10-01-2013, 03:40 PM | #1 |
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For those wanting a true AS tire
I know a lot of X5 owners who have scrapped the RFT and are seeking a good A/S tire. For the 20" sport owners there's very few options. The Conti DWS seem to be a favorite among the forums. Well the new Michelin AS3's have arrived and from all the reviews i've read and from personally driving on them in a car, they are an all season tire with the handling of a summer tire on dry roads. From the tests so far, the AS3's beat the DWS dry braking distance on wet roads. So here's the catch, they don't make the AS3's in the 275/40/20 and 315/35/20 sized for the X5. However, I wrote to Michelin and explained the need for more options in a AS tire for the X5. Michelin replied and said that if the market shows a need for those sizes they could possibly start producing them. So I'm asking all those who would like to seem them on the X5 please take a few minutes and explain why they should. Thanks in advance!
Contact Michelin: http://www.michelinman.com/contact-us.page Here's the tire: http://www.michelinman.com/tire-sele...ails#techspecs
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10-02-2013, 02:54 PM | #4 |
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The conti's don't handle like a summer tire, where the AS3's are handling as good if not better than the PS2's on dry roads. Then the AS3's blow away the PS2's on wet roads. There's only a couple hundred dollar price difference right now.
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10-02-2013, 04:20 PM | #5 |
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Why compromise with an all season tire year round. Keep the high performance summer tire and pick up snows if you need them. I know some of you dont need dedicated snows, but personally I would not want an all season tire instead of a dedicated summer performance tire in the summer.
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Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta is the warm weather tire you want if you aren't going to track it - great dry performance, even better wet performance, and at just over $800 a set for a staggered setup they are just what the doctor ordered.
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Summer tires fail at such low temperatures, and winter tires are too noisy. Not to mention there's no snow. So, all seasons make sense. People here drive around on all seasons for 2-4 years straight. I personally do not know a single person who switches tires between snow and summer. I recently put 18" Continental DWS. Extremely happy with them. Zero hydroplanning on wet roads (unlike the Bridgestone RFTs), and we here in Seattle know what wet roads are. |
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Well, Continental DWS advertize themselves as "dry-wet-snow". Of course, the snow part will in now way match a winter tire. However, in dry and wet that I was able to test - these are excellent. |
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10-07-2013, 03:21 PM | #11 |
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Thanks. Have you had a chance to compare the Conti DWS to real snow tires?
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10-07-2013, 04:09 PM | #12 | |
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I'm currently looking for a good all season tire/wheel combo for the X5 actually. That said, I was pretty happy with how the 20" RFT Bridgestones did when I hit a mountain snow storm on Thursday in Montana. not bad at all for a summer tire (I was very cautious though.) |
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No the winters go on tomorrow and we don't have snow yet.
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Talking from Minnesota - and we have snow here and it lasts from November through March. Plus I've lived in Vermont and Breckenridge Colorado. A bit of experience driving in snow... I've run winter tires on rear drive sedans in the past. They needed them. The Conti DWS are great all season tires for an SUV and they do very well in the snow. Dedicated Winter tires are too soft. They don't last long and have bad dry pavement performance (even when its cold).
Of course, the M3 has Pilot Sport high performance Summer tires - but it gets parked in the Winter!
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