A little inattentive hooliganism in the rain brought to my attention that I definitely need new tires.

I was just wondering, what would be the best type of tire to get that satisfies the following criteria?

• Good wet road traction
• Decent dry road traction
• Decent performance
• At least 20k mile lifespan

I don't want to get all season tires because Puerto Rico only has two seasons: summer, and slightly cooler summer. It is likely to rain at any time in the year. Low road noise is a plus, but not needed. I usually drive around with music blaring, so road noise is mitigated. Also, I don't know if it's my car, my current tires, or the alignment I desperately need, but I've gotten used to a droning noise above 55 mph that gets louder the faster I go and disappears when slowing down to about 45 mph. When slowing down it sounds like a space ship powering down, which is kind of cool.

The result of my hooliganism in the rain is that I'm having one of my Revolvers repaired, and realized that the inside of my tires are all eaten up. This due to the bad alignment, which I didn't bother to correct until I got the entire front suspension redone and then decided to wait until new tires. Since all four of my tires have been at the front at some point, all of them have the same problem, some more severe than others.

But I digress. I was quoted $150 to have this revolver repaired, and then another $75 to have my spare revolver painted in the exact color of all the other wheels.



The guy repairing the wheel said it'd look undistinguishable from the rest or my money back. He said it'd take about a week to repair, using some sort of flame torch that dispenses aluminium. How it works is beyond me. He seems confident in the repair, although I wonder if the wheel will have the structural integrity to support the weight of the car at any speed afterwards.

 

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I just sooo wish I had the experience to help you!

Mind you, things are warming up here as we head for 'summer' - 8C/46F today!

 

Hahahaha

Well, seeing as england is possibly the rainiest nation in the world...

 

I wouldn't rule out the all-season tires if it was me. I have them on my blue cat and they perform very well with moderate "hooliganism". And of course they do better in the wet. Plus minimal road noise.

Warm weather, got you covered. It hits 100F+ here in the summer (90+ at night).

I am using Yokohama YK580's and like them very much.

To your other point, I had alloy wheels on an Audi repaired due to pothole damage at 80 mph. Not only held up well for another 40k miles, but looked better than the rest of the wheels.

 

The spaceship noise you mention, are you sure it isn't a bad wheel bearing?

 

I've been running Yokohama YK580 tires since October 2012. Great tires, especially in the rain, and they're pushing 40,000 miles which is quite difficult to do on these cars due to the tendency for the rear tires to wear their centers prematurely. Running them at 28 to 29 psi helps to mitigate that issue. The front tires tend to do best at 32 to 33 psi. The car will need new shoes soon and unless my next round of tire research turns up a better bang-for-the-buck option, I'm sticking with the Yokohamas....

 

I don't know. I've heard it since forever and there isn't another Xk8/r around for me to compare with. How do I check?

 

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