Hi all, I have searched for all-season tires and am now wondering if anyone has any current info on snow handling, road noise and tire life. I have checked reviews on TireRack for Good Year F-1, A/S and they were not too good for road noise. Any personal experience on this? I am in the market for new tires and am trying to get the best bang for the buck.

Thanks, Allan

 

Not too many choices out there for our rear tires in all seasons. Pretty much either noisy F1's, quiet but lousy at everything else stock Contis, or the more expensive Yoko Advan S4 which I haven't heard much about. You really have to bend over and take it for all season tires for a Crossfire and I'm not looking forward to it either in the next couple weeks.

 

I have new Goodyear F1 A/S and they made a huge difference in traction on ice ond snow covered side streets here in the Cleveland, Ohio area. They don't seem to be noticably loud on dry roads at any speed . They tested number 1 on a snow covered track test I found on the Tire Rack test results, compared to three other all season tires.

So far, I am very happy with these tires on my 04 Crossfire coupe. The 120 lbs of sand tubes I got at Home Depot also increased snow traction a little more.

 

I am also running Goodyear F1 A/S tires. Don't know about snow driving - no snow here in Silicon Valley. But I have never noticed any noise problems with these tires.

 

I've got Michelin Pilot Sport A/S and I'm happy with them. And that's coming from somebody in the GWN (Great White North)!

 

We are running the Goodyear F1 A/S on the coupe and love them. They are much quieter than the old Condis and really grab the road.

 

I run F1s in the winter (Pilots in the summer) and to me they are noticeably noiser than the pilots....then again the road is worse in the winter too, everything colder and firmer etc....

 

My F1 A/S only have about 3K on them so far. I haven't run them in the snow. But for now they are so much quieter than the orig Contis I took off. And I thought they did well at the Fall Dragon run. No noise yet. Time will tell. I guess everyone's threshold is a bit different.





James

 

I just put the F1 AS on too, so far I love them.

Much better traction in rain, and ice then my previous tires.

 

I seem to be in the majority here ! I had also read of road noise running the GY - F1's but installed them anyway.
Really happy with the tire ! Road noise ? I'm running Magnaflow exhaust so tire noise is pretty much non-existant. But traction wise, the Goodyear's have the Conti's beat all to snot !
We don't deal with snow here in my part of Texas, but get a lil rain on these oil slick hiways down here and they turn into skating rinks !

 

How can you say that Tire Rack rates them as noisy? They score in the “Excellent” category are only marginally less than the Pilot Sports.

 

I just switched from Pilot PS2's to Eagle F1 A/S and I love them. Much better grip on wet roads, much better grip in cold weather, the ride seems about the same, and while they are a slight bit noisier, its not much of a difference. They look pretty badass too

 

I don't have any experience with them, but I've head they're quiet when new but get noisier when they get a few miles on them. I'm getting a set of them pretty soon though because they look like the best choice.

 

Yeh, I've seen some people complain about the noise. All tires get noisier as the rubber ages and has wear. We have just over 1 year and about 10k on ours with no issues.

And as Philly stated, they do look badass!

 

Yessssssirrrrrr !

 

Pilot A/S's are good. I got them a few months ago.

I've heard the F1's are really bad on noise. Read the reviews. Tire rack doesn't say it, but a lot the people that have rated it do.

And I've heard nothing but good things about the Yokohama's.

 

I mounted a set Toyo Proxes 4 all season tires on my stock rims. Been really impressed with them. Haven't had them over a hundred yet but they are speed rated. I can hear and feel them a little more than the PS2's they replaced. Reviews make big claims about their dry weather performance but have no first hand knowledge yet.

 

Thanks for all the input. I think I will go with Goodyear Eagle F-1 All Seasons. I can get them delivered for $819.00 from TireRack.Com.

Allan

 

Discount will match TireRacks prices, plus the shipping cost. Just put a new set on mine. Only have a couple hundred miles and still waiting to see how they do on snow. The "summer only" F1's were worthless in snow.

 

You just missed the rebate I guess, it was $670 delivered to my door after $50 rebate from Tirerack. Received them in two days out of Indiana.