March 24, 2006:

Time for tires

A shout out for opinions :)

My Pirelli PZero Nero tires are reaching the end of their life after 1-1/2 years and 25,000 miles.

When I bought my Pirellis, TireRack recommended the size 205/50 R16 - I guess that is still the best aftermarket size, since the choice of 195/55 R16 is pitiful!

On TireRack you can compare different choices easily - here I compared five possible options for an all-season 205/50 R16 tire, including the Pirelli PZero Nero, and a Bridgestone Potenza choice.

It looks like the Pirellis are still the best choice - but am I missing some other options? Remember, I want a 16″ tire and I don’t want to switch to winter tires so I want all-seasons.

Posted by GBMINI at 07:44 pm | GBMINI#3
Comments: 10 (post new comment)

  1. murmini (2006/03/24 @ 8:27 pm)

    I have had remarkably good success with the BF Goodrich T/A KD on an MCS JCW.. . . . but hey, thats just my opinion
    murmini

  2. davester (2006/03/24 @ 8:32 pm)

    You might give Hankook V4es H105 a look. This is a V rated all season tire with a higher UTQG treadwear rateing that the Pirelli and at a very good price.

  3. Joel (2006/03/24 @ 9:05 pm)

    I am very happy with my Toyo Proxes 4. They don’t sell them at Tire Rack. I bought them at a local shop and they were cheaper that any Pirelli, Bridgestone or BF Goodrich at Tire Rack.

    I have the 205/50 16’s

  4. LTZMTOR (2006/03/25 @ 2:45 am)

    On my ‘02 MCS it had some type of Pirelli’s. Very sticky but the mileage was very bad….18, 000 miles and they were history. I have tried Pirelli’s over the 30 years and never had good luck with them mileage wise.

    On my ‘04 MCS I have Dunlop SP Sport 9000 DSST. They are a nice all around tire. Quiet, for a RF, decent handling but not as good under hard cornering as those Pirelli’s were but I already have 25,210 on them and they still look good.

    Good Luck in your choice.

  5. Josh Wardell (2006/03/26 @ 1:08 pm)

    I try to stay away from “no-season” tires as I like to call them, but every year new models come out each with their own improvements. A good glance through recent car magazines will feature tons of full-page tire ads and should give you a good idea of any recently introduced tire models.

    My issue is I still don’t know any place that mounts and balances tires around here cheaply and reliably. Last I went to sullivan tire but they charged $160 to mount and balance 15’s. And often I’ve had other places than never balance correctly on the first try.

  6. LTZMTOR (2006/03/26 @ 1:46 pm)

    Wow….$160! I had my S lites done for $85 and that was only because I bought them at Tire Rack and had them shipped to them. Otherwise they have charged me a lot less. The biggest problem most have are with the RF rims and tires.

  7. Aqualung (2006/03/26 @ 5:02 pm)

    through the years I’ve been very happy with Direct Tire (I think there’s now one up in Danvers, closer to you Ian). They have long been a Toyo dealer, and will evaluate them; I’ve also been seeing good things about Goodyear.

  8. snek (2006/03/26 @ 8:01 pm)

    I just put on my second set of BFGoodrich Traction T/A. Excellent dry/wet traction and over 40000 miles ! Check them out.

  9. Josh Wardell (2006/03/26 @ 11:31 pm)

    Aqualung, I went to directtire for a quote on Nokians (which I got elsewhere for $400). They quoted me $600 plus $200 installation. I laughed and walked out the door.

  10. snek (2006/03/27 @ 7:31 am)

    Josh, that’s weird. I went to DirectTire with my Nokians. They balanced and mounted them for $100…

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