I needed tires and a local independent tire dealer made me a deal on 4 tires that he wanted to get rid of. They turned out to be B.F. Goodrich g-Force T/A's. I later found out that a car magazine rated them 10th on a list of the top ten performance tires. I am having no problems with these tires. The thing that angers me is that I am the original owner of this car and I have about 41,000 miles on it. The original tires should not have had tread separations like is far too common these days.

Ask yourself about what you do with your car. No use spending big bucks on tires that for the racing fans if you are just driving like the average citizen.

 

Thanks! Since posting last, I found out that my Contis are not original, the date code puts them at late 2009. Since they have plenty of tread left I got them balanced this morning--oh my gosh, I can't even describe how smooth this car is now on the highway. I'd compare it to air travel, but that usually has more vibration! Hoping these tires will take me through next year.

Was looking at the Faulkin, same price range as Hankook and Conti. Out of those, might just get another set of Contis when it's time since they're OE. Michellin might be very nice, but almost double the price. I just want smooth, quiet highway cruising--I don't really go around corners

 

I have been happy with Contis in the past on another vehicle except for driving in light snow. I am interested in Kumho Ecstas Tire Rack ratings look good for noise, treadware and handling. Anyone have any experience with them?

 

I have the Khumo KU31's fitted and I am very happy with them

I have done about 5000km's on them so far.
Performance is much the same as the Pzero
Cant comment on wear as yet because they are only new
But if they were as bad as the Pzero im 3 times in front as each tyre was less than a third the price of the Pzero

Cheers
34by151

 

My car came with a set of Fallen, buy I hate them Q's they have a very bad whine to them. 1st I thought I had a bad wheel bearing. I changed to a set of Bridgstone and the are great so far. 20000 miles and very quiet.

 

34by151

How quiet are the Kumho's?

RyeJag

 

I don't notice them,
Grip is good, as is the noise
Very happy with them so far especially when I get 3 fitted for the price of one Pzero

cheers
34by151

 

Interesting little read on some summer tires:
Monsters of Grip: Nine Summer-Performance Tires Tested - Comparison Test - Car and Driver

My VDP is running some sumitomos that came on it when I bought it currently, but whenever I get around to needing some tires, I am definitely going to go with the Continental ExtremeContact DW's to replace them. Good dry grip, very good wet, not all that expensive, and one of the quietest tires around.

I am also astounded that Goodyear is still making and selling Eagle F1's for how astoundingly bad they are. My dad's mustang cobra came with those and he replaced with the same a couple times, and it was more than a world of difference in noise in the car when he changed up to something else, the F1s are stupid loud, and they don't outgrip the competition either really... Although it is strange that they are silent when you spin them... I would highly recommend avoiding them.

 

fullitorrrrrrr,

That was an interesting article. I noticed you are in OH. I have had good results with Continental's ExtremeContact DWS (Dry, Wet AND Snow) tires. Still quiet with good dry and excellent wet grip, but they are also pretty good in the snow. (At least as good as all seasons can be). Price is still good and road noise is very quiet. I had a set on my E320 Mercedes and put over 50k miles on them before selling the car. I have had them on my 07 VDP for about 40k miles and they still have a lot of tread left.

 

I doubt the Jag will be seeing much snow duty, I've got a '99 Acura CL (4 cylinder/manual) for snow service and for whenever the Jag decides to be broken

So the current plan is summer tires to stay on the jag, and the confused little coupe which unfortunately doesn't have heated seats gets driven in the winter.

Funny story, an Acura CL, which is an Accord coupe with a nicer interior, is significantly cheaper than it's Honda sister, because it is a 'luxury' car, so it depreciates faster, and has more than caught up and passed it price-wise. It's actually not a bad little car, gets me 33-34 mpg with enough power to get me around reasonably (~150hp 3200 lbs) with a nice shifting manual trans and will pretty much never break.