Anyone have any suggestions for tires??

[Chair-Force]

Originally Posted by Little G

Uhhhh, yeah i would know cause i've been working at a tire shop for 4 years now and i've put a lot of them on cars...I'm not saying their the best but they are pretty good.

I used to work at a tireshop also and still, RE92s are crap.

[Little G]

ok sure..

[Chair-Force]

Originally Posted by Little G

ok sure..

Dont believe me? Ask any WRX owner.

They are crap.

[Gorilla Unit 33]

wow fffffffffffff

[Little G]

Why do they come on wrx's stock??

[Little G]

they shouldn't be on awd's anyway

[TehWagon]

as with most things, some people will have better experiences than others, esp on diff kinds of cars. i have heard that wrx's don't like the re92s much, but there's a lot of things we don't like about the stock car... which is why we've all got the mod bug

[WhiteXFire]

So, yeah, any opinions on Michelin Pilot Sport A/S?

[US_R33]

nittos that automatically camber??? when i saw that ad i fell out of my chair crying i was laughing so hard

here's the run down basically (i'm kind of a tire fanatic ()
Summer ONLY tires:
1) are designed to operate in ambient temperatures down to 50 degrees, anything below that and they essentially turn into rolled hoops of black plasitc. their compounds are not designed to withstand cool ambient temperatures
good summer tires (listed in order of stickyness)
Falken Azenis RT-615
Hankook Ventus RS-2
Nitto NT-01 (NOT FOR DAILY DRIVING, consider these DOT approved racing slicks, and no i don't mean drag racing)
BFGoodrich g-Force KD
Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3
Bridgestone S-O3 Pole Position
Falken ST-115
Yokohama AVS dB
Falken FK-451
Yokohama Advan Neova
Michelin Pilot Sport SP2
Michelin Pilot Sport

these are just some of the higher end sticky summer tires

my recommendation, stickiest tire on the market hands down is the Falken RT-615s, i've used then at open track events, in the rain, as well as autoxing and daily driven and by far they supercede any offering from any other manufacturer

Best overall tire that will be comfortable yet grip well in the dry as well as in the wet would be the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3, Falken FK 451 or ST-115, or the Yokohama AVS dB or Advan Neova

while I do not have much experience with all season tires (b/c if they get me home in one piece that's all i need them to do) I can tell you this much, I'm running the Falken Ziex ZE-512s this season and I ran them last season as well. In the dry they are more than respectable w/o any squirreliness at the limit (which is high for an all-season) and they got me home safely in the snow and do well in the rain too. For me to buy a tire a second season in a row means i have to love that tire (i'm very demanding of what i get out of my tires)

if you want/need a dedicated snow tire w/o a doubt Michelin Blizzacks OWN......me, i'll be rockin out with a set of 16" chains in my trunk for those times when my car doesn't agree with the weather

lastly, when reading reviews on tirerack be sure to take them with a grain of salt. driving aggressively on back roads to one person very well may be pus sy footing to another

don't forget to check out Tires.com i just got a set of 4 tires w/road hazard package (free replacement no matter what, except for abuse obviously) for under $350 to my door Free shipping baby oh yeah

Late,
Daniel

[US_R33]

the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S are a good tire, but they are rather pricey, you may want to look into a less expensive offering from (Falken for example ()

[WhiteXFire]

Heh, too late, tirerack just stole all my money...
The problem I keep running into is sizing...someone find an all-season tire that comes in a 255/35R19 other than Michelin or Continental (which I don't want).

[Chair-Force]

Originally Posted by Little G

they shouldn't be on awd's anyway

Lay off the brake degreaser.

[TehWagon]

^^^ Summer Donna.

[TROLL]

with regards to RE-92s... if you didnt know they come on a few different Subarus including the WRX.
i think your average WRX owner has different needs than your average guy who walks into a tire shop and says 'hey i need new tires what do you recommend?'
they may be great all purpose tires, but the general concensus among subaru forums is that they are seriously lacking in the performance department.
bryan

[Little G]

Well i don't ever recall anyone with a subaru ever complaining about the re92's but i also never put'em on a wrx, only outbacks and other subaru wagons(no offense to the wagons)...But anyway besides all this i never had problems with the 92's

[2point4DSM]

One thing most people don't know is that some tires can be different from one size to another.

Also, WRX owners are strange people compared to the general public. They demand a lot more from their tires than all-season performance.

I had similar RE tires on my wife's Honda Civic SI (long gone) and I was very happy with them.