I am looking into getting 215/40/18 tires for my car soon... And i drive foughly 130 miles a day... is there anyone out there that can give me some advice as to which tires would be best and good for me?

 

I have that size tire. I am happy with my BFG G-sports. They ride well are not terribly noisy and seem to be wearing well. They do seem to flat spot a bit. Can be a little shaky on cold mornings till they warm up just a little.

 

Don't take this personal,, because it is not aimed at anyone. I have had high performance cars,, with high performance (expensive - sticky - speed rated - low mileage) tires. But,, here is what I don't understand. (I have an Xa) Why would you put high performance, expensive, sticky, speed rated, low mileage tires on a totally non-performance slug of a vehicle? Like I said,, not a cut or slur on anyone,, just looking for a reason. Is it for looks only? It will most likely cut down on the gas mileage,, which I thought was the whole idea of an ecomomy car.

 

You hit the nnail on the head....LOOKS!!! 18 inch wheels look great on the xB imo. Once you do that the tire sizes and aspect ratios needed to stay near the factory overall diameter are generally available mostly in high performance designs. I chose the G-Sport as they are not Z rated sticky fast wearing blah blah and are moderately priced.

 

WoW,, they sure are good looking. Is that your ride? It is beautiful... That can't be a daily drive,, is it??? My Xa is driven to work daily - 35 miles each way. I wanted something with great mileage, quality and cheap to maintain. I had 16" wheels on my Miata and good high performance tires were running about 130-150$ each. I sure didn't want to go that route on this car. Bay anyway,, great looking car..

 

Yeah. I drive it daily.
Here is a Pic at Layd Out in The Park Show in TN this spring



I have put 13,000 miles on it in 10 months.

 

Slugs have a lot of traction! Sticky little guys, but they are slow.