Best tire brand and why?

Ive had a good experience with my Kumhos. Kumhos are good for normal day to day driving plus cheap. Been on car since 01 and 31k miles. They are still pretty good. I did the penny test. More than half the head is covered.

The BFG Traction T/As I have work well in dry and wet, but they wear down fast.

Firebird had Goodyear All-Season "Performance." Both sets wore nicely (barring any no-posi burn-outs... )

Im running Yokohama Avid H4s and they seem to be good so far. My old Kuhmos lasted forever though.

falken azenis are the best bang for your buck performance wise.

I gotta throw in on the Kumho's too. I've put around 30,000 on them and they've been phenomenal. Anyone have (or had) Yokohama Parada Spec 2's? I'm looking at getting those next spring.

Toyo Proxies 4.... Because thats what I have

Everything I hear about Spec 2's has been that they SUCK in the rain.

azenis or AVS es100s have my vote

i got BFG Traction T/A not the one that came stock w/ the mustangs... its the high performance V rated ones... it grips like a muthaf-ckas and it makes sh!tty stock handling cars, handles like its on rails... plus they pump out sh!t loads of water in the rain... but they are pricey from Costco...

Sets through my Corolla so far (133K miles

- (14") OEM Goodyear Integrity GL tires - SUCK (off in less than 10K miles)
- (16") Yokohama AVS ES100 - Good tire, but wore really fast, got about 10K
- (16") Kuhmo ECSTA Supra 712 - Good tire, but not as good as the Yokos, got about 30K
- (16") Toyo Proxes 4 - Good tire, but wore really fast for me (UTQG), got about 25K
- (14") BF Goodrich Traction T/A H - Good tire, little noisy, got about 30K
- (14") Yokohama AVID H4S H - Good tire, about the same as the BFG but softer sidewall, still got plenty of tread left.

Advan's cuz their stickers are badass and Nitto's cuz I have some Nitto Neo-gens on my car right now, lol...

my bridgstone potenza r009 have been pretty good for about 5,000 miles

If I had to choose any street tires and price was no object. Advan Neovas. 2nd choices would be Azenis and BFG KD/KDW.

Anyone use or used Kumho ASX's? Ive heard lots of good things, so they'll probably end up going on the Solara. (Which has some complete trash Cooper Trendsetters right now)

Dunlop SP20 FE's were probably the worst tires ive ever used. Wore like hell in less than 20K miles. Flat out scary rain traction...... snow, haha I may as well have been on summer tires.

I'm pretty happy with the Falken 512's I have now, aside from the sidewall flex. I should have gotten something more sticky. For the money though, they are good. I wouldnt use them on a sportscar though, due to the sloppy sidewalls.

you mean G009?

From my experience all lower end Kumhos sucks. The Ecsta MX is pretty good and the V700/V710 are nice race compound tires.

damn... thats a lot of info... now here's a tough question, whats the best all season tire in the winter?

not mine...I have to get rid of my nitto neogens n revert back to stock tires this winter...

falken 512s are amazing tires, i have them in 195/60/14.... really good performance and very goood treadlife

^^^ true and the section width is much narrower when compared to azenis with the same rated mm.

I'm on my 2nd set of Spec 2s. The performance is off the charts!! The wet traction is fine. Also, I've drove about 35,000 miles on the first set. Another great feature is the strong sidewalls. It helps with handling and after hitting so many bad roads my rims are still true. Don't get Falken Ziez 512s. They squirm all day and the handling is a nightmare. After 10,000 miles with them the treadwear was still good but I couldn't take the scary poor handling.

poor handling? they handle amazing, they handled better then my fresh Hankook HR2's 205/45/16.... but that doesn't say much since tehat tire is a cheap tire but idk i like these....

Thats because Hankook tires are a joke.