Best tire for 45°-60° F temperatures?

[sukhoi_584th]

I currently have fairly new PSS in non-R OEM size tires, and have noticed they definitely lose some traction on colder and damp mornings. Despite living in CA, most of my spirited driving actually happens in the 45° - 60° F range, either in the mornings by my house or on the coast, or at night in the Sierra Nevada. When the PSS wear out would I possibly improve traction at those temperatures by switching to PS4S in 295/35ZR19 square, or maybe even PSAS4 in 285/40ZR19 square? I'm not clear how quickly the PSS performance falls off as temperature drops. Also, added rain traction would be a bonus as on longer trips I can't always avoid it.

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[Idaho2018GTPremium]

There's a huge drop off for summer tires between 60 F and 45 F. At 45 F if you are on a short drive, summer tires suck. At 45 F if you drive long enough, and it's sunny, summer tires can warm up enough to grip well, eventually. But if not, then a high performance all season is vastly superior for daily driving at temps under 55-60 F. At 60 F the summer tires warm up faster. For all seasons, Continental extreme contact DWS06+ or the pilot sport all seasons 4 are both good. Very happy with the continentals on my ZL1 for all seasons.

 

[WildHorse]

Like, every tire except for summer only.

 

[MAGS1]

Conti DWS06+ or Michelin Pilot A/S4 or A/S3+ would be a good fit for those temps.

 

[03reptile]

I live in Md. and drive the year round, weather permitting. I have a set (wheels with tires mounted) of Michelin PS 4S's for summer and the Michelin PS A/S 3's for driving in the colder. clear winter months. Works great!

 

[CANTWN4LSN]

Why wouldn't you choose the PS4Ss in 295 and 305/30 front and rear rather than running 295/35 square?

 

[Skye]

Another for Michelin's A/S 4.

My driving temperatures are often not far removed from yours. I've been using the compound above with good results. No noise. Wear is "normal". I've driven in 32 F / 0 C weather and continued to get all the traction needed.

The DWS06 A/S offering is also a great tire.

I can't see you going wrong selecting either.

 

[sukhoi_584th]

Thanks all, good comments, seems like I'm on the right track that PSS aren't ideal for my use case. Probably will go for the PSAS4 when it's time to switch.

I've seen the Conti DWS06+ mentioned a lot, but unfortunately they don't come in decent sizes for the GT350 19" rims.

I need all the ground clearance I can get as I drag the splitter about 50% of the time going in/out of my driveway (hard to always take the perfect curving line), so anything 295/30 or 305/30 is out. The PSAS4 coming in 285/40 is actually a bonus to me as an extra 0.9" clearance up front would be fantastic. With them being a 107 load rating I'm hoping the extra stiffness will mostly make up for the taller sidewall. Double the treadwear rating too.

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