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[sp5368]

looking to by wheels and tires but not sure if I want to by strictly summer tires I have been resading alot about tramlining because of the directional tire design on some tires. Have you guys heard of this, I live in San Diego CA where many of the freeways are grooved concrete.This car is not a daily driver so mileage is not to important maybe 3000 a year. size is 215/45/17 between $100 and $130 give me your tire choice

[Bay13]

The tires I have are about $125 at the tire rack. They seem to be holding up well.

[sp5368]

The tires I have are about $125 at the tire rack.  They seem to be holding up well.

that was one of the tires I was looking at also have you had any problems with the tires trying to follow the grooves in the road

[Bay13]

Sorry all asphalt roads where I drive, no concreat.

[sp5368]

Sorry all asphalt roads where I drive, no concreat.

california has concrete freeways that can really get the tire to follow the grooves do thay work well in the rain

[patrick]

we have alot of concrete highways, kumho ecsta supra 712's seem to follow the grooves more than Eagle F1 Gs D3's, i think its more about the sidewall side/less flex. its harder for the tire to fall out of the grooves. i had 215/40's which were quite thin, they were bad. tommorow i should be receiving 215/45 azenis sports which are quite aggressive, ill let you know how bad they are.

[sp5368]

we have alot of concrete highways, kumho ecsta supra 712's seem to follow the grooves more than Eagle F1 Gs D3's, i think its more about the sidewall side/less flex.  its harder for the tire to fall out of the grooves.  i had 215/40's which were quite thin, they were bad.  tommorow i should be receiving 215/45 azenis sports which are quite aggressive, ill let you know how bad they are.

I really like the perelli pzero nero myself I think maybe with the newer lowprofile tires and the new roads it is hard to tell what will happen

[patrick]

yea its never been somethin that really bothered me at all, i wouldnt worry too much about it. def worth it imo to get summer (UHP) tires, especially fi tis not a daily driver.