Sedan Camry Tires (All season / Georgia) - What tires should i look into for a daily driver

[edyvw]

Never been impressed with those four. You can get bad tires from so called first-year brands (never saw a set of Continentals surpassed 50,000 miles, some michelin's last amazing other ones have not, pirelli's I have driven are twitchy and not as controlled in the rain compared to Goodyear's which I don't consider to be anything fantastic itself, Bridgestone ride terrible and most do not have a long life from what I've seen). Read through what the official testers say and balance it off of what consumers have said. If you're looking for traction and something like snow pay extra attention to the traction of owners from your region of the country.

We had better results with previous generations of Cooper's, generals, (even Goodyear back in the day), then we've had with those brands. Some will try to argue against me saying that General is owned by continental and say that if the mid-tier brand is good The first-year brand is better. My response to that is that's like saying that if a chevrolet-based LS V8 is good a Northstar Cadillac V8 is better. Do your research and see what fits for you. I'm not saying there aren't great tires under those first-year brands I'm just saying it's not always as perfect as some of these people are saying.

Longevity is not the most important variable. I give you that. Cheap tires do last long. But that is at expense of anything performance related.
As for reading, i we t in my life probably through 40 different sets of winter tires, God knows how many summer sets and decent amount of track/racing tires.

 

[Enthusiast]

I'm not just talking about longevity. The altiMax RT43 got us through a wintry mix back in 2018. We drove 350 mi while vehicles of all different types were spinning out and we arrived home safely. The tires gave us about 70,000 mi worth of service and they rode smoother than the Michelin Primacy MX m4s that it replaced. The Cooper CS4s all gave us around 60 to 70,000 mi worth of service, they rode smoother, quieter, the decent in mixed weather, and still handled pretty well. They were way better than the Continentals that it had originally and better than the goodyears we first replaced it with. It outlasted both set and handled all conditions better. This is why I don't buy into this idea that you have to have Michelin, pirelli, Continental, or Bridgestone to have a good experience. Our experience with those hasn't lived up to the hype. The michelins that came on the Taurus rode terrible, the pirelli's on the cars have test drive felt dangerous in the rain, the continentals break belts or blow out on us and didn't exactly have the best quality ride (The no name tires that my grandparents put on an identical car featured a better ride), and The experiences that I've had with Bridgestone have been they don't last very long and they don't ride very well. Why would I spend the money on the first year brand if it does nothing better than a second tier tire?

 

[cb_13]

I put a set of General Exclaim hpx in that same size on my Fusion. So far very quiet and good in the rain. Too soon to know about tread life or winter performance. They’re made in USA and were $98/each with mounting and balancing included at my local independently owned tire shop.

 

[02SE]

Michelin, Continental, Bridgestone or Pirelli.
Tire is THE MOST important safety variable. There is no “bang for buck” there. It is not audio system.
Remember, top brands, especially Michelin, keep initial performance long time, much longer than 2nd or 3rd tier tires.
I remember having Kumho Ecsta Platinum LX on my VW CC (they put new tires on car I purchased with 26k). I had to replace it with 14k bcs. 3 went out of round. But what was really scary is that praying worked better than pressing brakes in wet. I could slide that car in rain like it was hockey ring.

On my sportscar, I have yet to find a better tire for it's intended use than the bespoke Kumho Ecsta V720 ACR tire.

I tried a set of max performance summer Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires. They were a compromise, and didn't have the outright dry grip of the Kumhos.

Kumho CAN make a great tire. I'm sure their all season tires for cars which are mostly just commuting, are fine.

 

[ecotourist]

I have Michelin Premier A/S 215/50 R17s on my Honda Accord V6/6MT. They've been good tires. I will probably replace them with Michelin All Weather tires so we can drive outside of this Shangri-La area in the winter. Snow tires are required within about 60 Km and I have no intention of buying a set of snow tires for a vehicle we drive less that 1,000 km/year.

We put Kuhmo all season tires on our Toyota Solara. As new tires they were better than the worn out Michelins.