first off, my parents' 97SE needs tires..215/55/16, its currently running on dunlop SP sport A2's which i think suit the car/my mom's driving perfectly..was looking through tirerack last night and came across the contiextremecontacts..good pricing, good treadwear, all season. how do these compare to the SP/A2's?

second, i need snow tires for my stock rims, 215/60/15 or 205/65/15..was looking at dunlop graspic DS-1..i'm also considering blizzak WS-50..just needs to be good in the snow and cheap.

finally, my 17s need new tires(235/45/17 or 245/45/17). considering the conti's again along with falken azenis sport, AVS ES100, sumitomo HTRZII. currently running on falken ziex ZE502 (235/45) and i'm not impressed at all so i'll probably be shying away from falken in the future.
these are the tires i buy that need to have the best performance as they will be summer only and i do sometimes drive very hard and very fast (i call it "spirited")..but they need to be fairly cheap, under $130 each.

 

The sumitomo is probably the best one that will be under 130. Continental would be #2, but its an all season tire, not made for "spirited" driving. Dont know about AVS, that may be ahead of Continental.

 

I agree the Falken ziex 502 is not a good tire....the 512 IS..have em love em.

Parents SE no experiece with the extremes but the my mother has the A2 on her Benz and likes them very much.