Tires MICHELIN or Goodyear

I use Michelin 235 40 18 4S on my MK7 with Neuspeed RSe12 8"x18" and the grip is a tick better than the standard size. This combo is also lighter than the stock wheels and tires...and along with the suspension modifications, it's a difficult subject to try to quantify. I am always concerned with wheel and tire weight...that drives my decision making...if you like the look of a 19" rim, go for it. I think that you will find a larger variable between tire types and widths where ultimate grip is concerned...steering response is in theory better with a lower profile tire, but sidewall construction will also affect steering response with a similar tire size range.

I just put the Pilot Sport 4S tires on my 21 3.3 Sport Prestige and I absolutely love them. I had kuhmos on it before and they were absolutely trash tires compared to these. These new ones are way stiffer and way better performance in turns and just all around feel like a better tire.

I have a 2010 Subaru impresa. I drive 4 miles a day. I put nice rims with pirrelli p7's and the original rims I put goodyear snow tires. Seasonal swap. Well worth it.

Walmart has a Black Friday deal every year for their Goodyear tires. I never have a problem with them.

Michelin Cross Climate 2's unless off roading.

I like my Michelin Pilot Sport All Seasons. Grippy, great wet performance, and it won't break the bank.

Michelins for the best wear. Not nearly as soft as khumos though so won't grip quit as well. I got 75k out of my last set

New X-Ice are great in snow and ice. They wear quite quickly in warm weather.

It's an ok tire... Better than Chinesium brands but barely keeps up with other bargain brands like Cooper, Nexen, Kuhmo, Falken, etc... "Good for a year" is an old joke about these tires and unfortunately, although not really accurate, their longevity seems a lot lower than older Goodyear tires.

Wild peaks> I have had a few sets of duratracs and for off-roading they have performed the least desirably in all terrain (no pun intended) snow/mud they gunk up and slide super easily, sand, I would have to drop to 8-9psi to get the same effect of going down to my normal 14psi in sand. Rock, not much of an opinion here I had these on a Colorado so it diddnt see much rock crawl if any at all. And the road noise is super loud and they wear super fast and uneven.