Continental Extreme Contact DWS

geswek said:
They are probably GOOD for dry/wet/somewhat snow--but I think the DWS have much better snow capabilities before getting into a full blown snow tire.

I'm telling you; Chicago has way worse snow storms than I do in PA; if Mike can make it with his, then I think they are good.

I also don't like the tread pattern on the GMAX; it's too "Summer Sporty" for me.
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I'm leaning DWS's right now...since I don't have to take the SHO out in the snow or rain for that matter.
 
Thanks guys for all the responses so far. Nice to hear some opinions from those that have them/know people with them.

I'm leaning DWS as I'm looking for a tire just under a full blown snow.
 
One thing I did want to point about the Conti DWS is that the DWS also acts as a tread wear indicator on the tire...as they get wore down, the S will start to disappear, then W then D...but at that point they need to be replaced :)

But once the S is wore down, they loose some capabilities as a snow tire. Anyways, if the snow is that bad in my neck of the woods, I'll take out the Fiancees' Escape if I need to get some place, since the SHO has zero ground clearance when it comes to snow and the Escape is good up to snow a couple feet...I drove home from PA to Jersey a few winters ago when we got hit really good with snow and I was driving in snow that was up to my hips in spots (I'm 6'2!) with it and never got stuck...its a good little truck for that type of stuff
 
We had 15 inches of snow during one storm, and my Michelin mxv4 primacys had 0 problem with it, and I went out hitting untouched parking lots having fun a couple times,  So I'm not that worried about it.
 
Either General or Continental are great choices, I only went with Generals because in Hawaii the sipping for 4 rims and tires was........wait for it.......500 bucks. Kinda like getting raped with my own penis.
 
chad1140 said:
Either General or Continental are great choices, I only went with Generals because in Hawaii the sipping for 4 rims and tires was........wait for it.......500 bucks. Kinda like getting raped with my own penis.
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You get raped for everything in Hawaii...but then again thats the cost of living in paradise weather wise
 
I am sure they are both very soft/thin as they are both around 26 lbs. and the Goodyear F1 Supercraps are about 29.
 
I am looking at DWS's as well, they seem to have a great rep out here in Denver for being a good handler in the snow. My dilemma is that I have 2 new Michelin Primacy's, and 2 at 50% life. When I bought the car, this is how it was... do I buy 2 new Primacy's, or wear down the 50% set and get 4 new DWS's... Hmmm.
 
jcl78 said:
I am looking at DWS's as well, they seem to have a great rep out here in Denver for being a good handler in the snow. My dilemma is that I have 2 new Michelin Primacy's, and 2 at 50% life. When I bought the car, this is how it was... do I buy 2 new Primacy's, or wear down the 50% set and get 4 new DWS's... Hmmm.
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The michelins are good all season tires, I would just buy 2 new ones.
 
Chris, I refuse to buy anything from Michelin...I hate them with a passion.  The ones on the SHO are cracking like crazy on the sidewalls and I'm having a heck of a time getting anything done on them.  Also I had Cross Terrains on my F-150 that wore out with less then 20K miles and Michelin refused to do anything to make them right....I mean nothing...the Michelin response to my complaints was: "Sorry, sometimes we don't meet customer expectations!"  But these on the SHO are junk!  They all have cracked sidewalls, and there is only 23K on them, and I have had them rotated and balanced every 5-6K miles....
 
Trust me Mark I do know your distaste for them, and it unfortunate that they are not willing to make things right for you. And do not blame you for not wanting ever do business with them ever again. However I have fortunate with Michelin 20k+ on the  SHO and they are still going strong no cracks, had Michelins on my caddy as well and my wifes escape with 40k and all doing fine. Why that is I don't have a clue weather, climate, perhaps Michelin just a inconsistent quality control when it comes making tires. But my advice to JCL was merely economically mind mainly 2 tires are cheaper than 4 and the Michelin is a comparable tire to the continental. I know I know you will not agree with me, and I agree you have good reason not to, but with that said I've seen continentals all cracked up as well. While we may never know why this happens I bet the tire companies do, it just a shame that they wont sand behind there products.
 
I only have 4K but my Michelins are close to three years old.  No cracking, even after sitting so long.  They must have moved it around the lot regularly.  I also use a lot of tire dressing.  I really believe it's good for the tires besides making them look nice and shiny.  Well, the outsides anyway. ;D
 
Thanks Crash, that is basically what I was leaning towards. They have been fine tires so far, although the 50% life set do exhibit the sidewall cracking... looks to me to be cosmetic. I still am not sure why the previous owner replaced only 2 tires on an AWD vehicle.
 
I would guess low tire pressure in the front coupled with no rotations.
 
The car could have been slightly out of alignment and wore the front or rear tires to the cords. My 2013 did that less than 10k miles after the previous alignment, which leads me to believe the alignment may not have been performed properly. The tires had 36k on them anyway so it was time for a new set. I just had it aligned after the new set was installed a few days ago, it had -0.13 steer ahead that was eating the outside edge of my front tires. If the alignment wouldn't have been off, I would have easily gotten 40k.
 
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