Overwhelmed by tire choices. Need advice plz

ben1620

Thank you Ken and mike for some good info and opinions. Excellent point made about the rounded side-wall DWs.

To anyone trying to make jokes, it should be obvious that I am aware of trade-offs between different tires and there no such thing as a perfect tire. Just looking for advice bc I haven't been involved in previous discussions.

And I haven't researched much on the stock potenzas. I have just seen many posters discredit them without giving a specific reason. This led me to believe that getting slightly better performance and tread life for less or equal cost would be likely. I could settle
with equal performance and comfort if I could get better tread life. I listed additional concerns bc on other posts that is often the first question asked of the OP. I'd like to spend $200ea but can do $500 if there is an obvious choice for my needs.

I didn't know certain tires are more likely to kick up debris; I was asking about bow tire width may affect it. Thx Ken for some direction there on both issues. Now I can search for related posts.

I was reading that some tires are wider than the specs; is this due to a more squared side-wall with the intention of producing more surface area?

So I'm leaning towards Ken suggestion and will be researchig Hankooks. I like the idea of the wider setup with a less aggressive side-wall.

Thanks for any extra info or suggestions