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Summer Tires?

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Well, it's that time of the year again where Canada only has 2 dyas of summer weather but I need new summer tires.

Any recomendations for mid range tires?
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Post by Scratch »

What do you consider a mid-range tire? A better question would be -- how much are you willing to spend? If money is not really a concern, an EXCELLENT summer tire would be the Yokohama Adavans...STIIIIIICKY!!!
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For 215 sized tire, go for Michelin Harmony.

For 225, go for Pirelli Pzero.

Both offer excellent conditions on dry and especially wet/snowy weather, especially the Pirelli. Best place to buy them is www.tirerack.com. It organizes the tires into various catagories so you can pick which one you'd like. The 2 above are the ones I highly reccomend, and the reviews speak highly of them both.
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

I have Bridgestone Blizzaks for Winter.

I'm not looking at spending 100$ a tire. More like 40-50 CDN.
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Toyo Proxies 4 are a good tire for all weather.
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Post by BAAL »

Decent tires are gonna cost you more than that here Merl.
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

Baal, unless I get a job next week, I really can't affoprd to spend 600$ on tires like I did the Blizzaks. I wish I could but I won't find out about a job till next week at the earliest.
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Post by BAAL »

Merl, i hear ya, but 50-60 each is only gonna get you cheapies from Canadian Tire....see what they have to offer....
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Post by KompresZor »

See if your tire guys can find you a set of Kumho Tires I have never owned a set of these tires but I hear good thing about them and they should be pretty close to your price range.
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Post by Fusion pimp »

Potenza S0/2-
Best tire ever made!

http://www.carexpert.ru/tyres/brgs02.jpg

https://www.tiresavings.com/tireShop.ph ... on=Regular

They've gone down in price overthe past 5 years, but still pretty spendy. Awesome tire!
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

FP, why bother even suggesting those tires? I mean 149$ and thats probably in USD. I don't want to spend upwards of 200$ per tire and those are way to big for a 4 door Camry. Read my post next time.
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BAAL wrote:Decent tires are gonna cost you more than that here Merl.
Merl, those tires I reccomended may be expensive, but will last you 60,000 miles! All of the cheaper 40-50 dollar tires will only last you in and around 25 or 30 thousand miles. So one way or another, you are still paying nearly the same amount for a tire. :roll:
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