Time for Some New Rubbers, New Tires, (Tyres) Options

[RavenAegis45]

well i've come to that time where my tires are just worn down with little tread life left so Im looking to buy new ones. Anyone have any suggestions? Im planning on keeping my stock 15" rims so i'm going to stick with the 205/55R15 size tires. My GT came with bridgestone Potenza G009 Tires and they were amazing but i'm looking to try out some new treads, something for a daily driver and not track use. I dont want to kill my MPG now.... Or my wallet . My friend can get me some brand new Hancook's for pretty cheap and I can also get Falkens for around the same price but I'm intrested to hear what tires seem to work best for your cars (Specifically 205/55R15's but anything will do). And I'll get an Alignment to just to be safe

This post has been edited by RavenAegis45: Feb 11, 2009 - 11:52 PM

[crankyelbow]

The sumitumo htr200's are great summer tires - low $ and relatively light... they are apparantly known to be great tires for auto-x.

I run them on my yaris, 205 width on 13's (don't recall height) and above 45 degrees or so they grip to the point that my bawlz limit how fast I turn... given the higher center of gravity it feels like the car will roll before these things lose traction. They are also very solid through the summer rains.

They are ROCK hard and don't grip at all when its below freezing or when its cold and raining, though... definitely a 100% summer tire.

I think I may sell my 16's and get some lightweight 15's just so I can run these tires again