Dont know what to go with need some convincing!
I live in Los Angeles. I dont drive much mostly just school to work around 20 daily miles. Which one last more/better in the rain/cost more/ better performance. Was thinking about getting the hankooks but i heard they are very hard tires and dont grip. I also want a smooth ride not a bouncy one!

 

I'm going with new F1's as my replacement tires soon. Most people will badmouth the F1's but I believe in them.

 

I had Nittos on my '01. In the warm weather they hooked better than the F1's and they were absolutely fine in the rain. (i was suprised). BUT when the weather goes below 50degrees, they get hard as stones and spin extremely easily!! Where as the F1's tolerated colder weather better.

 

what about the life of the tire f1's vs nitto t555? i know they have a grade of 300 each but are the life of these tires in reality the same?

 

The tread life ratings cannot be compared between tires. It's an f-ed up system where each manufacturer gets to specify a tire as "100" and scale from there.

Why are you worried about rain in L.A.? Although we've had a few rain days recently, we get like 10 real rain days a year -- and went almost a full year between rains. We average about 35 days per year with rain more than 0.01 inches. Most places get three to five times that.

F1s rule. And they are made in America, by an American company.

 

good advice thanks but im just very picky especially when im thinking of investing 800+ in tires.

 

I'm the pickiest MF in the whole world. But there is no tire that does all things.

Wear or grip? Pick one.

Wet handling or dry handling? Pick one.

Ride comfort is predominantly dictated by sidewall size, so that's a bit of a given, assuming that you aren't looking at something like runflats, which have abnormally stiff sidewalls.

I'm just suggesting that given your locality, wet grip might better be evaluated at or near the bottom of the list.

 

Thanks TIM!