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Originally Posted by D_Thissen
I was just about to ask, what tires would people suggest as a next step from the OEM ones?
I would like a bit better overall grip, with out loosing the character of the car. I guess I'm asking if the OEM tires are a 2 out of 10 on the 'grip-o-meter' what tire(s) would fall in the 5 out of 10 category??
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strat61caster said, check TireRack.com.
I've had 225/45 RE-11A's and PSS's on stock wheels. The PSS's come closer to your requirements and are far better in the wet than the RE-11A's. Also, being lighter, they accelerate a little better than the Bridgestones. The RE-11A's do everything else better if you're looking for a no compromise tire.
The big negative that both fall off drastically below 50°F.
Another consideration is that the Michelin's are incredibly loud on almost anything but a racetrack but have a 30K mile treadwear warranty, unusual for a Maximum performance tire. The Bridgestones and all the other Extreme performance tires have no mileage warranty.
If I lived there and wanted a year-round performance tire, I'd pass on both of those and keep looking.
Ideally, you could run the 225/45 RE-11A's on stock wheels for three seasons and then switch to narrower, dedicated snows on steelies (see @
Tcoat) for Winter.