BEST rain/wet tire

[SandSquid]

Typical stock Sedan currently has 185/60R15's

"winter" rainy season is coming here and I'm preparing to leave for deployment to Baghdad for a year and need to ensure the family has the best possible wet-weather traction tires as Memphis TN drivers "speed up and act a fool" when it rains... They actually try and get into accidents to collect your insurance checks, though oddly enough none of them have insurance.



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SandSquid

[toad]

i have yokohama avid-trz on mine after reading a favorable review on consumer reports. they scored the highest in 'wet weather traction' for all-season tires iirc.

[DARK AGE 53]

The Goodyear Assurance TripleTred Tire would be a good choice.

[kimona]

I'd install Yokohama AVID ENVigor, size 195/60/15; an long-wearing all-season tyre with outstanding dry and wet traction.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=AVID+ENVigor+(H%26V)&partnum=96HR5ENV&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes

[toad]

^kimona, i'd be curious to hear what you've heard personally on the avid envigors? i talked to a guy at discount tire the other day about them and they're supposed to be very good. i'm in the market for a high-performance all-season(i live in the snow-belt and don't want to buy a second set of winter tires). i know the two terms don't usually go together except for michelin, but i don't want to spend 'michelin money'. thanks and sorry for the kind-of thread-jack!

[firemachine69]

Nokian makes a winter-rated all-season tire. My mom is sporting a set on her 2000 Civic. They are pricey, but tread life, noise, and snow traction are all excellent (I'd say almost equal to her winter tires! :eek:)

[henry33]

best wet tires are uniroyal
as far as we are talking about the winter tires the best are continental ;)

[ctrj]

^kimona, i'd be curious to hear what you've heard personally on the avid envigors? i talked to a guy at discount tire the other day about them and they're supposed to be very good. i'm in the market for a high-performance all-season(i live in the snow-belt and don't want to buy a second set of winter tires). i know the two terms don't usually go together except for michelin, but i don't want to spend 'michelin money'. thanks and sorry for the kind-of thread-jack!

I have these in 195/55R15 and really like them. They are nice and quiet and very grippy for a 60k mile tire. I ran them for a week in northern California in the rain on back roads and the highway and they felt very planted. I would highly recommend these to anyone.

[kimona]

^kimona, i'd be curious to hear what you've heard personally on the avid envigors? i talked to a guy at discount tire the other day about them and they're supposed to be very good. i'm in the market for a high-performance all-season(i live in the snow-belt and don't want to buy a second set of winter tires). i know the two terms don't usually go together except for michelin, but i don't want to spend 'michelin money'. thanks and sorry for the kind-of thread-jack!

Don't have them on my car, but I have driven on them in dry weather... and I liked how they performed. A good friend in Vancouver has them on his Corolla, and he loves them in the rain, plus they run smooth and quiet and have a great mileage rating. Don't know how they'd make out in the snow; I'm an advocate of dedicated snow tyres if you live in snow country.

[toad]

I have these in 195/55R15 and really like them. They are nice and quiet and very grippy for a 60k mile tire. I ran them for a week in northern California in the rain on back roads and the highway and they felt very planted. I would highly recommend these to anyone.

thanks! that's the exact size i've been looking at.

[toad]

Don't have them on my car, but I have driven on them in dry weather... and I liked how they performed. A good friend in Vancouver has them on his Corolla, and he loves them in the rain, plus they run smooth and quiet and have a great mileage rating. Don't know how they'd make out in the snow; I'm an advocate of dedicated snow tyres if you live in snow country.

thanks kimona! i know a dedicated snow tire is better for snow, but where i live we only have serious snow once or twice a year. the ice, however, can be nasty when we do have it.