ZISF

Hi Fam.

Looking at a few options, need new all season tires for the gorgeous winters we have here in Canada

Torn between the following.
Bridgestone Turanza EL400-02
Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+
Pirelli P-Zero AS+

Any input or personal experience. Looking for noise levels and tread wear

Napalvr

JNP1227

iTrader: (1)

I have BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S and think they are great. I do a lot of highway driving in up here in New England and they are great besides the tires being a bit louder than expected. They were installed on my car at 28k miles and now my car has 53k miles and they have plenty of tread left.

tofuprod

Conti DWS is a great tire for those in the midwest, liek Napalvr said, they are not to be dismissed.
I've tried numerous and while those listed above are great, at least for our needs here, the DWS (and their newer DWS06 line too) has done quite well.

Gsr3is

E46CT

Michelin anything, in any category, is going to be the absolute best. Now whether or not you necessarily need the best is up to you. If you can sacrifice a little performance, then Continental, Dunlop, Hankook are all great choices. Keep in mind our cars eat through front tires fast so there's less to gain by going straight to the most expensive tire.

arentz07

For me I still haven't decided whether I want the A/S 3+ or the DWS06. Those are my top picks. I am thinking I'll probably be putting new tires on in September - mine are getting close to the wear bars now, so will post back with my thoughts.

Flash5

My dilemma is that I want A/S tires before I head to Europe in December for 3 years so I can go a while not having to buy tires, but the front inner wear would make the Michelin's obsolete so I'm not sure what to do I might have to bite the bullet and transition between decent cheap summer and winter tires over there or just keep buying decent cheap A/S the whole time.

1Louder

I got Michelin Pilot Sport AS3+ last year and really like them. I can't comment on hard-core snow, but we have occasional snow and lots of rain and I have no complaints. They are quiet and grip well when needed.

However, you will find threads where people complain this tire has a low-frequency hum at about 70+ mph. It actually does, and apparently it bothers some drivers. I never do a lot of highway driving at that speed, and don't notice it when I hit that speed for brief runs. Even when I heard it, I don't think it wouldn't bother me. Radio is always on anyway. That said, if you spend hours behind the wheel at that those speeds you may notice it.

Flash5

KYLexusMkr

1Louder

I just checked - tread depth on the inner and outer seem identical, both to the ruler and the eyeball. Tires have 12k on them, I also have a 16 200t F-Sport, so I'm not sure if the wear is specific to certain years or not.

arentz07

Anyone have experience with the Bridgestone Potenza RE980 AS PP? I think it's a pretty new tire, but Costco is running a promotion on Bridgestones right now - $129 off for a set of four - so I figured I'd ask.

Gsr3is

Having put 600 miles on my front PZero A/S tires, the road noise has definitely gone up compared to stock summer tires. So if you are OK with that, go for it. The RE980AS are good tires.

For me, I will go back to summer tires once I get through these front all-seasons. I like the quieter car better. Esp in the texas grated freeways.

arentz07

Hrm, I am confused. Have you owned both the Potenzas and the P Zeroes? But yeah reviews look mostly positive on the RE980AS. I don't think Costco even offers the P Zero in stock IS sizes. The only other options I have are the BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S and the Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+. (What a mouthful those are!) I've heard the BFGoodrich tires are good too, and much cheaper than any of the other options if you ignore the discount being run on Bridgestones.