These tires will be going on my 2003 Accord EX V6 6Spd

It will be driven pretty much only in the summer as I have a subaru for the winter. Although I am not completely ruling out any all-season tires as Im in Minnesota, and who knows what will happen. That said, I am leaning more towards summer tires, but am still open to getting all season's if I get a good enough reason/recomendation

Some tires I am considering:

btw-im poor. id like to keep this on the lower end of 600-800 if possible.

Size- 215/50/17

Potenza RE760 Sport

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....za+RE760+Sport

Kumho Ecsta SPT

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....odel=Ecsta+SPT

BFGoodrich g-Force Super Sport A/S

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=3



I am open to other options too. Thanks!

 

have you considered the Yoko S-Drives?

 

just checked em out on tirerack. they look alright, there were some bad reviews though. so you have any experience with them???

 

I have personally pushed the s-drives and they hold up pretty well. In the rain they hold up really well as well. The side wall design also makes your car look alot better.

 

I think the first thing you need to decide is whether to get summer tires or all-season tires. It sounds like you're already aware of the difference. If you think there's a good chance you'll need to use them in snow or bitter cold, at least occasionally, get the all-seasons and live with the compromise in performance the rest of the year. If you have alternatives so you can avoid using them in winter, get summer tires for their better performance in moderate to warm temperatures.

The BFGoodrich tire you mentioned is an all-season; the other two are summer tires.

The RE760, SPT, and S.drive are all excellent "bang for the buck" summer tires, offering very good traction on dry roads, excellent traction in rain, and reasonably long treadlife. The RE760 is usually a bit more money than the other two. Hold on, let me look up the lowest prices in your size at TR and DTD (note that shipping is typically $15/tire)...

Bridgestone RE760 $139/tire plus shipping at Tire Rack (1 month back order)
Kumho SPT $93/tire plus shipping at Tire Rack
Yoko S.drive $127/tire with free shipping at Discount Tire Direct

Of these three, I would get the SPT. Since all three are quite similar in performance, I'd go with the $20/tire price advantage (after shipping) of the SPT.

If you decide to go with all-seasons, I would get the Kumho ASX instead of the BFGoodrich you mentioned. Both are very good tires as all-seasons go, but the ASX has a big price advantage ($113 for the ASX vs $139 for the BFG, both with free shipping from Discount Tire Direct).

Ignore the user survey results posted on the Tire Rack website; they are useless, due to the bias involved (people only report on what they bought, not on how it compares to other tires). If you want to see how these tires compare, look at the side-by-side comparison test results, where they tested two tires on the same car in the same tests on the same day:

RE760 vs SPT: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...y.jsp?ttid=104
SPT vs S.drive: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/...ay.jsp?ttid=97

HTH

 

Two reasons.

1. onlinetires.com charges for shipping. Most places charge around $15 or so per tire for ground shipping. So you're going to pay $80 shipped for each of those tires from onlinetires.com That explains part of the difference, if you're comparing with any of the prices for Discount Tire Direct, which offers free shipping.

2. That Hankook is a really CRAPPY all-season tire, whose grip won't come anywhere near those of the other tires we're talking about.

You can buy crappy tires for your car if you want. That's why tire manufacturers make lots of different tires - so people who want great traction and don't mind paying for better grip can spend more money, and people who want a low purchase price and don't mind crappy traction can spend less money. It's clear from the first post that he's looking for better performing tires (since the ones he mentioned are among the better tires available).

Incidentally, it's worth checking around on prices. onlinetires.com has a price two bucks lower on the SPT, although they don't show stock status like the Tire Rack does. If you can save a few bucks and you don't have to wait any longer, go for it!

 

Clearly, you've never tried any really good high-performance tires, you have no awareness that other people might not like the crappy tires you chose, and you don't know how to drive safely. Please don't post out of ignorance.

Most places charge shipping rates that are approximately equal to what the shippers (FedEx, UPS) charge for shipping tires. If you happen to live close to where they ship from your shipping cost may be less than someone who is not that close; someone further away may pay more. You only paid $10 per tire because you live close to onlinetires.com which is in Cerritos. They also charge you sales tax because you are in-state, which you conveniently ignore.

$15 is an average for most folks across the country, and is generally accurate when ordering from places like Tire Rack and Discount Tire Direct, both of which have multiple warehouses to keep shipping costs low. onlinetires.com doesn't, so anyone who doesn't live in Southern California will pay more for shipping. For example, someone in New York who orders a set of four crappy Nexen tires in 205/40-17 would pay $21 per tire in shipping costs at onlinetires.com (although they'd probably pay less for shipping from Tire Rack or DTD). Which means that onlinetires.com charges many customers "outrageous" shipping rates because they don't have warehouses all over like other places do.

Enjoy your suspension - you earned it!