Best tire among these?

[toad]

i've had both sets of the yokohamas and they were pretty similar. both were a night-and-day difference from the original goodyear eagle ls oem tires. i'm currently using the avid-s touring tires and love them! they are extremely quiet and comfortable. not super-sporty, but i don't drive that way.

the avid-trz were also a good tire, but they had one minor annoyance that bugged me all the time. there's a wide groove in middle, for water evacuation i believe, that would always get pebbles stuck in there. the loud 'clicking' noise would drive me nuts- thought i had driven over a nail!

i had pirellis on my old civic and they were ok, but overpriced. no experience with the other.

[RedRide]

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Actually, I have had pebbles get stuck in evey tire I have ever owned and Its been my experience that the "TRZ" is no different.

[thepartsmancometh]

Originally Posted by RedRide

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Actually, I have had pebbles get stuck in evey tire I have ever owned and Its been my experience that the "TRZ" is no different.

had a guy refuse to take a special order set of tires (that I can't return ) because of the "groove". said they looked like rocks might be a problem and wanted to know if I had any "made in the USA" tires like goodyear, or if we only sold "asian crap."

oh yea, this is for his japanese built toyota.....

sheesh, some people

[Viperoni]

Originally Posted by Cat

I already have winter tires (with the winters we have in Quebec, winter tires are a must, plus they are now mandatory), so the new tires won't be used during winter.

YOu'd be better off getting summer tires in that case, even a cheap tire like a the Dunlop Direzze DZ101 would be a big step up in warm weather grip compared to an all season.