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Main concern should be maintaining decent grip in your worst possible usage environment. What is your usage envelope? Do you drive in colder weather (below ~50F)? Possibility of driving in snow?
For most people, a GOOD UHP (Ultra High Performance) all-season is going to be the way to go. The trick is to know in advance whether they are actually any good or not, and most are NOT so good...
Highly recommend going to the Tire Rack website and looking at test results and customer surveys before buying any tire. Unfortunately they don't carry Nitto, so it's difficult to say how they compare. BTW, "Hankook Ventus" is not a specific tire, there are at least 5 different "Ventus" tires ranging from racetrack-only Ventus Z214 to "High Performance" (which means LOW performance) all-season Ventus V2 concept2.
We got General G-Max AS-03 for the wife's Mazda3, and they've been way better than I expected. Firm sidewalls, the responsiveness was surprising, great wet grip, and they even dealt with a rare Atlanta snowstorm while other cars were stuck.
$708 for four 255/35-18s from Tire Rack.
Treadwear rating is 480, should give decent life. I think ours are at ~20k miles, should get to near 40k I think.
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