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Continental Sport Contact 5
I don't think these are made as SUV tires, and they are certainly stickier than your normal all season. But I don't drive a ton of miles and I have blizzaks for the wintertime. The load rating is 105W. The stock load rating was only 104 though, so I should be OK, right? https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tir...tact-5/p/44637 Anyone ever used these before or have any other input for me? TIA!!
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They should be pretty good I'd say.
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Check the tread depth, "sport" tires are often less and wear out much quicker.
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That's actually why I want them! I've driven this thing only 40k miles in the 7+ years I've owned the car, and I swap Blizzaks on all winter. So I am looking for something stickier than your normal mall-crawler all season tire. If they last 60k miles I will probably have to throw them away due to age rather than wear. Any other suggestions along the same lines are appreciated, if I am looking at the wrong kind of tire.
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I've liked Good Year Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3 SUV on mine.
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For a street grip tire, I like them.
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I was looking at these also but as they are now a couple of generations behind new tyre tech (they are up to Asymmetric 7 now) I decided to go for the Hankook Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV. Well priced and seem like a great tyre! My set is on the way…… https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/...-Tyre-Test.htm https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/...-Tyre-Test.htm |
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I'll take a look at those too - the Contis are a really good price (under $800 installed afer rebate for 255/55/18) but I have had several pairs of Hankook Ventus V12 Evo (1 and 2) on my family car and I can't sing their praises enough. Quiet, sticky, and reasonably priced. Good suggestion. Didn't know they made an SUV version.
Since we don't drive a lot of miles, and use snow tires in the winters, you can see that I don't mind buying sticky rubber for the summer time, even if it doesn't last many miles. I am on year 5 with this pair of Ventus Evo2s and still have two or three more years to get out of them.
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I run NITTO tires and love them!! I would recommend NT555G2....
The roads here are shit but also very slick, as seen on YouTube where the Saudi guy is burning off his tires on his bicycle. ![]() They'll last you about 2+ years with very aggressive driving if it's like it is here. Sent from my SM-A528B using Tapatalk
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Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3 SUV tyres are now on and so far I'm quite impressed.
https://www.hankooktire.com/au/en/ti...evo3-k127.html Last edited by Homerlovesbeer; 11-18-2023 at 02:31 AM. |
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