Good morning! So on the wat to work today I decided to kiss the rear bumper of a Taurus with the front end of my Max. I live in MN and right now the roads are wet because we are having un-seasonably warm weather here. My anti-locks kicked in, I couldn't turn because I was on the freeway in bumper-to-bumper, and just touched his car. My LP and holder are dented and I have a scrape on the drivers side bumper but no real damage. He lost a little paint. So today, because I have 30K on my crappy Potenza's I'm going to get some Michelens. I think those are the recomended tires from you guys?

 

LP and holder??

Yeah, the consensus seems to be that Pilot Sports are the shizzy.

 

OOOOpps.

 

LP - License Plate. Made it up....

 

Michelins huh, I have 4 new Cooper Cobra's on my 2k1 max, does anybody know how they are?

 

The Coopers??? Or the Micks???

You ought to know how the Coopers are....they are on your car.

 

 

 

Hey! Just agreeing with you.

 

True, but I have had the car for a week and driven it twice to the store. If anyone has any experience on how the Coopers perform when really driven I would appreciate it, if they are ****e, then I may go buy some new tires.

 

Just got off the phone and ordered 4 Pilot Sports. It's to bad it took me trading paint to change tires.

 

It could have been worse. From what I have read, those tires are perfect from MN residence. Good luck

 

haha... yes.. it COULD have been worse.. see my post... :-)


-Tom

 

I'm in the same boat here...35k on my craptenza's...I'm ready to bite the bullit...but...(I hate to ask) how much? From what I hear its over 900 with mounting, balancing,stems etc...

Man...a grand for tires...

Guess its worth it...we dont have much of a choice...unl;ess we do the 2 sets of tires routine...1 for the summer, 1 for winter...

 

Ollie, should have ordered Sumitomos!

Jakester, take your car for a drive in an empty parking lot right after it rains. See how it handles\stops\accelerates etc. Watch out for those light poles though!

 

what you think about
Dunlop
SP Sport A2 ?

i cheked them in tirerack (89$). looks like good tires (price/rewies)..

any one had these ?

 

I had a set on a previous car and was white happy with the dry and wet handling of them. Since I do not live near snow, I cannot comment on the performance there.

 

Bros,
I got Toyo Proxes FZ4 and the handle is unbelieveable on both wet and dry roads. Snow is a breeze compared to the Potenzas. Right now on their website they are offering 500/45 (500 miles of 45 day trial offer). Not sure what the terms/conditions are. visit www.toyo.com

 

Sorry - I tried to reply yesterday and it didn't go through.


My cost from Tires Plus is 207.00 ea so with tax it'll be close to 900.00. I looked on Tirerack.com and you can get them for 197.00 but then you have to get them installed. Tires Plus will install, align, balance and I get a lifetime alignment and wheel rotation. SO I took that deal.

 

You did order the Pilot Sport All-Season, right? Not just the Pilot Sport?

 

For his sake, I hope so. I just pulled the Pilot Sports off my 2K - they suck big-time in the snow.

 

 

yeah, I know, a typo...

 

I was just teasin with ya......

 

Catch up with you in another thread!

 

Check your email.......

 

Check yours...

 

O/T but where in Minnesota and what city? I use to be from SW MN

 

For you guys that have been driving on the Potenzas is it me or is it that they put too many vibrations throught the steering wheel.

 

Yeah that's what I have on my car. They work great for me. Hadnt had any real problems with them.