Any suggestions for street tires?

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by kodabear

Its taken me a long time to realize this but the honest truth is that for street only use you really should not be driving such that you'd ever need sticky tires, unless of course you want to end up like Paul Walker. My recommendation is to find the proper speed rated tires in the proper sizes with reasonable tread wear >=300. All buying sticky low wear tire accomplishes is having to buy another set real soon and more $ for the tire guys. It's a money making scam as far as I'm concerned.

If your looking for dual use tires, that's a different story.

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

[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.

[murphy986]

I've got the Hankook V12's. Nice for the price! Run much better when hot.

[John Bergen]

Thanks for the good info folks!

[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: