Tires Continental or Firestone

I bought a set of continental LX25s and they've been great so far.

I moved up to Firestone destination LE3 because it is mostly a daily driver for me. If you want a good all season with excellent wet traction and long treadlife and you don't need snow tires, I recommend the LE3. Night and day difference. WV is quite rainy, so I always go for wet traction.

I think the OEM tires are crap so I changed them out about a month after I got the car. Went to Continental Extreme Contact Sport 02's.

Continental Terrain Contact A/T…great tire in all conditions.

Replaced with Firehawk Indy 500s. Quiet, super-grippy, predictable.

I got some Firestone Destination XTs about 1k miles ago in the stock size. I wanted LT tires for the stability towing. So far they are working great. Way better off road and wet traction then the stock Pirelli Scorpions. But they hang on to gravel bad.

Man I got my first set of Continentals. I have 03 F150 4x4. Wow! Super smooth, very quite, and can’t see wear at 12k mikes now. Grip is amazing and best of all zero leaks! Pressure holding steady. On dirt roads the are stellar.

I'd recommend Firestone Firehawk Indy 500. They're really good and affordable tires that have excellent grip. They don't have much road noise and last decently long.

Buy the best you can afford, but name brand can be deceiving. IMO both Goodyear and Firestone are lower tier brands.

I bought Continental LX25’s. They felt unsure, unstable, kind of jittery right from day 1 at high speed. New replacement set feels slightly better but still not smooth as glass. The steering wheel doesn’t shake, but I feel through the seat and floor a sense of unsteadiness. Like the car is a bit jittery, where the Michelins felt smooth as glass. BUT - I also can’t believe these tires are so junky. They weren’t cheap tires. They feel great up to 50mph , ok from 50-65, and then above 70 it’s jittery.