alright redteg, I think you picked out the best tire for your money with the 960 pole positions. I did a lot of reading, and I'm about 98% certain I'd probably purchase them.

First off, it got a treadwear rating of 400, which is awesome for a ultra-high performance tire. it got a traction rating of AA, and a heat rating of A (apparently this means it can withstand the temperatures that are generated when you're going some odd 100+ miles an hour. an exact definition for all of those numbers and letters can be found here.)

So I was looking at purchasing either yokohama AVS ES 100s or BFGoodrich g-force sports for my car. I decided to compare the pole positions to these tires-

g-force sport (uhp summer) 340 AA A ZR speed rated

yokohama AVS ES100 (uhp summer) 280 AA A ZR speed rated

Bridgestone RE960AS Pole Position (uhp all season) 400 AA A ZR speed rated

the bridgestone is 23 dollars more per tire than the g-force sport, which is a pretty impressive summer tire. it also will last an additional 5,000 miles+.

I also found a review that compared ultra-high performance all season tires. unfortunately, the only tire that comes in the stock size for our cars is the RE960. If anyone wants to read the review, merry christmas.

I'm sure that there will still be some difference in traction, but according to all of the reviews I read it should be fairly minor. the longer life and incredible wet handling (plus the fact that it can handle in snow better than a summer tire) should make up for that.