I have 15K left on my lease, and need some new tires for my pretty car, though only 15K worth. Mine came with the Continentals. The dealer wanted to charge me $1,200 for the brand new Continentals, I said no thanks. Friend recommended to use Tirerack.com, noticed that Continentals were $750 not including labor stuff. Also noticed that a Summer tire called Avon Tech M500 I can get 4 for about $600. Disinclined to get those, because I need to get through Winter, and my X-Fire is a sled in the snow. Any thoughts on good and reasonably priced tires otherwise?

Also, I noticed that tirerack.com says that the front tires are 225s, while the dealer said that my front tires were 245s and so does the manual. Any thoughts on this discrepancy?

Thanks,

Mike