warm weather tires for 2002 v70 xc

mittenxc70 · Post by **mittenxc70** » 11 Mar 2011, 19:15

am currently driving on blizzaks/stock rims and am wondering on a recomended summer option for highway/ country terrain (i live on a gravel road)

Post by **priapism** » 12 Mar 2011, 06:55

Hm, there's an interesting mix of car and SUV tires available for that car. Do car tires do ok on the gravel road or do they get cut up? i.e. do you need a truck / suv tire?

mittenxc70 · Post by **mittenxc70** » 12 Mar 2011, 07:50

i would like something with good traction and good road handling. car tires do o k (only about a half mile of gravel) but i am open to options. fuel economy is up there on priorites now a days especially.

Post by **priapism** » 12 Mar 2011, 08:07

Hm. The BMW guys all seem to like the Falken ZE912. It's got great grip and all-season ability. I'm not seeing much in the way of "summer" tires in that size. We run Falkens on our race car and have had great luck with them.

mittenxc70 · Post by **mittenxc70** » 12 Mar 2011, 08:20

what do you drive on your cayman s? we're planning on doing some national forest road type mountain driving this summer. planning on using the cross country to do just that.

Post by **priapism** » 12 Mar 2011, 08:30

Right now, Sumitomo HTR Z III. Great grip, fantastic breakway characteristics, and they wear forever. 300 treadwear. I got three track days and about 10k miles out of the rears, replaced them and the fronts are still going. That's on really crappy surfaces like Streets of Willow too--turned a 1:32.7 there on these things! I run Dunlop Direzza Star Specs on my E30 and I would run them on they Cayman for sure if they came in that size. Great tire for very aggressive driving! The Lemons guys love them. 200 treadwear.

Post by **JRL** » 12 Mar 2011, 09:34

HATE Falkens
The answeris just about any tire you want
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Post by **priapism** » 13 Mar 2011, 11:12

Will definitely keep that in mind...I buy a LOT of tires!

mittenxc70 · Post by **mittenxc70** » 06 Aug 2011, 12:07

so i ended up going with yokohama geolandar at-s. am super happy. they handle awesome and are quiet for the amount of tread. i'll admit they may be a bit overkill in terms of sheer tread, but for the amount of driving that we did on burly roads (montana, wyoming, idaho, washington, etc)they did awesome. i figure between these and my blizzaks i'll never need to buy another set for my cross country. i do need another set of rims though if anybodys got some.