Any one here from New York that can recommend a good All season tire?
Im in the process of buying aftermarket rims and I just have to decide on the tires now. I dont want to spend over $100 each. I live in ny and it snows. I plan on leaving my aftermarket rims on all year. I only drive 15 miles round trip each day. I not really into performance. I just want a good quality that that looks good, last long, average performance and can perform ok in light snow. The tire size is 215/45/17. Thanks.

 

Get the Kumho Ecsta ASX. It's the best all-season you can get in that size for under $100.

 

I tend to like the new Sumitomo HTR AS P01 as well. I just got done testing them on the track along with the Pirelli PZero Nero A/S, a Dunlop and the Yokohama Envigor and while I don't think it has the same precise response and handling as the Pirellis, it does perform quite well.

We have those running $93 at Tire Rack.

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i have falkens, cant remember which ones, but they've made it through several snow storms

 

I recommend BFGoodrich g-Force Super Sport A/S if it comes in your size. I also had Kumho Ecsta ASX and thought they were awful.

 

That is a good tire, but it costs more than the $100 limit the OP stated.

I bet you replaced the ASX with the Super Sport A/S. When someone replaces one tire with another, it's very common to think that the new tire is very good and the old one was awful. That's because the new tire has full tread depth and the old one is worn. What you're actually experiencing is the difference in performance due to tread depth, not to the make/model of tire. You could just as easily switch from the Super Sport A/S to the ASX and conclude that the Super Sport A/S is awful. They're both very good all-seasons, and not all that different from each other in performance.

 

I wouldn't call the ASX 'awful'. It's an economical AS tire with good response and handling on dry. For the cavernous potholes you may encounter in NY an economical tire will do the trick, especially if you have to (eventually) replace it due to flats.

My only contention with recommending it for New York weather is traction in wet and slush/snow. Although the tread design may suggest otherwise, snow traction is not so good according to our surveys and a few of our guys who have driven on those tires in snow.