Just switched tires from the stock Pirelli Cintawhatever run flats to Continental Pure Contact non-run flat tires.
There are lots of recommendations for the BF Goodrich Comp 2 A/S. I have no doubt those are good tires but are more sport oriented and I have just some anecdotal advice from a couple owners they are horrible in snow. I was always fine with the Pirelli snow traction, but the Pure Contacts are better.
The Continental Pure Contact are for those who both were happy with the stock tires for the most part and are more in the snow belt. If you don't ever see much snow, you would probably like something like the Comp 2 A/S better.
The Continentals are supposed to deliver lots of mile life (70,000 warranty) good gas mileage and good performance in dry, wet and snow.
I have had a chance now to experience some snow, ice and rain in these tires and I would give them good marks. Given that they are not run flats (I have never had a blown tire in my life) you have to deal with issues of no spare but they ride much smoother with less BANG! over road gaps and potholes as you would expect. You will notice this right off the bat pulling away from the tire store how the hard, runflat ride is gone. They grip on turn in much better than the Pirellis, they also stop better in all conditions, and are better in snow. I used to like to put the car into Sport+ and slide around the tail when safe to do so on deserted streets, but my fun is kind of ruined because the rear traction is so much better than the stock Pirellis and harder to break loose when you want to do some parking lot fishtailing.
If you need to replace the run flats with a non-runflat tire that is priced well, but delivers a notch better at everything than the tires it came with, I would say give the Conti Pure Contacts a look, especially if you want an all season with a little better snow traction. Snow tires will always be better, but if you just want one set of tires, these are a definite improvement over the stock Cintaratos or whatever they are called.
You can find them for about $150 a tire and I bought them with a $100 prepaid VISA rebate. Total cost of $600 after rebate.
There are lots of recommendations for the BF Goodrich Comp 2 A/S. I have no doubt those are good tires but are more sport oriented and I have just some anecdotal advice from a couple owners they are horrible in snow. I was always fine with the Pirelli snow traction, but the Pure Contacts are better.
The Continental Pure Contact are for those who both were happy with the stock tires for the most part and are more in the snow belt. If you don't ever see much snow, you would probably like something like the Comp 2 A/S better.
The Continentals are supposed to deliver lots of mile life (70,000 warranty) good gas mileage and good performance in dry, wet and snow.
I have had a chance now to experience some snow, ice and rain in these tires and I would give them good marks. Given that they are not run flats (I have never had a blown tire in my life) you have to deal with issues of no spare but they ride much smoother with less BANG! over road gaps and potholes as you would expect. You will notice this right off the bat pulling away from the tire store how the hard, runflat ride is gone. They grip on turn in much better than the Pirellis, they also stop better in all conditions, and are better in snow. I used to like to put the car into Sport+ and slide around the tail when safe to do so on deserted streets, but my fun is kind of ruined because the rear traction is so much better than the stock Pirellis and harder to break loose when you want to do some parking lot fishtailing.
If you need to replace the run flats with a non-runflat tire that is priced well, but delivers a notch better at everything than the tires it came with, I would say give the Conti Pure Contacts a look, especially if you want an all season with a little better snow traction. Snow tires will always be better, but if you just want one set of tires, these are a definite improvement over the stock Cintaratos or whatever they are called.
You can find them for about $150 a tire and I bought them with a $100 prepaid VISA rebate. Total cost of $600 after rebate.