Sooooo....I need a new set of tires for my car.....

[edgar_allan_poe]

.....what would you guys consider to be the Shishkov of car tires?

[RichRS6]

For what vehicle, type of use and for winter or summer.

[MCChris]

For his fucking Cadillac, probably.

[Boomerang~Junkie]

Can we narrow the field on this a bit: SUV/Off road, sports car or regular street tires?

[The Shark]

I have Continental Extreme Contact DW tires on my Lexus. They are reasonably priced and they handle the daily showers here in Florida very well. Best suited for a 4-door sport coupe style car. Really smooth and quiet. Strong through the turns too. German company, but mine are made in the USA.

http://www.continentaltire.com/www/tires_us_en/themes/car_tires/performance/extremecontact_dw_en.html?page=1

[velorush]

Dude: Cooper - great quality, USA-made and very reasonably priced. Hmmm, the Hamer, er, Shishkov of tires?

Running them currently on a full-sized car and a large SUV. Have also run them with great effect on a small truck and a mid-sized sedan.

[Sugartune]

I have Continentals for both winter and summers. I like them both.

[Boomerang~Junkie]

Continentals for road, B.F. Goodrich A/T's or M/T's for off road. I agree, ^^ Cooper ^^ is hard to beat for the value though.

[Ting Ho Dung]

Go get some used tires. 4 4 a hundred out the door.

[Uncle Thor's Hamer]

Pirelli or Yokohama for street performance. No, not made in USA unfortunately.

Firestone for winter tires.

[hamerhead]

I put Bridgestone Duelers on the Escape just to get rid of the howling Michelin Latitudes (worst noise I've ever experienced from a tire). The Bridgestones are dead quiet and were great last winter.

[aknapp]

I have Continental Extreme Contact DW tires on my Lexus. They are reasonably priced and they handle the daily showers here in Florida very well. Best suited for a 4-door sport coupe style car. Really smooth and quiet. Strong through the turns too. German company, but mine are made in the USA.

http://www.continentaltire.com/www/tires_us_en/themes/car_tires/performance/extremecontact_dw_en.html?page=1

Didn't realize Continental made tires in the US.

I've had a few different sets of Conti's and they are good tires for the money.

Hankook's and Kumho's are generally the best of the "budget" brands, In my experience, both are great value brands.

Really need to know the vehicle and how you use it before a specific recommendation can be made.

[mc2]

Man....tires are one of those things I never buy new....sort of like guitars

There are so many used tire places near me that it just makes no sense. I can get a really good matched set of name brand tires with like 80% or better thread on them for around $100 installed and spin balanced...instead of spending almost $1,000 for new at a dealer.

Always seems like a great deal to me....like getting a new set of tires, plus cash to buy another guitar.

....plus I don't have to wash the blue off the sidewalls, like on new tires

[The_Nuge]

GoodYear PolyGlas GT

Es

[Steve Haynie]

Man....tires are one of those things I never buy new....sort of like guitars

There are so many used tire places near me that it just makes no sense. I can get a really good matched set of name brand tires with like 80% or better thread on them for around $100 installed and spin balanced...instead of spending almost $1,000 for new at a dealer.

Always seems like a great deal to me....like getting a new set of tires, plus cash to buy another guitar.

....plus I don't have to wash the blue off the sidewalls, like on new tires

There was a used tire dealer in my area. He would travel to Maryland every month to come back with a load of tires because Maryland requires all used cars sold by dealers to be sold with a new set of tires. That is where the good used tires in your area probably come from.

Michelins go on my car.

No one around here switches out tires for winter anymore.

[Armitage]

All weather Michelins for me too. My wife and I had identical cars but hers came with Firestones... She left work and hour before I did due to snow, and we both pulled into the gas station by our house at the same time. I thought it was just her driving skills. I told her to park at the plaza and we'd go out for dinner... she parked really badly and claimed it was the car... I got mad saying I have the same car and so tried to park the car better, I couldn't do any better. So we drove over to the Michelin dealer and put on the same tires as on my car. Bingo, it drove great.

The money you save on cheap tires doesn't cover the bother of getting stuck in snow or the cost of slamming into the car in front of you in bad weather.

[aknapp]

GoodYear PolyGlas GT

Es

These go on ALL my 1970's 1:24 scale model cars!

[spanky]

Check out the Tire Rack test, survey, and review results. That is how I buy my tires. You can also find the current rebate program details.

[Cary]

If you still have the Deville, go with the Michelins. And get them road force balanced.

I just put Pirellis on the Navigator only because they were cheaper than Michelins, but it still left a pretty big empty space in my wallet.