Four tire options, which would you pick?

[factorytuned2012]

Time for new rubber on the Honda Fit. Replacing Michelin Premiers. Always bought Michelin but sadly Michelin doesn’t even have anything in their current lineup for 185 55R16 other than the X-Ice. Not thinking about alternate tire sizes at the moment. I’ve narrowed things down to four options in the stock size. Live in SF so need great dry and wet traction but I also drive up to ski during the season so some snow performance would be nice. Narrowed it down to four options:

Which would you pick?

All weather:
Vredestein Quatrac
Falken Aklimate

All Season:
Yokohama Avid Ascend GT
GT Altimax RT45

Have personal experience with the avid ascend not a bad tire rode nice handled rain well all around a good tire.

 

[cpupton]

General RT45’s on our 2017 Chevy Trax and they’ve been great in dry, wet and snow. Ride great too.

 

[barkingspider]

Vredestein Quatrac

 

[edyvw]

Overall quality of Vredestein will be better than Falken or General. General is basically budget tire for Continental. Vredestein is step up. If you asked me between Continental and Vredestein, I would definitely say Continental, but General is step down.

 

[wings&wheels]

Vredestein, quality tires and tremendous customer support if needed.

 

[Dadillac]

Installed Vredestein QuatracPro+ on my Volvo. Very happy with them. Have about 2000 miles on them so far. Quiet and handle well. Great in the snow and ice so far that we have gotten in NJ this year. Which isn't much. I bought these because they have a tread design that seems closest to a dedicated winter tire.

Don

 

[burbguy82]

My vote would be for which ever is cheaper. Your Fit is not exactly known to be rough on tires. I would go with the cheapest brand name, with good mileage proration.

 

[hemitruck]

I would check out Goodyear assurance weather ready 2. Put them on daughters Kia sorrento and they have been greet in north Jersey snow, ice, rain and dry roads. Her job requires her to be available at all times and needs to be able to get there regardless of the weather.

 

[troymcclure]

I would check out Goodyear assurance weather ready 2. Put them on daughters Kia sorrento and they have been greet in north Jersey snow, ice, rain and dry roads. Her job requires her to be available at all times and needs to be able to get there regardless of the weather.

Saw the amazing reviews. TireRack rated them up there with the CrossClimate 2. Sadly not available in 185/55R16.

 

[troymcclure]

Thanks for all the input! Most interested in Vredestein. Looking into the Hitrac vs the Quatrac but probably going Quatrac for the 3PMSF.

 

[meep]

Vredstein, from the choices mentioned. I’d probably consider the falkens second. I am a fan of Yokohamas precision manufacturing - balance, roundness, runout, and dry handling. I’ve had look experience with the G015 in the wet, but others do better. Other yoko tires have yielded less great wet performance in my limited experience. Pirelli Scorpion AS/4 would also be a good hard look for me for this car.

 

[troymcclure]

Vredestein Quatracs ordered, going to have them installed next week. Looking forward to trying them out.

 

[Fishstyx]

Time for new rubber on the Honda Fit. Replacing Michelin Premiers. Always bought Michelin but sadly Michelin doesn’t even have anything in their current lineup for 185 55R16 other than the X-Ice. Not thinking about alternate tire sizes at the moment. I’ve narrowed things down to four options in the stock size. Live in SF so need great dry and wet traction but I also drive up to ski during the season so some snow performance would be nice. Narrowed it down to four options:

Which would you pick?

All weather:
Vredestein Quatrac
Falken Aklimate

All Season:
Yokohama Avid Ascend GT
GT Altimax RT45

I drove on Avid Ascend GT. Never again. Can’t help you further. The Advids wore out fast even with proper rotations.

 

[troymcclure]

I drove on Avid Ascend GT. Never again. Can’t help you further. The Advids wore out fast even with proper rotations.

This is interesting. I previously ran the Avid Ascends which were obsoleted by the Avid Ascend GT and they were the longest lasting tires I put on. They started at an extremely generous 12/32 (the premiers only started at 8/32) but by year 5 they lost a lot of wet traction even at 8/32 tread. I think the compound hardened. Wonder if they updated the GT version with a softer compound - certainly could have helped with the traction.

This car is low mileage so I’d be totally fine with quick tread wear if the trade off was good traction.

 

[Fishstyx]

This is interesting. I previously ran the Avid Ascends which came out prior to the GT and they were the longest lasting tires I put on. They started at an extremely generous 12/32 (the premiers only started at 8/32) but by year 5 they lost a lot of wet traction even at 8/32 tread. I think the compound hardened. Wonder if they updated the GT version with a softer compound - certainly could have helped with the traction.

The first winter was great but the second winter even on my Subaru it was dicey. And I rotated them every six months or 6k miles and they wore out fast on the shoulders and no alignment issues either.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

This is interesting. I previously ran the Avid Ascends which were obsoleted by the Avid Ascend GT and they were the longest lasting tires I put on. They started at an extremely generous 12/32 (the premiers only started at 8/32) but by year 5 they lost a lot of wet traction even at 8/32 tread. I think the compound hardened. Wonder if they updated the GT version with a softer compound - certainly could have helped with the traction.

This car is low mileage so I’d be totally fine with quick tread wear if the trade off was good traction.

Courier on Drive Accord uses the Avid Ascent GT's as his 3 season. He runs full winter Michelin X-ice accordingly but that is for his use and all the places/conditions he travels in. He goes through 2-3 sets of tires each year. He tried a couple others but keeps coming back to Yokohama Ascent GT for 3 season as they work well and last well for him.

 

[troymcclure]

Sharp looking tires.

 

[troymcclure]

First time at Discount/America's Tire so I vomited a little seeing them throw four floor jacks under the car... A pit crew literally each took a wheel and it was done in 20 min. Used to costco's slow and steady approach . Probably could have done without the sloppy tire shine that they put on 2/4 tires but was happy to see them rebuild each TPMS sensor, torque the wheels, and not lose the wheel lock key.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

First time at Discount/America's Tire so I vomited a little seeing them throw four floor jacks under the car... A pit crew literally each took a wheel and it was done in 20 min. Used to costco's slow and steady approach . Probably could have done without the sloppy tire shine that they put on 2/4 tires but was happy to see them rebuild each TPMS sensor, torque the wheels, and not lose the wheel lock key.

I don't see any wheel locks on that wheel?

Tires look good though. Please keep us updated on all aspects.

 

[troymcclure]

I don't see any wheel locks on that wheel?

Tires look good though. Please keep us updated on all aspects.

Very observant! They're Gorilla Locks. Each lugnut is a spline style lock.