Originally Posted By: 99Saturn
LOL - thread revival.
The RT43s seem to get very good reviews on here. Particularly in the winter arena for those not putting on snow tires. I really hope they last (mileage) but seems too early to tell from reviews. I'm sure you've seen those already.
Did the Pirelli P7s (all season plus, I think) come up in the last 4 pages? Also some good reviews on here. I think Char Baby has a review up. I'm eying these for one of our cars currently.
Edit: Oh and if you can hold out until Labor day and look for a DTD sale, I was able to score some pretty cheap CS5s and RT43s over July 4th.
Yeah, I missed the DTD 4th of July sale. Man, I'm sorry that I did!
But yes, I just installed the Pirelli P7 Cinturato A/S + on my doughter's '06 mazda 3i in 205-55-16 but, she has only driven on them since May and snow/ice tirse for the winter. They are very quiet(even quieter than her previous Hankook Optimo H727 - "T") and are "H" rated which her car requires.
At my request, my SIL installed the P7 A/S+ on her '03 Mitisbishi Outlander 2WD in Jan-Feb '14 timeframe and said that they were the best tire on this CUV since new. And we got quite a bit of snow/ice as did the whole North East U.S.
My SIL(Mitsu Outlndr) had no issues traveling along Lake Ontario into the city everyday with this 2WD for work and home again during the 5pm traffic. She's very happy with the winter traction on snow/ice and loves the quiet of the new P7's.
In both cases, the ride is good/firm-er and handling is very good and the MPG is only slightly better(LRR).
Quickly and sidetrack: I also have Pirelli P4's(since 2009) on my '04 Altima 2.5S which I only use in the winter months... I Love'em!
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I can't answer for what to use on Supton's Camry without doing more research. But, if the Genreal RT43's are available in the size and speed rating, I would deffinately consider them as well as the Pierlli P7 A/S+.
Both tires are getting wonderfull reviews! Look at the Tire Racks new winter/snow/ice test on both of these A/S tires. It's available now!!!
The Tire Rack is using RWD BMWs for their tests. IIRC, the Hankook H727 still does the best for an A/S tire in snow/ice(with the RT43 close behind) but, the H727 is only available in "T" speed rating where as the RT43 and P7's are available in "H & V" as well!
I would focus on these two tires(RT43 & P7's) along with the new Cooper CS5's which the tire rack DOES NOT SELL. But, DTD and TreadDepot both do!