Rollo

I have had the dws06 in the staggered 19 size for over 25k miles now and they are a really good tire. I have Pilot AS/3s on my bmw coupe. The DWS don't have the turn in or cornering feel of the Michelins but their resistance to hydroplaning is much better....Michelins are 225 in front and 255s in rear.


Both have great wet traction. The DWS are wearing more slowly as well, and they were cheaper than the Michelins. I am sticking with them for now...just switched to a square set up with 4 DWS in 245/40 19s.

rm2342

I'm currently looking for a/s tires. I've had the DWS for a few years and they are toast. I have to say they were probably the best winter/snow/rain tire ever and relatively ok in summer conditions.

Economically speaking what do folks recommend for snow/hydroplane resistance with good turn in?

Town Fair tire is trying to sell me Toyo Spectrum HP for 119/tire. Never heard much of them and don't want to make a mistake due to lower price.

blnewt

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Top 3 A/S tires are the Michelin Pilot A/S, Conti DWS 06 and the BFG SportComp 2 A/S, the BFGs might be a biut less so that would be worth a look, I'd imagine those are all significantly better than those Toyos. Toyo makes plenty of quality tires but haven't heard of them, here's the Toyo site, they aren't listed there so they may be a store specific model (like only sold through Discount Tire or something similar).
https://www.toyotires.com/

SteveS

I second these.. The DWS 06 is better than two year back DWS..
They do real well in the Colorado snow.. I had them on my previous cars, my son will have them on his and they are about to go on the G for this year's winter..

Surfnazi

I liked the toyo proxes

blnewt

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I had Toyo Proxes 4 Plus All Seasons a couple years back, not a bad tire, especially if you deal with freezing temps a lot.

future62

I had DWS06s on my Civic for about a year and a half and I just threw a set of 255/40R19s on all corners of the G. Still getting used to them on the G, but on the Civic they were so good. I could take corners in the wet at like 95% the speeds I did in the dry. Steering feedback is very crisp and communicative as well. And they seem to wear slowly. Can't complain at all.

fennsta_78

In the 100K miles I have put on my G I'm getting tires tomorrow for the 3rd time. Started with Goodyear Eagle GT's and go 30K on them. Replaced with Cinturato P7+ AS as I was doing mostly interstate driving. Got 1/2 the mileage they were supposed to get. Been on a Conti Control contact sport AS (Direct tire house tire) and got 1/2 rated mileage out of them. Replacing tomorrow with Goodyear Assym AS tires. We'll see. I refuse to spring for the AS/3 at this point in the car's life though everything I read they truly are superior.

future62

What are your alignment specs like? Are you lowered?

fennsta_78

Stock. I don't mess with the car.

blnewt

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I'd still get your alignment checked, getting poor tread life is a sign that something there may have shifted.

I have the same Conti Conti-Sports from Discount Tire on our Maxima and they are wearing really well.

future62

Been pretty rainy here and the DWS06s are as brilliant as ever. The grip is unreal.

Surfnazi

I aligned my car 6 months into owning it with 7 miles on it the toe was off by a good amount once I pulled the toe camber aligned dead middle along with toe

fennsta_78

I get it checked every 3rd oil change or ~15K miles. Adjusted when needed but it has been some time since it was really towed out.

I think the negative camber on these cars just chews them up faster. I have no specific evidence to validate that though.

slartibartfast

iTrader: (7)

These cars don't have much negative camber. Toe-in is the tire-killer.