Tires Continental or FEDERAL

Ever since I started using the ExtremeContact DWS years ago on my ‘08 Mazda6, I’ve never gone back except for the stock tires that came on my ‘15. I really liked them when I had to deal with snow.

I am using them on MYLR since 8 months and already clocked 10k miles tread loss is around 15%, hoping to clovk 60k miles atleast - very sure. They are superb and tesla stock tires (Continental) were mess and in just 18K state inspection failed because there was no tread left LOL

Conti's on my R since 1000K miles. I'm at 24K now and they're holding up great. I'm in CT, we get some good snow events here, not like Chi town I'm sure, but the couple times I had to go out in it I wasn't too worried.

I also live in Toronto, I use Viking Contacts in the winter, very happy with these tires. They are quieter than the average winter tire when driving on bare dry pavement.

Ran the original tires for 6yrs just replaced them with some Federal Evoluzion ST-1 225/50ZR/17 high performance tires summer only all Im going to say is money well spent ????

Only have experience with continental among the 4 brands, and immediately love the MC7 range. I was never loyal to a brand until I tried this. Quiet, stable, grip well, everything I want from a tire.

Osobne mám Continental - all season contact 2 a som veľmi spokojný aj keď idem niekde do hôr a je sneh.

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Mașina este Sandero Stepway și anvelope am Continental Premium Contact iarnă și vară.

I've run various versions of the Contis including the EC Sports & DWS 06+. Don't get me wrong, they are fantastic tires, but they do have drawbacks. I don't like how soft the sidewalls are, the tire profile isn't that appealing, tire dressing smears on the sidewalls leaving streaks, and they don't have a treadwear warranty (summer tires). If you are in an area where you are able to run summers year round, there is no reason not to do it other than sacrificing a tiny bit of tread life. Contis also don't seem to balance up as well as some of the other premium brands. I've had more issues with vibrations from Conti tires than I have from some others.

But having watched DWS regularly chunk badly under autox runs, i wouldn't expect much to be left of those tires at the end of the event. The compound is not designed to handle higher temps.