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Old 11-14-2001, 05:52 AM
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Default Shopping for new all-season tires.

I was wondering if somebody could make a suggestion as far a all-season tire for somebody living in Chicago.

I am thinking either Pirelli P7000 Super Sport or Yokohama AVS dB.

Any comments ?

Thanks.
Old 11-14-2001, 05:58 AM
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I've heard P7000 perform very poorly in the snow,as for an all-season.What size are you looking for?
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Default Dunlop SP 5000. I ran the Yokohama AVS S4V (replaced by db) & they only did well in snow/ice when

they were brand new. Dry performance was moderately good, but they were a little loud, hence the changes to the db, which I don't think it changed performance - just the noise level. At times, I swear they were marshmellows and lost grip. Wet traction was great with the two grooves, but that took away from the snow performance. I found that the tires would "wonder" in the snow, which I think it was because of those two grooves. Personally, I wouldn't buy them again, especially since they came up 10k miles short of their 40k warranty. Thanks to TireRack, I got ~25% of my money back, which I used towards Dunlop Winter Sport M2 tires on AT Atalia S5 16" wheels.<ul><li><a href="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/dunlop/du_s5000.jsp">http://www.tirerack.com/tires/dunlop/du_s5000.jsp</a</li></ul>
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Default New Pilot Sport A/S?

Had Pilot XGT-Z4s and they were good all season tires. If you took corners gently the torque locking sipes don't lock and feel a little squirmy. But a little gas or more steering input and they lock right up.
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Dunlop SP Sport A2 - put 3K miles on them, and so far so good
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Dunlop SP5000's, running em right now.
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Stock tire size.
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SP 5000.
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Default Check out Bridgestone Potenza RE950. I'll be getting these

quite soon. Awesome results! Don't know what size you're looking for though.<ul><li><a href="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/bridgestone/bs_re950.jsp">http://www.tirerack.com/tires/bridgestone/bs_re950.jsp</a</li></ul>
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