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All season's in VA weather?
So the factory tires are coming to the end of their life and I'm looking to buy some new tires. My car is my daily although in extreme weather like lots of snow I have another vehicle I can drive but for the majority of my driving I drive my Z. I know the P4 are the best tire for the Z period. However I have to consider the fact that I do daily drive it and the weather in VA can have drastic swings. I was thinking of two different options for tires. 1. getting summer tires and dealing with the last month or two of winter here it hasn't been too bad so far knock on wood and then switch to all season's or snow tires (I don't know which would be better for cold but rainy and light snow VA weather) for the winter. Or just go all season's now since we are still in winter technically and we will get lots of rain in the spring. I'm not trying to sacrifice performance but at the same time I'm not trying to slide into a ditch from rain or a random really cold morning. I'm just not sure what is the best option. I'd appreciate any advice y'all can give.
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I deal with the same thing down here in Texas. I can't afford to put new tires on every 6 months due to wear, and our winter weather is usually torrential rains, not snow.
I settled on Cooper Zeon RS3-G1's. AA traction, 500 Treadwear and excellent wet traction. A full set for my NISMO runs less than a grand, installed. I sacrificed a bit on dry traction, compared to the OEM's, but I'm not racing the car, so it was a reasonable compromise. Kirk B. |
Yeah I'm leaning all season's I know they get a lot of hate for being mediocre at everything however I don't track it and if I do decide to track it I would buy different tires anyway. The weather is just all over the freaking place in VA and it makes it hard to only feel like your getting the most out of your tire 3 months a year. I've heard a lot of good things about the PILOT SPORT A/S 3+
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The most important factor isn't so much the weather as the temperature. If you find yourself driving in sub-40 degree temperatures, you should put on snow tires. Even on dry pavement you'll notice the improved grip when braking and cornering. If it does happen to snow, all the better.
Since using winter tires, my high performance summers have lasted several years; it's not wasted money. |
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Or, you can be like me and rock all seasons year round with 450whp and not get **** for traction in 1st, 2nd and part of 3rd even on warm dry days (all part of the fun I guess?) |
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Personally my plan is once the temperature starts warming up again is switch the tires on my nismo wheels to some summer tires then once the weather starts to get cold next winter is grab a set of cheaper (yet still nice) wheels and put my all season tires on them. |
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My high performance summers do great in the rain. I’m a lot more concerned with water getting into the intakes than I am with hydroplaning during the summer. |
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Where in VA are you? I'm on the coast and get by with summer tires but I take my wife's subaru the one or two days we get snow here a year.
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