You are asking for opinions.  I'll offer mine.  I have had michelin pilot sports on 3 different performance oriented daily drivers (99 Mustang Cobra, 04 CTSV, and 04 GTO) and I really like them.... in the summer.  Really good dry grip.  I had different wheels & tires for the winter.

For my wife's car, and other typical coupes and sedans, I really like Yokohama YK580's.  They are great on wet or dry pavement, are real quiet, and wear even if your shocks and alignment are good.  They are 60K rated, and I have gotten 70K+ on more than one set. (EDIT: I now see that the YK580 is replaced with the YK740).

Any tires that have lasted 10 years have done a lot of sitting, and will develop some flat spots which will cause vibrations you probably can't fix by rebalancing.

One of my sons put in 7+ years at Discount Tire.  I learned A LOT about tires during those years.

Last edited by TimC (5/03/2021 6:58 PM)

I bought Firestone Firehawk Indy 500s.  They got great reviews on TireRack and were reasonably priced.

marsfl1 wrote:

After 10 years it's time to replace the tires on my '69 Mach 1.

You do know that tires really should be replaced every 5 years or so, regardless of how much tread you have on them? The rubber degrades and breaks down over time and as best I know, the general school of thought is that 5 years is it for a tire...
I currently have Dunlop on my car, but I feel that the wet weather grip is not as good as it should be. I think I might be looking at Michelins too. Something about going sideways on a wet road will cause you to go home and rethink life...

Last edited by Toploader (5/04/2021 4:09 PM)

I had the Michelins on my car for a while. By far the least grip when compared to Comp T/A or Nittos..
I have not put enough miles on my new Nitto 555s to really give a review. Thinking they might have balance issues, but it might be the small shop’s balancer.  He put tires on my Durango and it vibrated.  A redo at Discount cured the vibes on it.  Might have to do the same on the Mustang.

Michelins were truly round and balanced well.  Quiet, but not real sticky.  A little smaller section width than other brands.

Comp T/As were round but very noisy tread. Had the best LOOK of all the brands.

Nittos are fairly quiet and really great traction. A little wider than other brands, so be careful if clearance is an issue.

Another thing to consider is the temperature that you’re driving in as well.

Almost all of the super duper ultra high performance tires are great in warm to hot climates.
When it gets down to around 40F they can be like driving on ice.
At least investigate that if you’re driving at 32F in the morning and 70F by afternoon....kinda extreme but it happens.

Another thing I have noticed are the tires with the solid ribs for treads, great for turns but they tend to ride rougher and hydroplane on water.

Where I live it can 30-40F in the morning and 60-70F by end of day.
We can easily have a 20F temperature change within a 30 mile drive...usually driving by Keweenaw Bay/Lake Superior.

I have Pirelli A/S and they run on narrow side.
Traction is decent for the rough potholed roads in Michigan.

Master craft ,I think part of cooler tire ,So far they work well.

I'm beginning to wonder if tires operate differently on the classic cars with them being lighter and having different suspension set ups?
We have Michelin on our late model Mazda and they handle well in the wet.
Is this a possibility?

We are talking brand names, but nit differentiating between the various tire models within that brand, when I said Michelins, it meant Pilot Sport 3, which is same as what came on my new Shelby GT350.   Quite a different tire than a passenger car Michelin all season tire with max siping and maybe a different aspect ratio having softer or stiffer sidewalls, etc.

So, I think brand is kind of secondary to the type of tire itself. And your intended use of that tire.  Kind of like choosing a camshaft. What works for sal might not be what works for you.