Thread: Compare These Tires

It's time for new tires again but this time I'm on a much more stringent budget. I've already researched, using tirerack, onlinetires, tires-easy and a couple of others. So, I have a fair idea what will work for our cars. In my case, that would be a '91 SE-R with 15" rpf1s with +35 offset.

I'm trying to decide by balancing performance with value/price. I've come up with a handful of tires along with their shipped prices.

Federal SS595 82W, 195/50/15, shipped for $273.88 from onlinetires.com
Nitto Neogen 89V, 205/50/15, shipped for $295.04 from onlinetires.com
General Exclaim UHP, 195/50/15 shipped for $298.22 from tires-easy.com
Fuzion Zri, 195/50/15 shipped for $301.10 from tires-easy.com
Fuzion Zri, 205/50/15 shipped for $338.42 from tires-easy.com
Yokohama S.drive, 195/50/15, shipped for $296.oo from discounttiredirect.com
Nitto Neogen VR, 205/50/15, shipped from $296.00 from discounttires

I'm really trying to stay at the $300 level or I would have included the s.drive in 205/50/15, cheapest shipped is $351 from discounttiresdirect.com.

I really can't justify spending more than that, not with 3 kids in school and the economy sucking the way it is. All season tires are pointless... I live in Florida. Also, I do find that tireracks reviews are biased(hugely) towards rwd cars. GRM.com did a tire test a while ago and pretty much proved that what works well for a rwd car doesn't always transfer to the same best performance on a fwd car.

Have at it, call them all crap if you want. And, of course, experience, not hearsay, is preferred. And if you have any other suggestions... I'm listening.

Mark

Fusion Zri are OK, decent summer tire, grip was not the best and wear was ok. Slick in rain though.

Hmmm, slick in the rain is bad... I live in Florida. Thanks for the feedback, it helps.

Mark

Check out treadepot.com, they have great prices.. I picked up a set of 225/50/15 kumhos for 208.00

tirerack it up as well.

Yokohama S Drive. Good tire except for the really soft sidewall. If you don't intend to occasionally drive hard around corners, then this is a good choice.

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I've done the searches at most of the online sites, read the reviews, etc... That's how I came up with the listed tires. The s.drive has a soft sidewall? Not good, I've got a stiff suspension(progress) and really don't like having the tire roll over. Weird, it tested well on the tire rack site. Might be that difference of how a tire responds on a rwd .vs. a fwd car, though. Tirerack almost exclusively use some BMW vehicle or another.

I'll check out treaddepot. Which Kumho's did you get?


Thanks for the replies... keep 'em coming.

Mark

I have had excellent success with Falken 912s in either size you are looking at. And I'm pretty sure they would be in your price range.

Falken 912's? Hadn't even thought of those... thanks, Joe.

Mark