Dedicated winter tires might be overkill unless he is going to swap based on the forecast. We average 6-8" of snow a year.....

 

Oh, didn't realize it was that amount of snow, should be able to get by w/ Summers for the most part. OP, do you have another vehicle you can use when it gets really bad over there?
FWIW here's a decent review on those T1 Sports after a year

 

the stock Goodyear RS-A's

 

unfortunately not. I traded in my FX with AWD.

 

Can you get another winter out of them and get summers for the new wheels? I would think you only need AS capability December thru April

 

I m kinda in the same boat as you I m running RS-As on my wheels right now but there is no way in hell that I m going to keep my Work wheels on for winter. I am looking to pick up some coupe 19's cause they look good and will clear my brakes.

Once I get the winter wheels I ll either move the RS-As to the coupe 19's and buy summers for my Work or just pick up another set of AS tires like the toyos and throw them on the coupe wheels. I plan on powder coating them and making them look extra nice so I can change em up whenever lol

 

I had Conti DWS on my X, and I was really unhappy with them. They wore out much quicker than expected and didn't like being pushed hard- too much understeer- maybe due to soft sidewalls.

I was really looking into the General Gmax AS-03 as they seem to have decent tread life and performance for a A/S. I ordered the Hankook Ventus V12 Evo in 245/40/19 this afternoon on a whim. Hopefully they'll work out well.

Just a heads up, discount tire on eBay has free shipping and $100 off if you spend $400. I was able to save $200 by doing two transactions with two tires each. Someone else posted a notice on the forum, so thanks for the heads up! Also, Walmart.com has reasonable prices with free shipping to store.

Good luck choosing, ToeKnee.

 

I scoped that too. I can buy 2 sets of two with 100 off each set of the DWS. It would come in under 700 but I just didn't like some of what I read and saw on Tireracks video reviews. I just saw that my rims r now coded as "in stock" so I hope to have them mid next week.

I think I'm going to settle on the Pirelli p Nero Zeros. I park in a 5 deck garage and I see that pirellis at stock on BMW 6 series and the Panamera. That along with good rating from both Tireracks and Consumers Reports, I think I'm sold.... For now.

 

Can you expand on the feel of the DWS sidewall? Would you say they are firmer or less firm than the OEM Dunlop's?

Does the car have any uneasiness in a straight line with these?

 

Rims are at the sorting facility and I ordered my tires. Double dipped on eBay for the Eagle F1 Asymmetrics and got $200 off.

Hope to have everything on this time next week.


Booya.

 

rm2342, I have an X, so I didn't have the Dunlops. I didn't notice anything on the highway, but when pushing the car hard around tight turns, the car performed worse than with some falkens (can't recall what type) I had. The DWS had noticeable wear on the outside of the tread from being pushed hard through corners. My biggest complain was how quickly they wore down for A/S; I always drive hard, but I expected more than 25-30k before needing replacing.

Nice ToeKnee!

 

Part 1 of 3 complete!

 

Nice! When are the tires due in?

 

Thursday. Install set for Friday morning.

 

Cool. Make sure to post pics