Tires

[nymorey]

My son in law has a 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS
What is a good all season tire to put on the car.
I'm looking to keep the cost below $130 per tire if possible.
I'm new to the imports and the last thing I want to do is put on a noisy and poor handling tire.

Thanks,
Ray

[freakray]

Toyo Proxes are a more neutral all-season, they're definitely biased towards Southern conditions.

Check out either subydude.com or tirerack.com for some good options.

[nymorey]

Thanks.

[RightWingZionist]

Tirerack.com

Yokohama or Dunlop. Cheap and warranted to 65-80K miles.
Look for them on the site and read the reviews/ratings.
Ones Im talking about are the Avid TRZ and Signature touring.

[nymorey]

Great, we'll do.

[RightWingZionist]

Originally Posted by nymorey

Great, we'll do.

No problemos.

Make sure to tell us how they are after you install'em

[nymorey]

Originally Posted by RightWingZionist

No problemos.

Make sure to tell us how they are after you install'em

well I ended up with Yoko Avid V4s. They ride real smooth and the handling is real nice. I'm very happy with them and I'm sure my son-in-law will be too.

Thanks all for you help.

[RightWingZionist]

Originally Posted by nymorey

well I ended up with Yoko Avid V4s. They ride real smooth and the handling is real nice. I'm very happy with them and I'm sure my son-in-law will be too.

Thanks all for you help.

Wow you live waay up there and near the lake. Hope you don't use these in cold rain or snow.

[nymorey]

Originally Posted by RightWingZionist

Wow you live waay up there and near the lake. Hope you don't use these in cold rain or snow.

Haha, your right about that. In fact I'm 10 miles off the lake, you probably saw us on the news when we got over 100" of snow in a week.

But this car is going to NYC so he will be fine. I just have it up here to fix it up for him while they figure out what they are going to do about parking!

Besides - Up here we're real good at keeping the roads clean and with 4WD, it would do fine. He had the Aquatred's on it before when he lived in Buffalo and never had any problems.

[RightWingZionist]

Well in NYC we basically get about 2 blizzards and rest is slush and coatings for say a good month and a half.
Aquatreds are actually pretty good in snow.
Assuming your son-in-law is young and with the confidence he has knowing his car is AWD add having high performance tires...equalds bad Idea.

[nymorey]

Originally Posted by RightWingZionist

Well in NYC we basically get about 2 blizzards and rest is slush and coatings for say a good month and a half.
Aquatreds are actually pretty good in snow.
Assuming your son-in-law is young and with the confidence he has knowing his car is AWD add having high performance tires...equalds bad Idea.

Thanks for the tip. I have snows on steel rims for my other cars. Maybe the same thing is in order here too.