recommended all season street tires

[Wyatt_S]

just wondering what people are using or recommend. I'd like something that has good grip and handling, moderate life, and safe to use in rain and light snow. My rx-7 will be around 400whp be all is done.

[gadzooks]

I've never seen or drove on an all-season that I liked, not even with low power cars, in the rain, a set of high performance summer tires will  grip better than all seasons(I've still had the back kick out at 40mph in 4th in light rain on a 70 deg night at less than half throttle). The only time the compromises of an all season are worthwhile are transitional temps from about 30 deg to 45 deg

[zbrown]

BFG T/A ko...... lol

[josh18_2k]

Continental ExtremeContact DW is supposed to have the best wet traction, which is what I care about for a street tire. Only DOT tire ive seen that's faster is michelin pilot sport something, at twice the price.

DW beat out R1R and direzza star spec in wet autox test on grassroots Motorsports

[DeaconBlue]

I plan on fitting Continental DW to my RX7 for dry/wet street use this year and use R-3S for dry track use (I can't afford real DOT R tires right now).

If you really need light snow tracking then you will have to switch to an all season tire.  Best bet is to check this out;

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=UHPAS

[Wyatt_S]

Seems like Continental ExtremeContact DW is the general consensus. The surgery on tirerack looks great. The car will most likely ben garaged during snow season anyways, to be honest, so that's not a big deal, however, it does rain fairly often here. I forgot to mention I'm on a budget and these tires fit in my price range. Has anyone on the forum used these or currently using them?

[DeaconBlue]

Several friends have them on their cars from Camry's to Evo IX.  They are also about the lightest tires in the category - mostly due to the fact that they do not having a thick sidewall stiffening member.  That helps with a slightly better ride quality, the only trade off is that you loose the hype reactive steering response.  Most folks I have talked to love them and say the trade off in minimal.  You can't beat the price for this level of both dry and wet performance.

Now if I can just sell something, then I will order a set from the TireRack for my car