Need tire help

alright my fronts are bald and now its time to blow some dough.. so i was looking to buy my tires from the tire rack and i want to know from you guys just how good of a site they are. and if anyone has ever got a set of Yokohama tires , I'm looking at the Yokohama AVS ES100s size 225/55/R16 with a WR speed rate... in some of the reviews they said that the tire started to crap out at around 20,000 and i wanted to know if this is realy true or not. if so could someone recomend a good tire that are under $100 bucks a pop. i only need two and i dont have a big price range...but i do want an agressive tire because i have a Mitsubishi 3000gt so i need a tire with longlasting tread, can take speed, and can hug the road...so if this is a good tire tell me if not any recomendations

to combine grip and long life, you have to spend more money. Most tires in that size under $100 will either not last long or not grip well.

The actually is a pretty solid tire, but I'd also suggest the Kumho Ecstsa Supra 712 and new Fuzion tire.

Welcome to my dilemma :banghead:.

But I think I have a couple of pointers that can solve your problem in the form of two websites that might help you, if you do not know one of them already. One is a pretty well known website on the net called www.tirerack.com, they have a bunch of tires that are categorized and able to purchase with user reviews, statistical data on different aspects of them and tools that you can compare them with. The other is www.tires101.com which has a data base full of user reviews on countless different brands and types of tires. If you want a tire that has very good traction, decent treadwear just look here: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&vehicleSearch=true&width=225%2F&ratio=55&diameter=16&sortCode=45800&minSpeedRating=V&ratio=55&width=225%2F&diameter=16&minLoad=S&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&performance=UHPAS&performance=HPAS&speed_rating=VR&speed_rating=WR&speed_rating=YR&speed_rating=ZR&x=12&y=13 and take your pick. As for the Yokohama AVS ES1000s, I have heard about the Yokohama Avid V4s experiencing treadwear at around 20,000. But as for the AVS I am not so sure. Also if you can find the desired size of the Sumitomo HTR+ or Kumho ECSTA ASX those are great bang for your buck tires as well, not to mention probably being had at retailers at roughly arounf $100 or lower as well. Or if you are lucky you might be able to find Toyo Proxes 4 tires, which got great band for your buck reviews, at a place around you plus on the net for slightly over $100 if you are lucky. The Bridgestone Potenza RE950 are the tires I currently have on my car and even though they are a bit treadworn they still have plenty of grip, even in the rain. But I am not sure about snow though.

Now can someone help me (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=321917) ?

The thing to remember with customer surveys is that they are very subjective. You have to read between the lines. A person with a BMW with wider tires out back can't rotate and is going to burn through tires very quickly. Someone in St. Louis may think an all season tire is great in snow but the same tire may not get someone out of the parking lot in Green Bay. It's just subjective. The AVS ES100 is a very good wearing tire for a Summer Performance tire. A good handling Summer tire that grips well in wet and dry is not going to last more than 35,0000 miles. All Season Performance tires will tend to last longer but you give up some ultimate grip in the dry due to the firmer compounds and smaller tread blocks. If you are replacing just two tires, it would be best to match the same exact tire model on the car. It's never a good idea to mix/match different tires on the same car. That can make the car very unstable on wet pavement.