2ZR Turbo Yaris

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Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

I hadn't thought about that, Sam. Where I live it's always cooler than the surrounding areas as we're on the ocean. I also do a lot of driving in the fall, right up until the first snowfall. Maybe I really ought to be looking at performance all-season tire. Truthfully, I'm finding the current tires quite satisfactory but I'm really not pushing them to their limits. I'd be appreciative if you could make a suggestion of a brand of performance all- season tires that you feel would be good for all around handling, but that might be slightly more capable than a typical inexpensive tire. This of course, if you do investigate them for yourself. I did have a look at the Toyo Proxes TR1 tires in the 195/45R15 size. They look nice and can be had for a very good price

for your climate and how long you drive the car into the fall season I would recommend Continental Extreme Contact DWS. They are not the most performance oriented but it will allow you to get as much use out of them in a single year than any other performance oriented tire. FWIW the BFG sport comp 2's I have allegedly do well in cold temps as long as it isn't ice. I have never and will never test this out however. BFG does sell an a/s version of the sport comp 2's that are meant as a performance all season. They would be a competitor to the Conti's and both tires have great reviews.

A tire like the TR1 is likely more tire then you need or could really take advantage of at this point based on what you have said so far. It also won't let you drive your car as much throughout the year. A slightly less sticky tire will typically squeal earlier letting you know when you are close to its limits where as a more performance oriented tire squeal happens when you are virtually at the end of the limit and sometimes it is too late to catch if you are not experienced enough to catch it before it is too late.