I'm still running 205/50-16s on the car, though one of these days if we keep it I'll find some 16x7.5s with +35 offset or so and go to something a little wider.

Anyway...the car came from the factory with some flavor of P7 or P700, I can't remember which. After the OE tires wore out, I've used:

Yoko AVS Intermediates (grippy enough and decent turn-in but a bit noisy and thumpy)

then I tried:

Dunlop SP8000s (they sucked, which is odd because I've used and liked the SP8000 a lot in larger sizes on other cars, but in the 205/50-16 on the Saab they sucked, lousy steering response and *no* grip.)

so I put on a set of:

Pirelli PZero Asimmetricos (they worked beautifully, the asymmetrical tread with the much stiffer outer blocks helps turn-in and overall grip a lot, compensates for the poor camber curve of the Macstrut front suspension, they ride well, aren't noisy, they last about 25K a set which is very good, they're not very good in the rain but for my use they're great)

and another set of PZeros, but then I cheaped out and put on some:

Bridgestone RE730s (they sucked too, their road manners were pretty good but the tread design ROARED, I couldn't believe just how bad they were, apparently they released a version with a different tread and then replaced it with the RE750 but I don't care, I'm not going back)

so I went back to PZero Asimmetricos again and life was good again and except for maybe the Continental SportContact2 or a Michelin MXX3 or PS2 I see no reason to ever use anything else on that car.

They're pretty cheap these days, too.



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• Speaking of tires ..., PaddyDaddyO, Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:55:02
  • Re: I went with the Khumo's, PaddyDaddyO, Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:05:39
  • Pirelli PZero Asimmetricos, JEM, Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:24:03 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: Speaking of tires ..., dboone, Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:42:34
  • Dunlops, Daven , Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:17:05
    • We've like our Dunlops too..., Scott Paterson , Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:30:43
    • I've heard the Dunlops don't last., EricG, Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:15:31
  • Re: Speaking of tires ..., cse93turbo, Tue, 14 Jun 2005 18:56:18
  • Re: Speaking of tires ..., Craig, Tue, 14 Jun 2005 08:08:02
  • I have Falkens, Chris M, Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:36:21
  • Re: Speaking of tires ..., Kappy, Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:13:33
  • About the Khumoes, John Adams, Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:43:25
  • Re: Speaking of tires ..., AMG , Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:53:41
    • Re: Speaking of tires ..., t-bone, Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:12:46

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