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MY tires are getting pretty bare and need 4 new since it's an all wheel drive
I haven't bought tires in probably 4 years, so I went on tirerack and sears and townfair tire sites.
If I go with the exact ones I have (continental extreme contact DWS06, townfair has the best deal at $900 for the whole thing including 4 wheel alignment.
But I saw this brand on townfair's site that gets pretty good rating.
The Sumitomos are quite good. I have the HTR ZIII versions on my BMW (had them on my last BMW, as well). Last a long time and grip well in all conditions (except snow as mine are dedicated summer tires). The ones you are looking at get great ratings in the snow as well.
Besides the Sumitomos, another inexpensive, but recommended tire is the Khumo Ecsta 4X II. Basically the same tire as the Sumitomo, but a little grippier in the dry, and a little quieter to drive on. Either one are excellent choices for not much money.
As for brands to avoid, any bargain Chinese brand, like Fuzion or Laufenn.
Thanks for the feedback.
The funny thing is that my car takes 2 different tire sizes maybe because it's a sports Mercedes. The low profile tires are indeed expensive but need a good all season to deal with the snow season up here as well.
Hankook is offers an $80 mail in rebate on their Ventus S1
The Hankooks are not great in the snow. So far, none of their all season tires have been very good in the snow. Our MINI came with Hankook all seasons and it simply sucked when the white stuff came down. they are also a bit worse in the wet than other similar tires.
Now, their ultra high performance summer tires tend to be pretty good, so I'm not sure why the all seasons are not.
I have set of Sumis on wife's Lexus. For over a year. They are quite OK. Hydroplane a little if you go real fast through deep water, but she never had any complaints about them, it was I who actually noticed it. I had them ordered off Tirereck and shipped to local Discount Tire where they mounted them. All cost me $450 or so, what was 50% saving comparing to other brands. They do not have huge tread wear - only 45 000 miles - but she does not drive much anyway and in time she gets there, we'll likely won't even have the car.
I don't know about that brand of tire but I do know that when it came to buying tires for my 4x4 truck I wanted BF Goodriches and the best deal I found was online with drop shipment to a garage near me and Townfair tire matched the price.
I had a coupon so I went to Sears and they wouldn't even consider matching the deal and wanted to charge me near full price. The difference in price was about $500.
The Sears tire center was a ghost town. Townfair literally 2 miles down the road was packed with customers and plenty of workers.
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