Yesterday I bought a set of 4 new summer tires for Wolfi. I have long run Continental tires on this car for both summer & winter tires.
The tires I replaced were Continental Extreme Contact Sport, which I mounted in September 2017. Great tires. Yesterday, I purchased Conti's newest refinement in that line of "Max Performance" summer tire, the Continental Extreme Contact Sport 02. Little different tread pattern & claimed stiffer sidewalls for better performance. Sizes are 205/50 ZR17 front & 255/40 ZR17 rear.
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I run a set 16" Porsche rims for my winter tires, the rims that came standard issue on '97 Boxsters. Sadly, it's been a number of years since I have been able to purchase full winter tires for the 16s & have had to settle for Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 Plus, an all-season "Ultra High Performance" rated tire. These are good tires, actually great tires regarding dry, wet, & overall roadability but they are just good in snow, whereas I remember my former Dunlop full winter tires being great in snow while still good in dry & wet conditions. Sizes are 205/55 ZR16 front & 225/50 ZR16 rear.
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All in on the new Conti summer tires I am @ $1,043.70 US (tires, mounting/balancing, new valve stems, sales tax). I didn't purchase them from Tire Rack as my local tire dealer & neighbor/friend saved me about $100.00 w/his bottom line price. Told me overall tire prices have increased 30% in the last 2 years. New summer tires will sit in my garage for a couple more weeks before mounting as we have snow forecast here for tonight through tomorrow w/another snow expected middle of next week. When I used to live in NOVA, I used to say I swap my winter/summer wheels & tires around Easter & Thanksgiving but here in SoDak, I've had to modify those milestones a couple of weeks earlier in the fall & later in the spring due to our higher latitude & continental climate here.
JB/SE SoDak
1997 986 - Wolfi
Yankton, SD
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