Anyone run A/S tires year round?

[Enchilada]

Does anyone run an all season tire on their GT throughout the year? Looking to replace the factory tires in preparation for an all season friendly tire here in Virginia Beach. Would love to find a set of knock off wheels to mount winter tires, but I’m too cheap.

Thanks!!

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[Lionorion]

I don’t have a GT, but you can see my tires in my signature. Highly recommended

 

[BmoreRuby]

Does anyone run an all season tire on their GT throughout the year? Looking to replace the factory tires in preparation for an all season friendly tire here in Virginia Beach. Would love to find a set of knock off wheels to mount winter tires, but I’m too cheap.

Thanks!!

I live in the mid Atlantic, a little North of you in the Baltimore area. As you know we get every weather there is. We get blizzards with quite a bit of snow accumulation, hurricane season in late summer and early fall, and 100 degree summer days.

I have had Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 tires on my '17 and my wife's '12 Mustang. Before that I had them and their direct predecessors on my '06 Mazda 3.

Fantastic tires in every way. They ride a tiny but rough compared to some others but they grip in all conditions and inspire confidence every time. I credit them with saving my bacon once or twice. These tires don't flinch. They grip in snow and ice and are great in the summer.

I imagine they last pretty well too but I generally don't get that far and just replace tires at 30k no matter the condition. At 30k the Contis still looked pretty new with minimal wear.

Sometimes people refer to all season tires as "no season" tires but that's not the case with these, and I suspect other high quality high performance all season tires. Living in a place where we sometimes have forty degree temperature swings in a week and then a swing back, these things are a gift. They're a marvel of materials engineering and tire design and manufacturing.

If you are looking at A/S tires, I say jump on some Contis, specifically the Extreme Contact DWS (Dry Wet Snow). I don't think you will be disappointed in any way. I think you'll be quite pleased.

 

[3onthetree]

Agree w/ Bmoreruby...Running the second set of touring version of this tire on my 03 Passat and now the high performance version above on the Mustang, staggered setup . Very high rated tire, good price. Found the best price at Discount tire direct.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Only the brave would admit in these forums to voluntarily using A/S tires or 87 octane gas.

 

[Kerninc]

Ill be the one then.....

Rock a 2016 GTPP in central Indiana year around as my only car. The Pzeros are unmounted in the garage and I currently rock Michelin A/S 3+ in factory spec sizes.
IMO these all seasons beat up the older Pzero stockers in all conditions but for sure in wet/snow. No issues getting my Stang through 6 inches of snow or so as long as the incline isnt crazy.
Can only think of one or 2 days last year where I got caught out in the crap before the trucks got moving where inclines slowed me way down but never got stuck.

Highly recommend until you get a double set of rims....Its what Im doing

 

[VinnAY]

I ran the Comp2 A/S and highly recommend those, I'd run them year round and be plenty happy with driving them very hard on the street and back roads, which I did do. I like them so much I've got them on my Camaro now.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/wts-bfg-comp2-a-s-tires.110413/#post-2374276

 

[15BluStang]

I had the Pirelli P Zero Nero AS and did a lot of winter driving in Michigan this past winter and I was able to get around most of the time. No issues with traction during the winter when I was home in Atlanta. But I did have just replace them after 18,000 miles as they were worn down. I decided to go with the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ as a replacement. I was tempted to go to summer tires as I am moving to Florida soon but chickened out.

 

[TigerFire13]

I ran a square set of 19x10, 285/35/19 Conti DWS-06's for a while. Amazing grip for an A/S tire. 10k miles later I had them down to 4/32", after performing a rotation at 5k miles. Discount Tire did a double take when I said I was ready for another set so soon lol. The 50k mile warranty was worth it though. I still wonder if Continental poured a different compound in the DWS-06 mold that day... Btw, I drive an ecoboost. burnouts don't exactly happen.

 

[Zathras]

As others have said, the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ seems to get the best reviews and word of mouth; with the only complaints being from some people who say it's kind of noisy and has a firm ride. The Pirelli P Zero "All Season Plus" (NOT the all-season Nero version) also gets good ratings on Tire Rack and seems to be quieter than the Michelins, and costs a little less. Continentals seem to be a popular choice if you live somewhere with snow/slush..

 

[Enchilada]

Been checking out craigslist for the last couple of weeks and picked up these today for $600. Hope it was a good choice as the tires were stamped 2015 and were only used for 5k miles. I figure I can get at least a couple winters out of em... Thank you for all the replies, I love this forum.

 

[TicTocTach]

Picking up a set of Cooper Zeon RS3-G1's tomorrow and those will be my year-round tires. Even here in TX, there are enough 40 and below days that I can see the writing on the wall - the P-Zero's are really going to suck for a good portion of the year. They seem to be decent tires when it's warm, but a week of 40's and rain showed their ugly side. Spinning tires pulling away from the driveway, fishtail merging with traffic from the side streets. They're going to be just as slick when braking, and I can't live with that on my commute. I'm hoping that a 285/35 AS will feel fairly close to the OE 255/40's close to the limit, but frankly I have no idea what the limits of the Zeros are like. Yet. I'll keep them on the EBPP wheels and wear them down at autoX events until I can justify a proper set of sticky tires.

 

[catchthecarp]

My 2017 GT is a DD and had been shod in Continental DWS 06's for about 11 months now. All I can add is I find them to be an excellent A/S tire thus far. Solid grip in cold temps and wet conditions. We didn't get much accumulating snow last winter but I had no problem getting around when it did.

 

[TicTocTach]

Just for a data point, I've got about 40 miles on the Cooper Zeon's I had installed this morning. Initial impression is that the sidewalls are probably softer than on the P-Zero's, but they're as quiet on smooth roads and much quieter over expansion joints, etc. Tire pressure is currently 36psi, about what I had in the Pirelli's. I haven't really pounded on them yet, but the Zeon's seem to have as much straight-line grip as the the P-Zero's. Very smooth and seem to have balanced well.

For another data point, the 19x10+35 wheels have more rear poke than I was anticipating. Front is nearly flush. If you're really concerned with keeping the PP2 visual, this combo might be a decent way to go.

Zeon_285-03 by clair_davis, on Flickr

 

[ENPhoto]

I prefer to run a dedicated winter tire in the snow....

I did grab some Michelin Pilot Sport A/S in a pinch when my stock PP rear tires were damn near slicks...and I gotta say...they performed better in the dry than the P Zero's ever did throughout their entire tread life.

Drove the A/S during a couple days of snow (6 inches on the ground and freezing temps) and they worked surprisingly well in snow/wet mode.

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