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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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Cioncide is helping me some but posting it up here as well

I need help with tires. Not sure what to get. Just gunna be for my summer wheels so something fun sporty good with rain and also a light weight tire so my MPG doesn't plumment
Old Mar 30, 2010 | 02:01 AM
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check out tirerack for their reviews.
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How much are you looking to spend?
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Originally Posted by AAG
How much are you looking to spend?
With cioncide's help I came to a good choice with a continental tire but open for suggestions. I am willing to spend good money. at most 200 a tire would like to spend 600 for a set preferably tho.
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at 600 a set you can get something way better than continentals. trust me, i have some, paid ~600 for the 4, and they royally blow.
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Originally Posted by crg5990
at 600 a set you can get something way better than continentals. trust me, i have some, paid ~600 for the 4, and they royally blow.
Which Conti's do you have that you don't like? Their new ExtremeContact DW's have rec'd some great reviews and are very light tires, giving good ride & handling while not crushing gas mileage on a 4-banger car.
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i had the extreme contact dws's. for the amount i paid for them i definitely could have gotten a better tire. i felt like they were too, sloshy. like they didnt respond to my steering inputs very well and they werent very grippy. idk what your looking for but they were ok in the snow and rain atleast.
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