Continental Extreme Contact DWS

[chad1140]

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.

Might have had a flat on the first 2.

 

[glock-coma]

Not sure why Michelin is giving you a hard time.
Make sure you have one of their authorized dealers make the call to Michelin. I had these replaced due to "ozone" cracks @ around 26,000.
They gave me a 50% credit on 3 of them, the 4th was a different date code. I think the date code was 4609 for the 3 that were replaced.

 

[mjhpadi]

Not sure why Michelin is giving you a hard time.
Make sure you have one of their authorized dealers make the call to Michelin. I had these replaced due to "ozone" cracks @ around 26,000.
They gave me a 50% credit on 3 of them, the 4th was a different date code. I think the date code was 4609 for the 3 that were replaced.

Yeah, and mine are the same code number as yours.  Everytime I contacted Michelin or their dealer, they didn't give a hoot about the problems with their tires, their customer service and attitude is really poor.  We'll see what happens when I take the tires to the dealer next time, but at this point I won't recommend Michelin to my worst enemy.  They are fine as long as you don't have a problem, but if you do, tough luck! BTW, my cracking isn't as bad as yours, but mine have been cracked since about 7500 miles.

 

[mjhpadi]

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.

Chris, I kinda missed your post, but I do understand from a money standpoint it is the least expensive way to go.  I'm really curious why no one here has mentioned the Firestone Wide Oval tires.  They look to have a good mileage warranty, have a good rating for traction, yet it looks like not many have given them any consideration.  The more I look at them the more I think I'm going to get them.  I know I really liked the Bridgestone A/T Revo's I had on the truck, they were a great tire and now that Bridgestone is Firestone, I'm really ready to give them a try.

 

[EcoBrick Bob]

Firestones are essentially Bridgestones.  That is good.  My 2 G8's came with Bridgestone 050A's  (max performance 140 wear rating-summer only tire) and the fronts on my IA G8 have like 35,000 mi and still have 1/2 tread left.  Rears don't wear as well (I wonder why!!!!!) but they are going to last at least as long as my Conti DW's and Michelin Pilot Super Sports on Flex.

Friend went with Firestone''s Best all-season on his G8.  Really liked them, but sold car after about 6 mo, so I can't report on wear.