Good Performance Tires

[HokieBird]

Re: Good Performance Tires

All season tires are not as good in the wet or dry as high performance "summer" tires. They are great for daily driving, but put all-season performance tires up against summer performance tires in wet or dry conditions to measure their relative performance and all-season tires will come in behind the summer performance tires without a doubt. The only thing performance all-season tires do better than summer performance tires are wear longer (they are harder, not as sticky compounds) and have a little better snow traction (smaller tread blocks). Anybody who thinks that performance all-season tires have better grip in the wet or dry than performance summer tires should research the subject.

I agree with you that summer performance tires will out perform all season tire in wet and dry in some cases, but to say they always will is too much of a blanket statement. I have driven some summer tires that I loved in the dry, but they were down right scarey as soon as there was any water on the roads (I'm not talking about slicks).

We need more information form the OP to determine what kind of driving he plans to do and in what conditions to make any real suggestions. Like was previously mentioned tirerack.com ratings would probably be a great place to look over tires and see the reviews.