New Best Street Tire - Poll!

jginnane

Actually when I bought the car I was planning ahead to do all-seasons, but everyone keeps warning me about the grip. The Contis seem to be a possible solution in that they have a 100mm wider lateral footprint in total than stock, though they're also beautifully siped for rainwater.

I found out this year that there will be weeks at a time when the Z doesn't go out, which means anytime there's more than 2" accumulation on the road. Supposedly you shouldn't drive summer compound tires below 50 degrees F., though I had a few highway sorties (dry pavement) in the twenties with no harm. So now I look at tire candidates more for rain handling (than the solid stuff). We've got the Acura's FWD on Michelins and a Honda Element AWD if we have to go anywhere.