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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 08:35 AM
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Just wondering what type of tires are the members here using. What tires to avoid or what tires has high rolling resistant that cause low mpg.

I just replaced 2 of my stock crappy dunlop with Continental Extreme contact DWS. The stock lasted 30k miles. My other 2 dunlop that I'm about to change last a bit longer (don't know why, I rotate my tires every oil change). They have 33k miles on them. It looks like it got about 3k more miles left but I'm gonna replace them very soon.
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I have the DWS Continetals running them on 235/35/19s

I love them!! Best low pro all season tire I've found....got them at discount for 167.00 each.

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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 03:06 PM
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Currently on Michelis Pilot Super Sport 235/40/18 in my turbo tC, holy crap best tires I've ever tried. This babies stick like glue! Harder compound than PS2's for longetivity and still manage better traction than the older ps2's. Used to run Nitto Invo's and while soft, they lasted 30k miles. They had good traction when warm, even better when letting some air out at the trac, but anything under 55 degrees of temp and they get hard as a rock and loose some traction. Got some DWS's on my wifes stock tC and traction is pretty decent, nothing too crazy, but they are very stable when manuevering. Used to have Nitto NeoGen and while they traction was good, they got pretty noisy after 15k miles and didn't last more than 25k miles. Have close to 20k miles on the DWS and still have about 85% thread left, awesome for a family car that wants good traction without sacrificing tire life. Hope to get 60k miles out of them.

I've tried many other types in the past, but there's just no reason to recommend six year old tires when theres better stuff coming our all the time. I usually don't recommend tires because everyone has their own taste just like motor oil, but if I had to buy them for my car again, I wouldn't think twice about buying the Michelin PSS.
Old Apr 6, 2012 | 05:18 AM
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Had lots of brands , seems Falken have been the best . The a/s 912's made in Thailand are pretty good . The 19's Falken 452's summer tire made in Japan are fantastic . The cheap China tires that have hit the market in Canada are round like a egg . I'd never go back to a all season tire again .
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running continental dw on my turbo xb2 right now, they are nice and sticky for 300whp corner well, etc
new so idk how tread life is but seems good so far

had fuzion zri cheap and sucked for anything but granny driving haha

goodyear eagle gt pretty good too
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