These are an all season tire, and since i live in a winter climate im looking into a all year solution over the stocks (though i think they are decent). I dont want to invest in a new set or rims and tires, id much rather just buy a real good set of all seasons.

I do understand that all seasons will never be as good as a true winter or summer tire, but i figure i can get somewhat close. Anyone has anyone used these? Tirerack has good reviews on them

Yokohama AVID ENVigor (W)

Not a bad price either

 

I bought mine when I purchased the car. I had to take the summers off since my wife got the car for Xmas. I live in Va mild winters clear streets most of the time. I drove last night in about an inch of snow sleet rain, zero problems with grip. I have two sandbags in the trunk since I'm also new to the G Coupe. I would recommend as an A/S. I also sped up and started breaking, no problems at all.

As I came from a no snow climate, I don't like driving in any snowy conditions.

 

i had ~2 feet of snow here in the last 2 weeks. Are you in the X or S model?

 

08 Coupe S 19in tires. I'm in Northern VA.

 

08 G37S coupe Richmond VA. Just got them on the 3,000 miles ago but i can tell you they are amazing. Got a few more miles left on the two in the front..th expensive,loud,quickly wearing crap bridgestones.Heres a fun statistic for the Yokohama Envigors-For rears(245 40 R19).Out of all the tires on tirerack they cost $80 less than the average tire of that size, $96 dollars less than the OEM Bridgestones,and have 4 times the treadwear rating of the OEM bridgestone. Not too many ways you can argue against that(oh and for VA i dont mind that it is an all season tire...performs equally as well as a performance tire for me).

 

My GF put them on her G a few weeks ago. She loves them. Great performance in rain and snow and improvement in ride comfort over stock 18s.

Too early to tell on tread wear.

 

Been a great tire thus far. Many are using them in place of the forever backordered Conti DWS and happy they did.

 

So how do they compare to the Conti DWS's?

 

Think the biggest diff is in the snow/ice traction. Better out of the Conti, otherwise quite similar performing to the Conti. I don't think there has been a lot of people who have used both due to the similar launch dates. Majority of people who have used the Yoko has been because the Conti's been on b/o so long, but the ones who have bought them were not disappointed.

 

I just ordered a set of these from Neal, and they arrived at my house just days after. Ordering via Neal at Tirerack was a breeze. Fast, friendly, to the point.

My brief review below is only at about 200 miles, so barely broken in. And they are the staggered 19in size, replacing my OEM Bridgestone Potenza RE050A.

I am overall impressed with these tires so far, they mounted and balanced well. No vibration at any speed and no swaying in lanes. Handles with a more luxury, comfort ride compared to our stock BS Potenzas on the 19-in sport wheels. I think there is enough cornering and handling capability on these to still have fun spirited driving, but the enthusiasts coming from the 19-inch BS Potenza summer tires may be disappointed in not feeling the car hug the road as much anymore. For me being an economical customer and in wintry Michigan - it was well worth sacrificing a little bit of sport handling in the summer, to be able to gain light snow/ice, better wet traction, cheaper price ($800/set vs $1122/set for BS Potenza RE050A), and much better treadwear rating. I only got 24k miles before my OEMs went bald, and hope to get 35-40k out of these with the 560 treadwear rating.

Overall, I am happy with my purchase, especially since my car will be able to handle some light snow and ice now. Someone less price-sensitive and in a non-winter state may want to stick with summer tires to not sacrifice any handling.

Overall I rate these tires 8.5/10. Only thing missing from them is the scalpel-like handling and steering response my OEM BS Potenzas comparitively had when they were new. Other than that everything is a plus with these.

 

Thanks for the order!

 

I just got a set of these for my Altima, but dont have them on yet.