Tires Firestone or Kleber

Firehawks are a pretty solid high performance tire.

I put 235/45/19 Firestone Destination LE3s on my '16 and it was about $1200 because of the size.

I bought Kleber Dynaxer HP5 and am very pleased how silent and comfortable they are.

I use Firestone Firehawk Indy 500’s

Great tyre, a little less money than the Michelin or Bridgestone.

Yeah, I have 20k with these on my Mazda6 and I wouldn't say they're unresponsive. In fact I would say they're quite responsive in that they like to track in the direction you're turning, so the car gets encouraged to dive into turns. One thing I have noticed is that they feel much more dead if you let them get low. Keep them at 36psi.

I’m glad the series asked Firestone for a bigger differential in pace between the reds and blacks. A lot of the time last year it seemed largely negligible.

I managed to get her setup with some Firestone all seasons, with hazard warranty for 600 out the door at a Firestone auto center.

I don't see any tire alternative that is a better choice than Firestone. They aren't perfect, but they are usually very good and don't have a lot of catastrophic failures.

i'd pretty much replace all firestone tires with a better brand.

that's just a Firestone employee doing their upsell activity - same reason why the Jiffy Lube clowns like to tell you that you are overdue for transmission or brake fluid service.