Hey I need to know what a good tire for My 2005 Crossfire Convertible.....

Went to TireRack.com and was looking at the Continental Extreme Contact DW nice tire.
Just wanted to see what tire you all have used. Thanks
Frank

 

Zero complaints on the General G-Max from anyone running them..

 

g-max for me. Do you want all season or summer tires?

 

I am also very happy with the G-Max's, installed this spring. Great tire, and price.

 

Have the continental extreme contact DW, be tire I've had! No noise, long tread life!

 

I want All Season tires.

 

I went to the tire store to get some prices, i was actually shocked to see that the new michelin pilot sport as3 were only a couple hundred more to put on the xfire compared to the Nittos and continentals.

Any advice if the 200$ is worth the buy? Also can we agree on the fact that Michelin is a top tier tire if not the best?

as always thanks for the input.

 

Michelins are no better (if not worse) than other brands. My Pilot AS sidewalls have been cracking and the inner cords have been coming through on all four tires. Not something you would expect from a tire that has 30,000 (normal driving) miles on it. I've been on the phone with Michelin and they said this is a common problem with that tire and corporate is calling me tomorrow to figure out how to compensate. They are telling me that it's only that one type of tire that is having that issue but I would try another brand...

If it counts for anything, they have good customer service though...

 

New michelins for me. My ps3 were original witb close to 30k on them. 10 years old, no cracking or any issues. Handled superbly. Bought the new michelin super sports. About 500 miles on them. Quiet, comfortable and seem to be good handling (just braking the. In though). They are summer tires though. After a great experience with my original tires (love them) I decided to stick with Michelin even though they are expensive. These had great ratings from everyone too.

 

I have had the Continental Extreme Contact DWs They are very good tires. The traits are very similar to the older ContisportContact 2s I have on the front now. The overall grip level is VERY HIGH. So is the comfort level. They handle bumps and road surface irregularities very well. The ride is fairly quiet, even over concrete. The tradeoff is communication. They are not the most communicative tire and I would say the responsiveness is on the low side for the max performance category. Traction is equally good in all directions.

Wet weather traction is shockingly good, probably the best in the category. I can't say on the snow performance, and you shouldn't be able to either.

I love the tires i have on the rear right now: Dunlop Direzza Z1 Sport STAR SPEC. The Star Spec is a softer / lower temperature tread compound of the Direzza Z1 Sport. I bought these to replace my Hankook R-S3s. The R-S3s were a GREAT tire...but only when warm. I've ran 1.99 60' times on them - which is great for a street tire on a low 13 second car - but they had very little grip when cold. Driving on them under 50* F was scary.

The Star specs were exactly what I wanted: the grip and communication of the R-S3s, but at a lower temperature. I live in Ohio, drive the car 3 seasons, and my driving use is "aggressive street". I have Mickey Thompsons now for the drag strip, so I have not raced on the Star Specs.