I have a 2000 Infiniti I-30 with approximately 99.500 miles. The current tires are Michelin and were put on around 2009. The tread is still quite good, but I am starting to get dry rot near the side wall.

For a number of reasons, Costco is the best place for me to purchase new tires. They offer three options for my car.

1. Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 215/55 R16 97V XL High Performance 45,000 Mile
Warranty.

2. Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 215/55 R16 93H Grand Touring A/S 70,000 Mile Warranty.

3. B. F. Goodrich Advantage Sport AS 215/55 R16 97H All Season 60,000 Mile Warranty.

I can get four Bridestone's installed for $460.00, which is $10 (total) more than the B.F. Goodrich and the Michelin's for $510.00, or $50 (total) more than the Bridgestone's.

I do not expect to put more miles on the car per year going forward, than I have in the past. High performance is the last thing I need in tire. Based on this, it seems my best value are the Bridgestone's because of the mileage warranty.

I would appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks!

Anovice

 

I would encourage you to look into the Nankang brand.

A little while back I wanted to just throw some cheap tires on my car to kinda "try out" a set of 18" wheels ... I didn't want to spend much, if anything, in case I didn't like the wheels.

I bought a set of Nankang AS-1 in 235/45/18. At the time, I think they were like $89/ea.

I've got about 15K miles on them and they've truly been just about the best tires I've owned.

I just order another set for my wife's SUV.

 

I was very pleased with the Michelin Pilot Sport that were on my G35 Coupe.

 

Michelin hands down. I never had issues with them, but had issues with other brands. Pick tires with the highest speed and load rating you can get and buy only A or AA traction and you'll be golden.

 

Out of those choices, Michelin hands down.

 

Pirelli cinturato all season. Way better than my Michelin i had, but not as good in the rain. Totally rock in the snow and general usage.

 

My beef with Pirelli which I used once was that they picked up tons of stone chips from the road and essentially looked like sprinkled donuts and literally had degraded traction because of all that. Once I cleaned up chips with an awl, it was Okay for another week until sipes got filled up with chips again. Never had any of that crap with any other brand - only with Pirelli.

 

My experience hasn't been that way and fortunately no more stones than any other tire I've had. Maybe they changed the design and i have a newer model.? That's too bad you had that experience.

 

What about moving this thread to the Tire and Wheel forum?

 

I always look at the Tire Rack survey comparison charts before considering tires.

You can switch between types (high performance, grand touring etc..) and compare all the tires in that category. It's broken down into different characteristics (wet handling, ride quality, tread wear etc...) so you can look at what's important to you. We all have different needs and wants from our tires.

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/surve....jsp?type=HPAS