Advice on High Performance All Season Tires

[Larry C Leung]

I've heard good things on the pricey Michelin Pilot XGT V-4 and Z-4, as
well as the BFG KDWS, at least according to Grassroots Motorsports. 


LL - NY

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 23:51:51 -0700 Bill Elliott <wcelliot at concentric.net>
writes:
>Hi gang!
>
>Trying to give some advice to a friend for a reasonably-priced, very
>high performance all-season tire.  (I know, I know... I run SP8000's 
>in
>the summer and Hakka Q's in the winter... and"all season" is really 
>"no
>season")... but this car will be seldom driven in the winter, so he
>doesn't want to spend the $$ for true snows, but also doesn't want to 
>be
>afraid to drive if he gets caught out in the snow.
>
>So dry traction and wet traction are of top importance, while snow
>performance is a distant 3rd.  He even autocrosses the car once or 
>twice
>a year.  Area is Chicago surburban. Size is 245/50/16.
>
>After doing a quick review of the market, I've zeroed in on the Yoko
>AVSdb ($114) and the BFG g-Force T/A KDWS ($111).  I had first 
>thought
>that the Dunlop SP5000 would be the way to go, but according to the
>tests and reviews on tirerack.com, it's been surpassed (on dry 
>pavement;
>it's still much better in the snow) by these new tires...AND it's 
>more
>expensive.
>
>Any other tires I should consider? Any advice between the two I 
>picked?
>(The AVS seems to have the a slight dry pavement edge, same on wet
>pavement, much poorer in snow)
>
>BTW, I hope to have some pics of my for-sale '85 UrQ up soon!
>
>Thanks!
>
>Bill Elliott
>Lake Barrington, IL
>