What's the best tire for the price right now?

[ryankokesh]

Pilot super sports aren't cheap, but tire rack has a $70 gift card if you buy four. Not bad.

I'm with Seth on this one myself, though. The Conti DW/DWS lines have proven to be some of the most popular tires on the block. The DW will run you $624 for a set now. Good deal if you ask me.


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[94jedi]

Pilot super sports aren't cheap, but tire rack has a $70 gift card if you buy four. Not bad.

I'm with Seth on this one myself, though. The Conti DW/DWS lines have proven to be some of the most popular tires on the block. The DW will run you $624 for a set now. Good deal if you ask me.


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Definitely a good deal and I'll be filling out the papers for the $70 rebate (aka visa gift card). Unfortunately I was under a time/availability crunch as well. I was in Raleigh NC, leaving that night for MD. I needed to get it done asap. Well, after almost 350 miles in about 5.75 hours, I'm loving the A/S 3's.

[ryankokesh]

Noice! Glad you're enjoying them


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[johnrando]

I don't know if PSS are the best for the buck, but to me (and apparently others) they are the best that are not ridiculously priced... they are not cheap though.

[UdubBadger]

Agreed there JR. Top performer for a reasonable price however it really all comes down to what you are using them for.

[Jon D]

FWIW switched recently to PS3's on the Avant sport wagon from DWS's. They do drive differently, more like the PSS's on the ZHP which I love. I'll let you guys know after I put some more miles on them and take them around a few on ramps etc at speed as to how much better. They were almost $200 more for the set when all done.

[johnrando]

Agreed there JR. Top performer for a reasonable price however it really all comes down to what you are using them for.

Yes, forgot to mention that like I did in other posts. For those, I'm talking summer tires. Thanks for the reminder.

[UdubBadger]

Yeah I hear Ya buddy but even different summers have different use/purposes. DW's and PSS are great Max Summer tires that both will last a while with a 300 tread wear rating but don't think for a second they will outperform a Star Spec or RE-11 on a track or even autoX. All are considered summer tires but the different classes are there for a reason so it's important to be objective pertaining to use.

That being said I think we were assuming all around performance for the money in which case yes I agree with you.

A max summer will get you about 80-85% performance of an extreme. And a PSS is top rated but expensive and a DW is about 95% just as good as a PSS from what I hear. So to me for the money the DW is a winner for a car driven spiritedly on the road and might see a track once in a while.

[Simmsled]

Best bang/buck imho:

Summer: Cooper RS3-S... no joke... these are better performing tires than Michelin PS2.
All-Season: Kumho Ecsta 4X... not great in snow, but they are definitely a solid performing tire.