i have goodyear gs-d3's.....it rains alot here and they are really nice

 

Freakin tirerack needs to start importing Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 in my size! The closest match they have to my stock diameter is 225/45-17 which is 6.5% bigger than stock. :rant:

I'm going either with Falken RT-615 or Hankook Z212 when it comes time to unmount the snow tires. But there's still snow in the forecast here so that won't be for another few weeks at the very least.

 

Yeah but they squeal like a pig in heat when you push them 1/2 as hard as Azenis

 

decent wet and dry traction, good price, good treadwear, quiet (at least compared to Parada Spec-2's). What's not to like? :dunno:

 

I think 98Coupev6 has me sold on the good years...

 

I had the stock Michelins (shouldn't even call them tires...they suck so bad) Dunlops SP5000s (my favorites, I wish they made them in my current size), Yoko Parada Spec-2s (garbage), and now the ES100s
as far as wear gos, the ES100s are the best.

 

You're comparing it to a bunch of all seasonals and the Yokos, which I don't need to tell you suck


I've owned (besides the stock tires): Potenza S-03, Dlop SP9000, Potenza S-03, Yoko ES100 and Goodyear GS-D3. Plus my current Goodyear Tripletreds, which are simply amazing for how they handle both dry and snow. Here's how I would rank them:

Dry Traction
1) S-03
2) GS-D3
3) SP9000
4) ES100
5) Tripletred

Wet Traction
1) SP9000
2) GS-D3
3) Tripletred
4) S-03
5) ES100 (downright scary hydroplaning a couple of times)

Reflexes
1) GS-D3/S-03
2) SP9000
3) ES100
4) Tripletred

Forgiveness/Predictability
1) GS-D3
2) Tripletred
3) SP9000
4) S-03
5) ES100

Noise/Comfort
1) Triplered
2) GS-D3
3) S-03
4) ES100
5) SP9000 (when they found a rut in the road or a seam they WENT with it)

The GS-D3 was by far my favorite and a great all around tire...I also got tons of compliments on how they looked. The SP9000 was AMAZING in the wet but dry was mediocre. The S-03 was a great dry tire that had a pretty high threshold but I didn't like how they felt on my car...the GS-D3's would start to break away so you could slide a little bit, whereas if the S-03's broke away you were probably headed in a ditch. I wouldn't recommend the S-03 for anything other than RWD performance cars. The ES100's...decent dry handling, although my current tripletreds do just as well and also are amazing in the snow. But they wore out in 8k miles, I have no idea how. I took one corner very fast lon the way to work like 8 times and they were done for. Maybe on a lighter car they'd be a lot better?

If you want all out performance, I'd go with Pilot S2's, GS-D3's, or the new Dunlop SP Sport Maxx.

But the damn Tripletreds are so good I don't even miss my summer tires much, and I don't need to switch into ugly steel wheels with 15" snow tires every winter

 

good post.




On that note, I recommend the Kumho Ecsta MX's.

 

hmm...I never even considered the GS-D3's...they make them in my size. They may be in the running now.

 

The Goodyears are freakin' awesome tires. They are a little on the steep side for me though...