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JoelK · 2004-02-14, 03:48 PM

I've been thinking about heaving separate summer and winter tires. At the moment, I'm still on the RE92s. 225/50/R16 seems good for the summer, and some 205/55/R16

I'm just looking for a good value with increased dry/wet performance and won't get too bad when it gets cold at night or at high elevation in Colorado. I'm thinking about running them Jun-Oct.

Any suggestions? It seems difficult to find out what the cold (non-snow) performance of a summer tire is. If a tire can't provide reasonable performance at 30-50F, that's going to force me to run the winter tires much more than I want to.

For winter tires, I'm thinking about picking something like the Nokian WRs (possibly getting them siped).

(I have never used anything other than an all season tire before)

2004-02-14, 03:48 PM	#1
JoelK EJ22 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minden, NV Posts: 144	Summer tire suggestions? (cold/wet performance important) I've been thinking about heaving separate summer and winter tires. At the moment, I'm still on the RE92s. 225/50/R16 seems good for the summer, and some 205/55/R16 I'm just looking for a good value with increased dry/wet performance and won't get too bad when it gets cold at night or at high elevation in Colorado. I'm thinking about running them Jun-Oct. Any suggestions? It seems difficult to find out what the cold (non-snow) performance of a summer tire is. If a tire can't provide reasonable performance at 30-50F, that's going to force me to run the winter tires much more than I want to. For winter tires, I'm thinking about picking something like the Nokian WRs (possibly getting them siped). (I have never used anything other than an all season tire before)