I haven't been on this board in about 6 months and if I am not mistaken many of you were praising the Parada Spec 2's and Sumitomo HTR Z II's in the summer. I now come back and do a search and find nothing except a few mentions of them but some new talks about the Azenis (sp?) and Dunlop SP 9000's.

I will be buying 205/45/16's. This will be a daily driver as well. I want something that is excellent in dry and pretty good in the rain. I don't drive that fast in the rain but do take highway trips every once in a while so I would like to have decent traction in wet conditions.

My first thought is to go with the Azenis but heard the rain traction is horrible. I am also considering the Spec 2's but no mentions about them. What other tires do you guys recommend?

TIA