[GH85Carrera]

Tires have improved a ton in the last decade. And the prices have gone up just as much as the quality. Having had the same daily driver for the last 30 years and 375,000 miles I have replaced a lot of tires. In the past wet traction was pretty bad, and I have no ABS so it was always something I had to plan ahead for when stopping. Now I can stop quickly in the rain on the exact same roads.

Finding good tires for my 911, with the 15 inch Fuchs is another matter. No one makes good overall summer tires for highway use and spirited driving. Many tires are great on dry roads but terrifying in the rain, and and no good at all for a 4,000 mile road trip. I had to buy the 17 inch fake Fuchs Euromiester wheels to get good tires. I have Michelin Pilot Sports, but not the sport plus. I can drive in temps below freezing, or in rain and still feel like I am connected to the road. No doubt, the new tires are a huge improvement.

It is like changing from bias ply to radials was back in the olden days of the early 70s.

The other extreme from today's tires was the first set of 4 tires I bought for my 1960 VW bug. 36 HP when new, and likely 25 after 120,000 miles. I bought a set of 4 tires, mounted and balanced and tax for less than 30 bucks. They were bias ply recaps. With a 0 to 60 of infinite with any headwind or incline performance was not an issue. Going downhill with a tail wind it could crack 60 and it sounded like the engine was about to explode.