Time to get some new rubber need all season tires up here in new England

 

Conti DWS 215/45/17

 

I have continentals on now and do not like them

 

Don't get Bridgestone Potenza's unless their just for summer use. Giving you a heads up.

 

Was looking at the pilot sport as 3 hankook ventus s1 noble 2 and the general g max as 3

 

Michelin AS3's! value and performance.... me likey a lot!

 

What size I keep seeing people running 205/45/17 or 215/45/17

 

Michelin Pilot A/S+ Love 'em.

 

Those look sick little more then I want to spend atm. What size are you running ?

 

I've also got Continental DWS 215/45-17 and I really like them.

 

I'm running Goodyear Eagle GT's. 205 at the moment, but when I need new ones I'm going with 215's.

 

u don't like the dws? probably my favorite all season tire period.

 

I wonder how the 205 to 215 difference feels the roads up here suck

 

+1 for conti dws

 

I am now on my second set of Conti DWS and love them, in the winter michilin Xice

 

Conti DWS on both of our MINIs now. Mine are 17s and hers are 16s. Love them and will probably buy the same again when the time comes.

 

I ended up with conti dws 215/45/17. Thanks for all the input guys

 

wrong thread again

 

How many of you running the DWSs, use them all year long?

If you are running snows in the Winter, what snow?

 

Tread life is very short on these Continental tires. I like the Michelin Premier A/S. Low noise great grip 60k tread life. The only drawback is there is no runflat.

 

I bought my Clubman with Continental DWS, and they were terrible. The only thing good about them was they were quiet. They only lasted about 15k miles, too.

Your profile says you live in Massachusetts... I would consider two sets of wheels: summer, and winter.

For winter use, I've ad real good success with General Altimax Arctics in 205/55-16 mounted to some 16" Mini take-offs.

For summer use, go with something with a ~400 tread wear rating, and get a quality wheel alignment. Rotate the wheels halfway through the season, and they should last you a few years.

 

Continental DWS 06 215/45-17. Initially, I thought they were a bit squirmy ... not surprising since I previously had Continental ExtremeContact Sport max performance summer tires. Since then, I have really come to like them as they have settled in nicely. One thing I did notice is that they are very pressure sensitive ... 37F/35R seems to work very nicely on my car.

 

For summer I been using A/S 3+; incredible in the rain, grippy in dry. I need a new set of snows this winter....

 

I ran two sets on an E30, liked them alot, also a very good rain tire, way better in the snow than the A/S 3.

 

FWIW ... I had the Michelin A/S 3+ on my 2016 Golf R. They only lasted just over 20K. Michelin purchased them back. I had one of the original versions of the DWS on my previous 2011 JCW Clubman. Tires were very good from dry, to wet, to snow ... But I thought the sidewalls were a little soft. With that said, back in March of last year Discount tire recommended the DWS on my Golf R to replace the A/S 3+. They stated if I did not like for any reason they would switch them out. WOW big difference over the A/S 3+ in a good way. When I purchased my JCW back in Sept I replaced the OE summer tires for the DWS. At least for me, I really like these tires and would recommend these tires. Hope this helps...

Another good tire is the Yok's Advan Plus ...