Just read an article in the latest Car and Driver about a tire comparison test. The overall number one was Goodyear Eagle F-1 tires. Anybody has experience with this tire? It had 0.94g on dry surface and an impressive 0.82 on wet roads. Tests were conducted with 225's on a 325i. Just doing my research before I actually HAVE to change my tires  Let the opinions flow  ! |
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Read the issue before that one. They put those same good years on one of their test cars and said they were crap. 
It really comes down to do you drive in the rain or in dry weather only.
Also, how long do you want them to last.
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I have been pleased with the ones that came on my 2.8.....much better than the dunlops that came on my M
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Tire Rack tests show them as very nice. I am considering a set for my LTW because of the great wet performance. That way they will be my wet autocross tire as well as street tire.
Realize (which I didn't at first) is that the C&D rankings include cost.
And they include the tire wear rating. Which is a WAG at best and not standardized, and not supposed to be used to compare between brands. A 200 in one tire is a 100 in another brand and a 300 in another.
And with truely high performance tires, what is life anyway? You run them until they are gone. 
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One thing I don't really care about is wet surface performance. I mean, living in Socal, it doesn't rain! (if you take that sprinkle out of consideration that they call a 'storm' here  ).
I think I mostly care about cornering, as grip in straight line acceleration is plenty.
What would you guys pick as a great tire for dry roads?
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I like Michelin PS2s. the PS2s are a little more precise and responsive (which you could interpret as twitchy) than the old PS tires., which were pretty good.
Tirerack thinks that the PS2s edge the F1s in the dry, and the F1s edge the PS2s in the wet.
I think 20K miles is common on PS2s if you don't track them or do burnouts. By way of comparison, the Michelin (something)energy tires on my X5 went 67000 miles and still weren't at the wear bars when I freaked out and replaced them (with the same tires).
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/bs_RE050A_rd.jsp
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