Any suggestions for street tires?

[kk2002s]

Originally Posted by RaisedOnPorsches

I'd had good experiences with Sumitomo HRT Z-III tires for street use on a 2.5l Boxster.

+1
They came with my car, apparently relatively new. I've put 15k miles on them, they are still in excellent shape. I will be taking them through to Fall. So that should be about 20-22k for me. Then I am in the same boat looking for tires. It will be an all season next.
I even drive them in the winter. I know No No. Never had any dry road traction issues even in single digits. They have be very good in rain
I've driven in snow with them and that is definitely not their purpose.

These are price friendly, good gripping fairly long lasting Summer Tires

[mikesz]

I too bought a set of Sumitomo HRT Z-III from Tire Rack. So far so good. Of course only had the car 1 year and drive it on the weekends.

[Slate 01]

Originally Posted by silverboxter

i prefer Bridgestone Potenza. They came on my used 2001 base box. It had 62k miles when i got it. it now has 175k miles.

i'm on my third set on the rear.

but get this...i'm still running the original pair on the front! they still look and perform fine. i can't believe they have 110k miles!!

they're W-rated, assymetrical and look great.

Wow I am amazed to hear that, I had those tires on a 350Z and thought they were the loudest tires, after 1k miles, I'd ever had on a car. I'd never consider buying those tires again. Glad you like them.

[Rob175]

I too have the Hankook Ventus V12 and I'm very happy with them (and the great price)....

[ekam]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

If the sticky tire's superior collision avoidance benefits allow you to prevent 1 collision they have more than paid for themselves!

Beside sticky tires is the only form of upgrade that will improve on all performance aspects of a vehicle - corner speed, braking distance, acceleration, etc etc etc.

And it's fun to play frogger. :dance:

[BugsFerBrains]

I just put on Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 on all 4 corners.
We'll be driving all street, supposed to be good in the wet.

[st600r]

Hey TOPLESS you mentioned 5K miles on rears. Can you elaborate. I just went 4K on some really crummy Falken tires. When I bought my car (986) it had Hankook evo V12's which seemed to wear quite well (some where around 23K on the back tires).

I need tire suggestions for decent grip, no winter or snow use, fair amount of rain. I use 235/35-19 fronts & 265/30-19 rears.

Any help would be appreciated. Don't want to buy tires every 4k miles.

Thanks.

[Coaster]

Originally Posted by black_box

The Michelin PSSs are very very good while in good condition, HOWEVER, once they wear down they can become downright dangerous in wet conditions.

This is my experience with the PSSs also.

[JayG]

Hankook Ventus V12 evo2

I put a set on a couple of weeks ago and love them
Great dry and wet performance and 320 treadwear.
Probably slightly less performance that the Bridgestone SE-02 that were on the car before, but they only lasted around 8k

Ended up costing me out the door mounted and balanced including tax $750

Check Tire rack as well.

[Perfectlap]

I like my RE-11. It's the stickiest tire I've had since running an R-compound but not as rough on the drive-train.
Pretty quiet, good in rain (I'm a stickler for that), and good wear although I run a winter tire half the year so maybe that's partly why.
I'm not sure what the latest iteration of the RE-11 is now.

Don't be a chiseler on two things: tires and oil. one saves your neck the other your costly engine.

[san rensho]

My Hankook Ventus v 12s have 17k miles and after measuring the tread, I should get at least 5k more miles out of them. Great grip and when they break away, they do so gently and predictably.

When I drive, I go fast and hard around corners and I don't spare the throttle, but I am very easy on the brakes. I try to anticipate traffic so I can just coast rather than have to brake, unless of course, I'm late braking after getting off an exit ramp at 100 mph.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by san rensho

My Hankook Ventus v 12s have 17k miles and after measuring the tread, I should get at least 5k more miles out of them. Great grip and when they break away, they do so gently and predictably.

When I drive, I go fast and hard around corners and I don't spare the throttle, but I am very easy on the brakes. I try to anticipate traffic so I can just coast rather than have to brake, unless of course, I'm late braking after getting off an exit ramp at 100 mph.

I am seeing similar performance as well, sticky and very predictable. Mine are the new version, so they have even higher tread life. The older ones I believe were 280.,

Time will tell