Same is true about the Goodyear Assurance Maxlife tires I bought for my daughter's Infiniti QX50. When I ask her how she liked them she said something like, "Oh I don't even think about them because they are so smooth and quiet. That's compared to her OE run-flats, whatever brand they were.
Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 Plus
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I had a set of turanzas years ago. At 70,000 they still had almost half of their tread and original weights, a total of 7 plugs across all 4 and drove like glass, and I drove them hard. However, they became ice skates in the wet. Their practical value faded before the tread was close. Great tires, solidly and well built.
They really are great tires. I wasn't looking for bridgestone but walmart had them @$150 a tire for 19", so it was deal I couldn't pass up! Dead quiet, absolutely no vibration on any surface and are on track to make it 50-60k.
I ran the Tourenza serenity plus on a 10' Impala way back when, they were impressively good on wet roads and standing water; but driving on 441 to Gatlinburg we hit a snow patch that had melted off a tree and fallen on the cleared road, they were significantly less impressive and had us sliding into the thankfully clear oncoming lane. They also surpassed their road warranty so it doesn't surprise me they're wearing like iron for D1dad.
Correction: I should have said Goodyear Assurance ComfortDrive, not Maxlife.
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The warranty is 50k, if I’m not mistaken. I’d never run a tire to their warranty, usually. But, I just may be able to on these. I treat tires like shoes. When they start looking bad I replace them. Usually around 50-60%. I raised 2 boys who cost me more in shoes for their feet than shoes for my car cost on an annual basis.
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FWIW: one thing I've found with some very high-end tires is that they're usable all the way down to the wear bars, and this gives them longer usable tread lives than lower-performance tires that take longer to get to the wear bars. E.g., a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S will be practically bald after 30k miles, whereas a more mainstream tire might take 50k to get to that point – but the mainstream tire will start out with mediocre grip and get sketchy by 20k-25k, whereas the 4S will grip hard (even in rain!) until it's bald.
So far, almost every tire I've seen play this trick has been a Michelin (one was a Bridgestone that specifically advertised this feature). I have yet to see a single "bang for the buck" tire that could come close in this department. I'm watching with interest to see if the DWS 06+ can do it, too.
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The Michelin PSS I had cut water better at 3/32 than any cheap tire I ever had at 7-8/32.
My son has a set of the DWS06+ on his Audi S3 and just recently bought new wheels/summer tires (ECS02s) so these are off/in the garage. Comparing to my "winter" tires the Michelin PSAS4, it's interesting and should explain why the DWS06 has typically shown better snow performance than the Michelin in testing and the Michelin has shown better dry performance. While both being UHP all seasons, you can see the differences of focus here. The DWS06+ is just an overall blockier tire to me which will induce more squirm and yield less dry perfomrnace braking/cornering. The PSAS4 is more similar to a summer tire with more sipes.
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Anyone purchase these recently? Seems like pricing has gone down in my region, so I finally pulled the trigger. Curious if a successor is coming soon.
225/45R17, replacing Pirelli Pzero AS Plus on an E90. Absolutely loved how refined the Pirellis were but they are getting up there in age (8 years) and feel like bricks once temperatures drop below 50F.
225/45R17, replacing Pirelli Pzero AS Plus on an E90. Absolutely loved how refined the Pirellis were but they are getting up there in age (8 years) and feel like bricks once temperatures drop below 50F.
I bought a set earlier this year for an Audi Q5. Absolutely loved the tire.
Continental has a replacement for this tire, but it's only been released in Europe.
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I bought a pair of these for the back end of my Corvette back in March. I haven’t heard anything about a successor coming though. I already had the DWS06+ up front, I had to get those in 2021 when my OEM fronts wore out early because of a bad factory alignment.
I’m leaning towards them for my 21 for when the Bridgestones wear out. I have 23k on my turanzas and just checked last night, I’m still at 7-8/32nds and nothing but pure quietness still. This is my 1st set of Bridgestones since I put a set of ecopias on my 03 Altima over 10 yrs ago. The Altima had a deer run into it shortly after so I never had a chance to make a decision on them as far as useful life. I do remember they were quiet and smooth and really made the car a pleasure to drive. I’d consider sticking with Bridgestone, but man are they pricey.
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You've mentioned this before but it isn't accurate. The AllSeasonContact 2 are GT AS tires and not UHP AS like the DWS06 Plus. They're designed to compete with the Michelin CrossClimate line and even has the 3PMSF symbol.
Thank you for clarifying. It was my understanding that it was their newest, latest, greatest UHP tire and a step up/replacement for the DWS06+. Perhaps I used "replacement" incorrectly.
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DWS is trademark. Next generation will also be DWS but different number.
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The AllSeasonContact 2 would be a step up/replacement for the AllSeasonContact 1 
I purchased a set for the Mustang 2k ago. I like them, smooth and quiet and fantastic traction in the wet.
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Been a while since I got the DWS06+ mounted and so far I'm very happy with them. I haven't noticed any downsides yet but I also haven't pushed them to the limit. They're far more compliant and refined compared to the old Pzero AS+ in these colder temperatures - I'm curious to see how they feel in the summer (>80F). I'm running them at a slightly higher pressure compared to the Pirellis yet they are more comfortable. I haven't noticed any change to steering feel or feedback.
Two tires were manufactured 3025 while the other two were 4225. I don't know if this was a QC issue or not, but one tire had excess leftover rubber blocking the tread in the casting marks (?) around the entire tire, while the others did not. I trimmed the excess rubber off as they surely can't be helping:
Yes, that is a QA issue. The mold didn't completely close. There are a number of reasons why this could have occurred. Every tire manufacturer would have a tolerance for this and this looks to my eye to be excessive.
At this level, I think the only problem it will cause is noise.
