Best bang for buck all-season tires?

[decay]

does Yokohama have an all-season tire? i like that brand.

[andypie48]

I read this article waiting at the tire shop:
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/ne...ires_test/

[Racer X]

Bridgestone Ecopias on the Mountaineer. Rated M/S, low rolling resistance. Fuel economy went from 13 to 14 in the city too.

[mrlynn]

miK. wrote:
[quote=deckeda]Let it go and use dedicated winter tires for winter and then store in the garage.

Not an option. Walkup apartment dweller here with minimal storage and no garage.
Thanks for the tips, though, folks... may take another look at the Conti's.
Reportedly, some tire dealers or garages will store your off-season tires and wheels for you. Fortunately, I have a garage. Up to a couple of years ago, though, I always ran all-seasons in New England. But I was convinced by articles like the one andypie48 posted to spend the extra money and buy winter tires for the wife's car. I still run Goodyear Wranglers all year on my full-size van, though.

/Mr Lynn

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I have used Yokos for the last 20 years. Never change.

[Racer X]

an add-on to the Bridgestone Ecopias is that the nominal extra cost is payed back in about a year just from the fuel savings.

[Speedy]

Last weekend I bought a set of Michelin Defender all-season tires for my VW Passat from Sears (195/65R15 for $129 each plus tax, mounting, balancing, etc. w/$70 total rebate on the set.). 90k mile warranty. I live in flat country but we can get a fair amount of snow and our local roads can stay snow and ice covered for months at a time. But most of our driving is on bare pavement. No real reason for snow tires, it'll go through six inches of snow which is when it runs out of clearance and snow tires would then make no difference. My OEM Michelins went 98k miles. No more 30k mile junk tires anymore. And these are supposed to have a fairly low rolling resistance for my Diesel car.