Young Roids
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Ahhh, makes sense.
ContiExtreme Contact Tire Review
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detsilverms3
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i went with generals the something or other UHP's i had them siped and they work way better than the bridgestones. even just on dry pavement. 'm thinking about trading them in on something else come summer next year when i get new rims.
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I am jelous of you guys because you are driving your cars I am still waiting on my winter setup that keeps getting pushed back by tirerack. I ordered my setup over a week ago and they said the 27th(today) is when they would be getting them in now they are saying they will be in on the 5th.(headshake
I did look at the ratings. Remember this, the average person cannot drive and is an idiot. Always keep that in mind reading peoples reviews. Also, many of those reviews came from Quattro drivers...
You shouldn't be buying a 225/45/18 snow tire anways, won't 16's or 17's fit? They would be cheaper, provide better traction and make your summer tires last longer. Its cheaper in the end.
I am sure they are great tires, but no all-season will out-perform UHP Summer and good snowies...
You're right people can't drive. And I did take into account how most people can't write a review. What I looked more closely at was the overall comparison results and the tire rack test results.
For me, I didn't want to spend money on another set of rims only to use them in winter. I used the stock tires on a set of nice aftermarket 18 inch summer rims. That's why 17s were out.
So I wasn't worried about summer performance from the Continentals. I wanted good dry performance and great snow performance tires to put on the stock 18inch rims.
Winter tires wear so fast that you have to take them off when the weather gets above about 60 degrees. And in MN it could hit 60 for two weeks in March and then be 25 and snowy for the next three weeks. So I don't want to fear switching to my summer setup to soon and wear the winter tires away to nothing when they cost $200/tire.
Enter the ContiExtremeContacts for $118/tire. Perfect compromise. And now I can speak from personal experience that this specific all-season tire performs very well in snowy conditions.
Which brings me to my original reason for posting, to give people my review of another option to dedicated snow tires. Take it as they want.
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i went with the continental tire because at the moment I'm living in NC, and I was going home for christmas in wv. And around christmas in WV, either we'll get 6-8 inches or nothing. I didn't want to burn up winter tires driving 1000+ miles on dry warm pavement. I've also driven in 8+ inches of snow on regular 3-season "all-season tires" in a performance car (jetta vr6) with no real issue. Thats why I went for the tire I did
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The stock Bridgestones are some of the highest dry-grip tires out there. While I'm certainly not a fan of them over other tires...you can't knock them for traction compared with alternatives. Hell, a lot of Porsches and other super-sports cars use them as O.E.
However, going to a wider tire (as long as the wheel can handle it which the stockers can't) should be of great benefit to this car. A lot of 235/40-18 owners say that the overall traction is much better, but the steering feels more disconnected or slow.
However, going to a wider tire (as long as the wheel can handle it which the stockers can't) should be of great benefit to this car. A lot of 235/40-18 owners say that the overall traction is much better, but the steering feels more disconnected or slow.
