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Rating scale: E = excellent, V = Very Good, G = Good, F = Fair, P = Poor


Top Five Performance all-season tires
1.Falken Ziex Ze 512 - dry braking = E , wet braking = E , handling = V, hydroplaning = V, rolling resistance = V, snow traction = G, ice braking = V, ride = V, noise = V

2.Bridgestone Turanza LS-H - dry braking = E , wet braking = V, handling = E , hydroplaning = G, rolling resistance = G, snow traction = G, ice braking = V, ride = G, noise = V

3.Bridgestone Potenza RE950 - dry braking = E , wet braking = E , handling = E , hydroplaning = E , rolling resistance = V, snow traction = P, ice braking = G, ride = G, noise = G

4.Michelin Energy MXV4 Plus - dry braking = E , wet braking = V, handling = V, hydroplaning = E , rolling resistance = G, snow traction = G, ice braking = G, ride = G, noise = G

5.Dunlop SP Sport A2 - dry braking = V, wet braking = G, handling = V, hydroplaning = V, rolling resistance = G, snow traction = G, ice braking = V, ride = V, noise = G

Top Five Ultra-Performance tires
1. Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 - DRY PERFORMANCE [braking = E , handling = V, cornering = E ,]WET PERFORMANCE = [braking = E , handling = G, cornering = E , hyrdoplaning = E ,] noise = V

2. Toyo Proxies T1-S - DRY PERFORMANCE [braking = V, handling = E , cornering = E ,]WET PERFORMANCE = [braking = V, handling = V, cornering = E , hyrdoplaning = E ,] noise = V

3. Continental ContiSportContact 2 - DRY PERFORMANCE [braking = V, handling = E , cornering = V,]WET PERFORMANCE = [braking = E , handling = G, cornering = E , hyrdoplaning = G,] noise = E

4. Michelin Pilot Sport - DRY PERFORMANCE [braking = V, handling = G, cornering = V,]WET PERFORMANCE = [braking = E , handling = V, cornering = E , hyrdoplaning = E ,] noise = F

5. Dunlop SP Sport 9000 - DRY PERFORMANCE [braking = V, handling = V, cornering = V,]WET PERFORMANCE = [braking = E , handling = G, cornering = V, hyrdoplaning = V,] noise = G

 
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Thanks for the post on tires. I'm looknig at tires and having a hard time deciding. This helps.

 
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no prob.. figured someone could use it.. im buying tires myself.. i originally was going to go for the falkens.. found a site selling them for 107 each... seems like a pretty good deal...then i found this in consumer report.. even better.

 
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$107 EACH????

Check out http://www.hptire.net -- they have them for $34.00 each (185/65-15)

 
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they forgot 2 for the Top Five Ultra-Performance tires

the Falken Azenis Sport and the Kumho MX. both are Phenomenal for Dry traction... They just dont last long and are pretty noisy but then they are basically R-compound tires that are streetable.....

 
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I believe they tested all-season tires only... which might be why the ultimate dry traction tires weren't in the ratings.

 
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crv16 -- have you done business with hptire.com before? I can get a 195/60 15 set of 512's from them for $166.44 shipped, which seems absolutely crazy.

 
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No, I haven't tried them out before. If you try them out, post your impressions of them here.....