Which Tires For a Spirited Street Driven 3.4 Carrera?

[Cajundaddy]

Had an interesting experience on one of our New Year's Day fun runs. I was on Hankook RS4 which is a favorite extreme summer tire and they were working fine until we went from 45* desert to 28* mountain roads. We were admittedly driving in a spirited fashion but I felt my grip going away as we gained altitude. The roads were dry but the cold was enough to cut grip levels in half. We just slowed everything down and used this as a car control exercise until we descended into the city again.

[Bill Douglas]

I've got Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE002 tires on all four corners and they seem quite good. I'm not in any way an expert, but I got the feeling that it had nice and stiff tire walls to it. It's given the SC a very planted feeling on twisty roads. Very taut feeling. Quiet enough too I suppose.

[icarp]

I have a recommendation That is not the main stream tire. This is the tire that I just installed on my SC RS clone on the 15" wheels , 7" and 8". They are very predictable , smooth, and I can drift my car around turns from 25mph to 90+ mph. I'm not kidding in the high speed turns just a slight push.
!.75 degrees of neg camber in the rear and 1.25 neg in front. 0 toe front and rear . I live in northern New Mexico , so lots of open twisty mountain roads . they have front and rear size tires for the 15" and 16" wheels . It took 200 miles of hard driving to rub off the mold release agent and get to the core rubber and great stick. P.S. V rated tires as well
Ian
https://www.ebay.com/itm/4-New-Nankang-Sp-9-Cross-Sport-225-50r16-Tires-2255016-225-50-16-/263892347979?fits=Section+Width%3A225%7CAspect+Rat io%3A50%7CRim+Diameter%3A16&vxp=mtr&hash=item3d7135ac4b

[Flojo]

The Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 RS is probably by far the best of two worlds tires (street and semislick).

I run it myself on 7/8x16 with 205/55 and 225/50

Just the Toyo 888R beats that (in the same low pricerange), but then comes rain and it looses.

Go for the Yokohama

[darrin]

Originally Posted by Flojo

The Yokohama Advan Neova AD08 RS is probably by far the best of two worlds tires (street and semislick).

I run it myself on 7/8x16 with 205/55 and 225/50

Just the Toyo 888R beats that (in the same low pricerange), but then comes rain and it looses.

Go for the Yokohama

Flojo -- per his post above, the OP plans to run these tires in the winter in New York City (i.e. below 32 degrees f or 0 degrees c) -- do you find the advans to be compliant/sticky in cold weather like this?

[Flojo]

Well, then better get a spare set winter tires

[DWeg1998]

On the new Michelin PS All Season 4:

Its latest-generation UHP tire improves on its predecessor’s performance with 4% better dry braking, 5% better wet braking and 10% more snow traction, the company says.

[Canada Kev]

Originally Posted by DWeg1998

On the new Michelin PS All Season 4:

Its latest-generation UHP tire improves on its predecessor’s performance with 4% better dry braking, 5% better wet braking and 10% more snow traction, the company says.

I wonder how they are for noise; the 3+ were noted for that.

[Jgordon]

I will likely try the Michelin PS AS 4. This is a mind numbing categorization between ultra performance, super ultra performance, ultra high performance... it becomes meaningless after a while.

When I first went to the Potenzas, there was a fairly settled preference on Pelican for them as a tire. Seems like as the selection has decreased, the opinions have widened?

[Jgordon]

No room for a set of winter wheels and tires. Like I said, I've been happy with the Potenzas in all seasons (save the one fishtailing down the LIE on an unexpected thanksgiving snowfall episode). I was looking for something similar to that, but perhaps an AS tire is the way to go to give me some insurance when it gets cold or for the next time the weatherman is wrong about snow.

Originally Posted by Flojo

Well, then better get a spare set winter tires

[911obgyn]

I have been driving the AS Michelin this summer and they are predictable, just side roads and freeway just got them last fall when it got colder and wet