I need to get replacement tires for my MSP because I have to get VA plates and the tires won't pass inspection. I am going to be buying a second set of wheels and tires strictly for auto-x, but i am unsure what tires to get for everyday driving. I just recently moved up to Fairfax and i don't think i need to worry too much about snow, but i don't know if i should look to some high performance all seasons.
Has anyone had any luck with any high performance all seasons. I was reading the reviews on tire rack and there isn't one tire that jumps out at me. i am trying to keep the cost down to around the 100 dollar range. They will be 17 inch tires.
Any opinions greatly appreciated.
I bought BFGoodrich Traction T/A's for the Golf. Good grip, haven't been hydroplaning nearly as much as before with my bald Goodyears... Maybe something to consider.
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Not sure if they make them in the correct size, but Bridgestone potenza RE950's make a pretty nice all season tire.
-Mike
i'm with john. i talked my roomate in to getting the traction t/a's and damn those thinks are pretty nice. if i had daily driver wheels those are what i'd be running.
i'll be honest. we didn't know a thing about them when we ordered them as they were a pretty new tire, but he is very very pleased with them.
fwiw - we get about as much snow up here as we do in the burg.
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2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
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Thanks for the info. the traction t/a's come in 215/50 - 17, which is just slightly higher profile - so it shouldn't be a big deal at all. They are $111, which isn't too bad. How many miles have you put on yours so far? any idea on how quickly they will wear?
i asked him how his are wearing, he said pretty well. he drives like a lunatic and does a lot of highway driving. he said they're amazing in the rain.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
sweet... i'll probably give them a shot.
MSPxavier Wrote:Thanks for the info. the traction t/a's come in 215/50 - 17, which is just slightly higher profile - so it shouldn't be a big deal at all. They are $111, which isn't too bad. How many miles have you put on yours so far? any idea on how quickly they will wear?
Got maybe 300 miles on mine so far. Still have a few of the little rubber bristles on 'em  So no, no idea on how they'll wear. I'll look closely when I get home today and see if I can make any predictions though. Treadwear rating is pretty good iirc, and the price was pretty damn good for my little 14" wheels. $54 each I think 8)
ps- Don't be too jealous, I get screwed by the 275/65/R17's for the truck  hock:
MichaelJComputer Wrote:i asked him how his are wearing, he said pretty well. he drives like a lunatic and does a lot of highway driving. he said they're amazing in the rain.
Yeah, what he said about the rain. Delightful :twisted:
mpg9999 Wrote:Not sure if they make them in the correct size, but Bridgestone potenza RE950's make a pretty nice all season tire. I 2nd that. Damn good tires. One of the best, if not _the_ best allseason tire you can get. The only snow rated tires that I wouldnt mind taking on a racetrack.
We do get one or 2 good snows a year, so M+S rating is needed.
MichaelJComputer Wrote:fwiw - we get about as much snow up here as we do in the burg.
yeah, but up there they actually plow everything off the streets....i remember in the 'burg i drove around for 4 days on hard packed snow
in the huge storm last year, it took the city 2 weeks before they plowed my neighborhood. the majority of that 2 weeks i could not get my car out
VA still has not wised up to the fact that we get snow, in the 22 years I have lived here.
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Atleast its not like in NC. My brother's college was outta school for a week because of an ice storm...they had like one plow on the whole campus
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