best tire for the S40?
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best tire for the S40?
I need to put on a set of new tires and I am just wondering what most people here think is a good tire that provides dry/wet traction and is quiet. I live in florida so wet traction is a must. I am NOT a aggressive driver so I really dont need a high performance.
Thanks for the input.
Thanks for the input.
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I have General Altimax HP's on my 2000 S40 (running 205/50x16 ). They are very good in the rain (tread has channels/sipes to push rain out) and are a directional tire. I think they are being replaced by the G-Max AS-03s, which run $80 in the 205/50x16 or 205/55x16 (for the Gen 2 S40s) before install. Very happy with this choice. I tried Falkans and Kumhos in the past and found both were great when new but wore quickly and became noisy.
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Not sure what year S40 you have but the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S3 has awesome handling and traction in dry and wet. Snow is not so good but shouldn't be an issue in Florida. Apparently the A/S3+ has much improved snow traction.
Also, the Continental Extreme Contact DWS is very good all around but not quite up to the A/S3.
The V50 that I just bought came Goodyear Assurance ComforTread and they really suck for wet traction. I hate to trash tires with good tread depth but these things are nearly dangerous.
Also, the Continental Extreme Contact DWS is very good all around but not quite up to the A/S3.
The V50 that I just bought came Goodyear Assurance ComforTread and they really suck for wet traction. I hate to trash tires with good tread depth but these things are nearly dangerous.
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