Tire brand recommendations
 

It's that time to buy tires. What brand and type of tire, and mileage do y'all recommend?

What size tyre do you want? What purpose? Track? Daily? Winter? All Season? Summer?

continental dw!

Just get something from tire rack

Im not sure what size to get or what sizes could fit. What size do you recommend? I have stock rims by the way. I suppose daily all season tires, though I dont plan on driving it all the time ( thats what my Bronco is for) Im looking for something that grips pretty well too as I do enjoy spirited rides through the country side.
Thanks.

Summer tire - Michelin Pilot Super Sports 215/45/17 (or 225 for more meat), both of which will fit just fine on stock rims.

225/45/17 Michelin Pilot Super Sports if you've got the cash.

How would Summer tires hold up in the winter and vice versa?
My dd is quite old and who knows when.id have to drive in the snow ,etc and I dont want to.have to buy several sets of tires just to drive it year round. ( unless I drive that much =0 )

If you only want 1 set I'd recommend all seasons and stay home when it is actually snowing.

If you are strapped for cash I'd say buy a set of someone OEM wheel (or steelies) and mount General Altimax Arctic winter tires and put them on if you need to drive in the snow.

As a general rule there would only be two occurrences that id have to drive in the snow. A to get to work bc Nissan wont ever shut down and two if it snows when im on vacation during schedule shutdown at nissan.

I live in Tn so as a general rule we dont get much snow. Just mainly the worse of the two evils...black ice

Don't fixate on brand name. Every major brand makes some good tires, some crap tires. Focus on what your specific wants/needs/usage and pick the best specific tire model for that at the lowest price. www.tirerack.com is your friend. Loads of test info, customer surveys, and reviews. Pay particular attention to WET grip! Plenty of tires that have good dry grip and suck in the wet. You want tires with very good wet grip for a dd street car.

If ultimate performance isn't that big a concern, and you will be driving in the cold months, and the possibility exists that you might have to drive in snow or cold/wet or ice (!!!) conditions, UHP all-seasons are probably the way to go. Although on black ice, god help you in any case :P

No reason not to get OEM size: 215/45-17. But you could also go with 225/45-17 if price is favorable or if the tire that suits your needs best is only available in that size.

Faced with similar demands to yours for my wife's Mazda3, I got General G-Max AS-03 tires a year ago. No complaints!
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=151

If you get black ice the only tire that will work (without metal studs) is a Q or R rated studless winter tire. The stickiest ice tire available is the Blizzak W line of tires. These are awful to drive on and after they are half worn they are no longer fit for winter. However, they are a true ice tire.

I won't put bridgestones on any car of mine but many people like them.

The next tier up which are also decent to drive in are Michelin X Ice, Nokian Hakkapelitta, Continental ExtremeWinter Contact and similar. The General tire recommended is excellent also (General is a Continental subsidiary) and Hankook Ice Bears get good reviews.

General altimax arctic is Q rated (99 mph), very soft. No fun in the dry lol

Why not?
Bridgestone makes some GREAT tires, including the RE11A, S-04, RE970AS, etc.
They also make tires that are UTTER CRAP, particularly the OEM all-season tire for the FR-S/BRZ: Turanza EL400-02 (that tire is probably the only reason we didn't get the wife a new Mazda3 this year).

But *every* manufacturer makes some tires that are pretty much CRAP.

Falling into Brand X vs. Brand Y thinking only increases chances of making a sub-optimal choice. You cannot guarantee a good tire going only by brand, and if you do go by brand you are eliminating a lot of good tires from consideration.

It's critical to know about the *specific tire model* you are considering. You can't just go by brand name or even model line (Bridgestone "Potenza", Goodyear "Eagle", BFGoodrich "G-Force", Firestone "Firehawk" are not specific tires, they are a very broad/wide range of tires, some of which are probably great, some of which are likely not so great).

Advice like: "I've always gotten Goodyear Eagles, they're great tires" or "I had a set of Kumho Ecstas and they sucked" is pretty much meaningless because there are both good and bad tires that go by those names.

I am very impressed by nokians line of all weather tires

Summer performance tires generally suck in the cold (as it gets closer to freezing and below). It's in the upper 30s here in NY and my summer tires are starting to require some serious babying when I drive, so my winters are going on this weekend. We're not even talking snow/ice yet.

Either go with a good All Season all year long and recognize that it's not the best in winter or summer, or get two sets that perform really well in one and suck in the other. Don't rely on a dedicated for the entire year.

Michelin Pilot Super Sports. Best non-studded Tires I have ever had.

+1 Nokian tires. Best Studded tires I have ever had.

Ill keep that in mind, thanks!

I suggest you find independent testing labs or ratings agencies to find good summer and winter tires. The Canadian Automobile Association and Tire Rack both do reviews of tires and independent tests and surveys of snow tires. Tire rack also does performance tires. In addition, there are paid sites, such as Consumers Union that do testing. Don't rely on anecdotal advice. There is no substitute for batch testing under controlled conditions.