YACT: These good tires?

[CombatChuk]

Hey there, I'm just in the market for some "Performance All-Season Tires". I think I'm gonna go with the Yokohama AVID V4. I was considering the RE950 but it doesn't come in the size I want (205/55/15). BTW the car is a 2003 Dodge Neon SXT. And if this matters, I'm planning on racing beginners autocross and I believe these would be good to start off with. Summer tires won't work since I live in Colorado. Any suggestions would be appreciated. :beer:

 

[Actaeon]

Kumho KH11

EDIT: Link

EDIT x2: After looking at those tires, they seem to be pretty good. Though the Kumhos seem to rank higher among the survey.

EDIT X3: Doh, Read about your summer tire problem, nevermind.

 

[CombatChuk]

Thanks for the suggestion, but i need All-season tires. I would get a summer tire for the summer but I'm a broke college student.

 

[Actaeon]

Originally posted by: CombatChuk
Thanks for the suggestion, but i need All-season tires. I would get a summer tire for the summer but I'm a broke college student.

Sorry about that, I pretty much ignored everything after the autocross thing. How much is each tire for your car?

 

[CombatChuk]

They go for about $90 a tire at discount tire. That includes the stem, mounting, balancing. etc...

 

[HappyPuppy]

Just out of curiosity, why don't you go to a car forum where people know what they are talking about. This is a computer forum.

 

[CombatChuk]

I've been reading some threads here about cars, and it looks like there are actually a lot of people here that know about cars. Besides it saves time not registering at a bunch of sites

 

[TechnoKid]

The yoks should be ok for now. Once you get more into autox, you will find that your tires and suspension limit your ability to advance. If you want to stay in stock class (which you are in right now?), but still have great grip as far as tires go, get some dedicated summers (Bridgestone S-03 are excellent in wet and summer, but not so great in snow, and you are in colorado); I'm sure this will be down the road for you, and then look into getting some bilstein shocks if the make them for your car.

 

[slikmunks]

how much auto-xing do you plan on doing? i ask b/c those look like decent tires for street use, but if you're getting into serious auto-xing (that and you're in colorado, so weather can be a problem too), i'd suggest you get an extra set of tires and maybe some cheapo lightweight rims. The limits of ur car are a lot of time restricted by the tires you're running. And if you get an extra set, you might be able to get better all season tires (maybe not for performance, but better in inclement weather) along with better auto-xing tires...

 

[CombatChuk]

That's exactly what I was thinking with the upgrades. This might be my personal opinion but I think the tires will help a lot. The tires that it came with Eagle (Screaming Eagles ) LS kinda suck. So I'm hoping these yoks will help me out. Any other suggestions for some performance all-season tires?

 

[CombatChuk]

For the auto-xing, it's just something I want to try out. But mostly these tires are just gonna be for aggresive driving. I would get seperate tires and rims but just can't afford until I get out of college.

 

[TechnoKid]

The only other one I could recc is the ContiExtremeContacts. They have mixed reviews, however, on tirerack. But they look to be of good value.

 

[CombatChuk]

That was actually another tire I was considering, but it was $30 more. I just couldn't justify it.

 

[LAUST]

Originally posted by: CombatChuk
Thanks for the suggestion, but i need All-season tires. I would get a summer tire for the summer but I'm a broke college student.

Broke + Racing = Not Smart... go to a new college

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: CombatChuk
That was actually another tire I was considering, but it was $30 more. I just couldn't justify it.

Theyre only $2 more per tire on tirerack. See if you can get your local place to match that price.

ContiExtremeContact 205/55/15

Yoko avid V4 205/55/15

 

[CombatChuk]

Are the ContiExtremeContact that much better? The yoks look like they'll do better in the snow (More cuts in the tires).

BTW...Stock car class is for people like me who just want to try it out and not invest that much money into it.

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: CombatChuk
Are the ContiExtremeContact that much better? The yoks look like they'll do better in the snow (More cuts in the tires).

BTW...Stock car class is for people like me who just want to try it out and not invest that much money into it.

I believe the Contis would do better in the snow based on what people have reviewed said. The Yoks got a 5.3 whereas the Contis got a 8.2 for snow survey on tirerack, with similar number of surveys.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Why don't you save your money, get some crappy steelies from a junkyard, and put winter tires on those? That way you don't have to compromise with this all season crap. Better use of your money IMO.

 

[TechnoKid]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Why don't you save your money, get some crappy steelies from a junkyard, and put winter tires on those? That way you don't have to compromise with this all season crap. Better use of your money IMO.

On seconds thought, with as much snow as colorado gets, I would highly recommend getting a dedicated set of winter tires mounted on steelies, and then using your current rims for a set of performance all seasons or summers. This will cost more initially, but be much better in the long run. You also won't have to compromise that much on the performance of the summer tire.