[Scott Douglas]

This reminds me of the time my daughter put new tires on her car, at the time it was an Accord 4-dr sedan. She asked what I would do. I gave her a list of options based on budget and performance. She made her choice and went on her way.

Fast forward 30k miles of driving down the road and she was replacing the tires again.

This time I suggested she up the ante and put the same size tires I had on my Accord, Michellin in a bigger size than her OEM sized tires. She did and drove that car another couple of years before trading it in with those same tires on it. I think mfg's often put just enough tire on a car to satisfy 90% of the people buying them. For the other 10% an upgrade is often needed.

Looking back on cars I've purchased, the '02 Accord V-6 was one of the only ones that I think they got the tire size right on. Our other Accords ('80 & '83) were all 'under tired' from the factory, IMO. Our '13 CR-V is one car I've felt like the tires were sized right for the vehicle and putting good tires on it has really improved it a lot.

As far as driving in the wet, I guess it just doesn't rain enough here to have been much of a problem for me as I'm sure it would have been if I lived in the mid-west or back east where wet weather driving is more of a challenge.