Le Pirate]

I haven't driven with any of the tires your looking at...

but since everyone else is throwing out various recomendations you didn't ask for, I can't help myself 

I'm running some Goodyear Eagle GTs (they were having a great goodyear sell at the time), and they are excellent tires in varing summer conditions. They have been wonderful on rainy days especially. A little noisy sometimes though.


I'm not a big Goodyear fan, but these have been pretty damn nice

[Monsterlover]

To update this thread. . .

I ended up getting a set of Sumitomo HTR- ZIII's from tires-easy.com

I think I had like $400 total into it after shipping them in and paying for mount and balance.

That was at the beginning of May and after probably 7500 miles they're all shot

I have my car at the Honda dealer for an oil change, alignment and tire balance (car was pulling right and had a vibration in it)  They just called me and said the rears were like slicks and fronts are cupped bad.

I have a call into tires-easy and am waiting for a claim rep to call me back.

Even though they're max performance summer tires I expected them to go a little more than 7500 miles

[ducpainter]

To update this thread. . .

I ended up getting a set of Sumitomo HTR- ZIII's from tires-easy.com

I think I had like $400 total into it after shipping them in and paying for mount and balance.

That was at the beginning of May and after probably 7500 miles they're all shot

I have my car at the Honda dealer for an oil change, alignment and tire balance (car was pulling right and had a vibration in it)  They just called me and said the rears were like slicks and fronts are cupped bad.

I have a call into tires-easy and am waiting for a claim rep to call me back.

Even though they're max performance summer tires I expected them to go a little more than 7500 miles

I would too, but I'll bet they'll want a receipt for the alignment 'before' installation to honor any claim.

[Monsterlover]

I can produce that