Since we got a all season ans snow tire thread how about a summer tire thread. discuss brands, dry performance, wet performance to help people looking for some summer tires for there wheels or tell what you think of your tires you have and how they perform. Also if you use them at the track.

 

This should be helpful:
http://phpbb-host.com/phpbb/viewtopi...m=maximaracing

Here's a full aticle but without the charts: http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=1

 

I can't say too much since I've only owned them for a couple of days, but the Ecsta SPTs are pretty nice so far. Definately stickier than the Proxes I had on before (still liked the Proxes though). They stop great on wet roads, and I couldn't make them break away on dry road. Hopefully they will last more than a few thousand miles. The rubber is quite soft so I doubt they will give me much more than 15-20k.

 

That's a popular article. But when you read it, keep two things in mind:

1. All the tires in that test were fresh and had not been broken in. That means they still had a little bit of the film that tires have on them from the factory. Things might have played out very differently after some break-in -- especially for the Toyo, since Toyos usually take longer than most tires to break in.

2. Some tires work well in all sizes, and others don't. Some tires are available in the same speed rating in most sizes, and others are not. Different tires are better or worse on different cars (different suspension geometries, weight distributions, etc.). The tires in this test were all 225/45/17, most of them had a Y speed rating, and they were tested on 2006 BMW 325i's. If you're not looking for a 225/45/17 tire for a 325i, the rankings may not apply to you.

 

For a straight summer tire, with no worries of rain, etc... I'd suggest the BFG KD.