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I will second Falken. They seem to get no love but the set I had on my '02 Monte Carlo SS were phenomenal in both wet and dry and amazingly inexpensive.
My experience with Falken has been that they get noisy and wear rather quickly.
Lydia, no the S Yokohama is not the same tire. The YK tire has different structured tred across the tire for small cars. If you are in Nashville, there are several Discount Tire locations there and they can show you the tires. Good thing about Discount Tire, if you put the tires on the car and don't like them, they will sell you a different tire and give you a full refund for the Yokohama's. So it's not a matter of buy them and you're stuck with them.
At one time I was a Michelin fan. Then Michelin went to a high carbon tire compound. This high carbon makes the tires go farther. The big problem with high carbon is that as it ages, it becomes hard, just like all Michelin tires do over time. The day you buy them, they are great. But as they age they get hard, ride quality goes away and traction goes away. This is true of any high carbon content formulation compound tire. There is no argument here- it's a fact of high carbon tires so be aware.
Here's the tred and block design for the YK580 tire. Notice that it is not symmetrical across the tire. Makes for better traction with small, light cars.
Thank you so much for such a comprehensive answer. You sound like you really know what you are speaking of.
I read some reviews online that said this tire doesn't perform well in heavy rain- but you don't think thats the case? Otherwise it looks pretty case.
Thank you. I am going on a long road trip across the continental U.S. and back, basically. So I do want a comfortable, soft ride. I have autoplaned before and would like to avoid that and have good road grip.
So I am open to any and all suggestions.
The only thing is I am leaving on my road trip in about a week (!) so I don't want to order online if that means I can't leave on time....
Then you want touring tires with low rolling resistance. Touring is designed for comfortable ride and LRR will improve your gas mileage.
I don't do Michelins, period. Every Michelin I had hydroplaned.
That Pirelli looks right. Price is about right. Tire is OK. A bit of a loud name for Civic but hey, a girl may use a loud name once in a while, right, lydia? Btw, my mom was Lydia.
I don't do Michelins, period. Every Michelin I had hydroplaned.
That Pirelli looks right. Price is about right. Tire is OK. A bit of a loud name for Civic but hey, a girl may use a loud name once in a while, right, lydia? Btw, my mom was Lydia.
Yeah, the Pirelli is going to be about $100 cheaper for all 4 tires. I definitely DONT want to hydroplane, but then it says that the Michelins have better tread?
It is a bit loud for a Civic.. I'm gonna feel like a race car driving with these Pirelli's on. And cool, Lydia's a great name
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