Looking at new tires for my wife's '14 Fusion (235/50-17) and have seemed to narrow it down to Goodyear Assurance Maxlife and Conti PureContact LS. Discount Tire has them for the same price, $145/ea, but the Goodyear does have a $50 rebate and $75 rebate (mail-in, says they can be combined). At TireRack, the user ratings are real good for both though the Conti's do have a couple tenths higher in a few categories. Dry performance and winter performance are effectively the same while the Goodyear has a 6/10ths higher rating on treadwear. The Conti's are rated for 70k miles vs 85k for the Goodyears and to be honest, that puts the Continentals at 5 years and I'm good with that.
We do get snow but IMO, not enough to deal with "winter" tires. I don't know anyone who switches to winter tires, for what it's worth... Wet traction and noise are things I'm mostly looking for and based on TireRack's ratings, the Continentals are "better" in wet (comfort is a tenth different).
The difference in cost, with the rebates on the Goodyears, keeps bringing me back to consider those though.... Without those, I'd probably get the PureContacts without hesitation.
So factoring in people's experience with either of these tires and the (up to $125 savings), which would people lean towards. I know to some folks $125 isn't even a factor but to some of us, be it thrifty, on a budget, etc, it does count to some...
We do get snow but IMO, not enough to deal with "winter" tires. I don't know anyone who switches to winter tires, for what it's worth... Wet traction and noise are things I'm mostly looking for and based on TireRack's ratings, the Continentals are "better" in wet (comfort is a tenth different).
The difference in cost, with the rebates on the Goodyears, keeps bringing me back to consider those though.... Without those, I'd probably get the PureContacts without hesitation.
So factoring in people's experience with either of these tires and the (up to $125 savings), which would people lean towards. I know to some folks $125 isn't even a factor but to some of us, be it thrifty, on a budget, etc, it does count to some...