New Tires What to buy?

svx_commuter · #1 10-07-2008, 11:47 AM

I have to get some new tires and I am not sure.

It is either the Fusion HRI at $80
or
Continental Extreme Contact at $89

I had the Conti tires a few years ago and they were good. I can tolerate the cold set.

Peace,

John

ridered777 · #2 10-07-2008, 11:58 AM

I've heard that hands down the best tire for the money is some Conti high-performance... HXP or something like that? I'm pretty sure I saw Crazy_Pilot talking about them a while back...

alia176 · #3 10-07-2008, 02:43 PM

while you're at it, let us know who has the best prices!

Thanks.

Mr. Bill · #4 10-07-2008, 05:12 PM

crazy_pilot suggested I buy General Exclaim UHPs ... I did ... so far I like them. Generals are made by Continental.

Tim · #5 10-07-2008, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Bill

crazy_pilot suggested I buy General Exclaim UHPs ... I did ... so far I like them. Generals are made by Continental.

I really dislike my current set of Generals. They have a good amount of sidewall flex and are not very grippy compared to the ContiExtreme Contacts.

techy101 · #6 10-07-2008, 05:51 PM

Stay away from the Fuzion tires. The HRi's are junk to put it nicely. They do ok under day to day driving but are a bit noisy. If you even think of doing something that could be loosely defined as "performance" they're terrible.

Their general grip is ok, but they're extremely touchy when you begin to get near the limits of grip. They give little to no feedback and are very hard to control and regain traction. It's a tad hard to describe, but when you reach limits of traction they give and re-grab again sporadically.

Wet traction is junk across the board.