Yokohama Avid T4

Price Paid:  $360.00 from Kal Tire

Year / Model Reviewed:
2000 Chrysler Neon

Summary:
Not to happy with this product, I bought this tire as a "summer only tire" as recomended by my selling dealer. I have only had these tires for almost three summers and I only have approx. 25% tread left in approx. 25,000km

Strengths:
-Great looking tread -excellent road characteristics,but only for the first 50% tread wear.

Weaknesses:
-not safe with 25% tread left, start to hydroplane. -poor tread life -don't forget to rotate these tires -wouldn't suggest winter usage at all -not really a performance tire

Similar Products Used:
factory equipped(Goodyear Eagle GA)

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
The are TOURING tires and under normal driving conditions are great. No mushy feeling, slow steering response, wiggly Unless your driving beyond the capabilities of the Tire, then I would recomend getting the AVS Sport/Parada

Strengths:
Good tread life, low noise, very comffortable ride, good grip for a TOURING tire

Price Paid:  $35.00 from tirerack.com

Year / Model Reviewed:
 175/13-1995 Mazda Protege

Summary:
Love these tires!

Strengths:
great in rain or dry weather inexpensive if buy online very quiet tread is long lasting look great

Weaknesses:
none so far

Price Paid:  $55.00 from tirerack

Year / Model Reviewed:
 1996, Mustang

Summary:
HA-well, I guess don''t buy a T tire for a sports car. Yeah-they are quiet, but the wet traction is so bad, my wife refused to drive on them. a little drizzle is enough to haplesly spin the wheels-fun when you try to enter traffic in front of a 18-wheeler!! A guy from montreal characterized them perfectly-they feel half-deflated with the whole car swaying in corners. Same thing on my MB 190, but not that drastic. Decent tire for my grandma in a station wagon, for anybody alive on the road-DON''T BUY IT!!!!

Strengths:
quiet ride, price, nice look

Weaknesses:
horrible traction in wet

Similar Products Used:
Bridgestone eagers (useless in snow, slightly better in wet, good in dry)

Price Paid:  $35.00

Summary:
Great bang-for-the-buck tire, especially at price paid. Decent ride, quiet, really sticks in both wet & dry conditions, good modulation when at-the-limit braking. Haven't had them long enough to rate on tread wear. Don't get 5 stars overall due to the out-of-round problem.

Strengths:
Traction & cornering. Lots of grip with a smooth progressive breakaway at the limit, even on wet pavement. Smooth ride. Quiet.

Weaknesses:
At least one tire went out-of-round within 5,000 miles. Local tire shop cannot completely eliminate wheel shimmy at freeway speeds. Hunts back and forth on rain-grooved pavement.

Similar Products Used:
Firestone SS10: Avids have better dry grip, much better traction in rain, crisper steering response.
Michelin XGT4: Michelins lasted a long time, but performance-wise are not even in the same league.