Tires OEM Mazda or Continental

It may not be universal, but I can tell you from my experience, Continentals and damn good tires.

I went with the Continentals. Been on them for almost a year now. Feel great with good grip for spirited driving in the mountains.

OEM Continental Cross contact lasted about 40k miles.

I’ll third the Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02s. Every bit of what you’d expect from a flagship summer performance tire. Dry grip is phenomenal, with excellent wet weather performance. Steering feel has been very complementary to the quick rack on the Giulia. Noise level is very good, considering the overall package - much improved over the original ECS I had on my SS. I don’t think you can go wrong with either these or the PS4S.

I also put Continental ExtremeContact tires on. While they recommended summer performance tires, I went with all-seasons. A little more sidewalk flex but I still had to drive it when conditions got below freezing.

i went from shitty $70 westlakes on my crown vic, to $230 a piece continental dws06+. felt like a completely different car and handles so much better.

I bought conti extreme contacts for my last set about 2 years ago,and i will only be buying conti extreme contacts from now on.

Upgrading from the stock tires to GP5000's will make much, much more of a difference than the wheelset upgrade.

I found a wood screw neatly inserted into the sidewall so it couldn't be patched. $400 for a new Continental.

Everything negative said about the TX is true. They're shockingly bad and unworthy of the Continental brand. I upgraded to DWS06+; these are probably the best or second-best Conti-branded tire available in this market (USA+CDN).