gsko

I blew a tire this morning and need to replace all 4 tires on my IS 250 AWD today. I live in Colorado so we get a fair amount of snow and practically no rain. Can people post some recommendations for tires they have used or ones to avoid. I did a couple of searches and could really find good info but maybe I didn't search the right terms. Thanks in advance!

350nub

Just replace your tires with what you had last time...

A/C

buy a set of quality summer tires for summer and a set of quality winter tires for winter

if you wanna go all-season, they all are equally awful so pick by manufacturer and price

gsko

Further to post ... i will be getting all-season tires. I understand it is not optimal but I can't afford a set of summer/winter tires right now. I'm more of a casual driver who likes to drive fast! I was hoping for some recommendation of specific tires. The ones i have looked up online so far are:

Falken ZIEZ ZE912
Dunlop Direzza DZ101
Goodyear Eagle F1 All Season
Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus

Any help is much appreciated before i buy crappy tires and regret it! I also want to say how much I still love my IS 250. Never regret buying it for one minute. What a great car!

A/C

Driving fast with all-season tires is a VERY bad idea IMHO. I nearly crashed my car on a summer road soon after I got to drive it because stock Bridgestone Potenza RE92 has very poor grip and was sweeping the road even in slight turns at high speed. Now that I got rid of that poor rubber, the car drives awesome.

I'm not a spec in all-season rubber so I'll let those who know give their recommendations.

radicalrev

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get the dunlops...they are having special offer right now...Cheap!

TripleL

FWIW -- I put Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus on 2 months ago and am very happy. Only caught one 2 inch snow storm so not much experience, but I do find the tire to be Quiet, smooth as silk and handles great in dry and rain. They were a little more money then some of the others, but no regrets here.

chums

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im running with goodyear eagle f1s a/s, and theyre great. washington got over a foot of snow this year, and i live in a very hilly neighborhood. we also get constant rain 10 months out of the year. no problems getting around, no matter the weather (so far )

vesder21

for all seasons, i run Continental ContiExtreme Contacts!

Jefe's IS

kumho ecsta asx. Used them on my Volvo S60 FWD and will use them to replace the stock tires when needed.

I'm in Co. as well.

Where you on vacation last friday and sat?

Foodplz

I've got the Michelin A/S Plus - quiet, decent handling, i'd get them again.

I had the Goodyear Eagle F1s - handling was good, but got really loud as the tires wore on. By 10k miles I couldn't stand it anymore and junked them.

tex2670

Go to tirerack.com in input your car. You can choose best selling for your car, and they show extensive survey results.

I have Bridgestone Potenza RE92s--very poorly rated on tirerack. But the Bridgestone Potenza PP RE960s are much higher rated and much cheaper.