Great All-Season Touring Tires!!
Written: Mar 30 '01 (Updated Apr 05 '01)
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Pros: Reasonable price; Good road grip; Excellent on snow and wet roads;
Cons: None so far; I've had mine only for a few months (about 10K miles) now.
The Bottom Line: Best tire for price and performance.
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| skarekat's Full Review: Continental Touring CH95 Passenger/Performance Tir... |
I own a 1997 Nissan Maxima SE. It came with 215/55R16 Toyo Proxes tires. They were good initially. Toward the end the road handling had really deteriorated. I replaced them when my car had done 63K miles.
I called about 6-8 tire dealers to check prices on different tire makes. Unfortunately, there aren't too many choices available for this size, i.e., 215/55R16.
I had to choose between Yokohama A540, Michelin MXV4, Bridgestone Turanza Revo, Goodyear Eagle RSA, Toyo FZ4, Dunlop 5000, Michelin XGT4 and Continental ContiTouringContact CH95.
The Continental ContiTouringContact CH95 worked out the cheapest among all these options. I was a bit apprehensive to buy Continentals but after reading reviews on various auto sites I felt better and finally replaced all 4 for about $400. These tires come with a 60K mile warranty.
I've now put in about 73K miles or 10K miles on the CH95's. I'm very happy with the performance. It handles very well in snow and rain. Road noise is minimal. It does not squeal on sharp turns. They also look reasonably good, much better than the Toyos I had.
All in all I'm quite happy with my purchase.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 400
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