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So like the title says, it's coming time for me to replace the oem Goodyear's. Right at 30k miles on the car and I'm juuust about to hit the wear bars.
Here lies my dilemma, I can't decide what my replacement tire should be! These stock tires are okay, nothing I'd write home about but I don't have extensive tire knowledge to know whether they are awesome or they suck. They get the job done is all I can say.
Here's a little background to help with the situation. I live in upstate South Carolina and its about to be winter time. Winter here is pretty mild I'd say. We get snow maybe once or twice a year, it sticks for a day or two and then it's gone. Mainly it just rains and the temps will hover anywhere from 40-60 for highs (does get really cold at night though, as in 20-30). This lasts until about March I'd say and then it's a ramp up from 60 to the 100+ mark. I don't track my car or autox- I just dabble in spirited driving on occasion. This is my daily and I have a 50 mile round trip commute of all highway.
Secondly, I'm on a budget of about $600. That's just how it is right now so please, don't come at me with the 'get a second set of wheels and run winter tires'. Not gonna happen with my budget, sorry!
I got this car in February this year and these summer tires have done me just fine so far. However I've had some people suggesting I get all season tires but then you hear the old adage of "all season-NO season!".
Here are my questions, what have you all experienced? Who here runs a summer tire year round (and doesn't live in SoCal or the desert)? What do you run? Who here runs all seasons year round? Why did you choose them? How do you like them?
Here lies my dilemma, I can't decide what my replacement tire should be! These stock tires are okay, nothing I'd write home about but I don't have extensive tire knowledge to know whether they are awesome or they suck. They get the job done is all I can say.
Here's a little background to help with the situation. I live in upstate South Carolina and its about to be winter time. Winter here is pretty mild I'd say. We get snow maybe once or twice a year, it sticks for a day or two and then it's gone. Mainly it just rains and the temps will hover anywhere from 40-60 for highs (does get really cold at night though, as in 20-30). This lasts until about March I'd say and then it's a ramp up from 60 to the 100+ mark. I don't track my car or autox- I just dabble in spirited driving on occasion. This is my daily and I have a 50 mile round trip commute of all highway.
Secondly, I'm on a budget of about $600. That's just how it is right now so please, don't come at me with the 'get a second set of wheels and run winter tires'. Not gonna happen with my budget, sorry!
I got this car in February this year and these summer tires have done me just fine so far. However I've had some people suggesting I get all season tires but then you hear the old adage of "all season-NO season!".
Here are my questions, what have you all experienced? Who here runs a summer tire year round (and doesn't live in SoCal or the desert)? What do you run? Who here runs all seasons year round? Why did you choose them? How do you like them?