We just got my FIL's 2016 Impreza sedan, with 40k miles and the original tires on it. He is 100, so the tires had been curbed, punctured, repaired, repaired again, and run half flat many times over the years, so I needed a better set of tires for the safety inspection.
The local wrecker had a set for $200 which was a bit more than I was expecting, but it turned out to all perfectly worn 9/32(from 10/32 new) with no signs of damage or repairs at all.
They are Canadian tire house brand Motomaster Hydra Edge AS, but they kind of looked and felt a lot like my old BFG Sport Comp 2, instead of T rated, cheap as possible AS tire, and I noticed the speed rating on them was "W" (168mph), which is not like the usual discount motomaster AS tires I've had in the past.
So it seems these are made in the same factory and and have the same specs as the Sailun Atrezzo SVA2 UHP all season tire, with a different tread pattern. Its hard to find independent testing some of the Sailun tires, but the few reviews say they are pretty decent performance tire, and I found they seem to grip as well as the sportcomp2's did in the wet. They seem pretty quiet too, at least compared to the old tires.
Anyways, I wasn't planning to put a UHP AS tire on the car, especially ones with 60mph more speed rating than the car can use! But they are kind of nice and have a bit of the glued to the road feel, that UHP tires give. I think Canadian tire wanted to get a tire with excellent wet grip, but also quiet, so they use a quiet as possible 5 rib AS design with an UHP AS compound and tire? The regular price right now is $200 each, but that's the price they can give a 40% discount on and still make money. They don't look like anything special but the compound feels sort of soft like a winter tire?
The local wrecker had a set for $200 which was a bit more than I was expecting, but it turned out to all perfectly worn 9/32(from 10/32 new) with no signs of damage or repairs at all.
They are Canadian tire house brand Motomaster Hydra Edge AS, but they kind of looked and felt a lot like my old BFG Sport Comp 2, instead of T rated, cheap as possible AS tire, and I noticed the speed rating on them was "W" (168mph), which is not like the usual discount motomaster AS tires I've had in the past.
So it seems these are made in the same factory and and have the same specs as the Sailun Atrezzo SVA2 UHP all season tire, with a different tread pattern. Its hard to find independent testing some of the Sailun tires, but the few reviews say they are pretty decent performance tire, and I found they seem to grip as well as the sportcomp2's did in the wet. They seem pretty quiet too, at least compared to the old tires.
Anyways, I wasn't planning to put a UHP AS tire on the car, especially ones with 60mph more speed rating than the car can use! But they are kind of nice and have a bit of the glued to the road feel, that UHP tires give. I think Canadian tire wanted to get a tire with excellent wet grip, but also quiet, so they use a quiet as possible 5 rib AS design with an UHP AS compound and tire? The regular price right now is $200 each, but that's the price they can give a 40% discount on and still make money. They don't look like anything special but the compound feels sort of soft like a winter tire?
