What's so bad about the ContiProContact tires?

[mrodrig2]

This past week is the first time I've used them in wet/light snow conditions and they suck!! I have to be careful with the accelerator or else I spin at dead starts and its not at all confident in pushing through slush. If I were to rank the tires I'd say: Ride comfort - 8/10; Noise - 8/10; Dry - 7.5/10; Wet - 6/10; Snow - 3.5/10.

[PhEnoM78]

well ima have to drive in snow conditions tomm on my way home from pa to new york.....ill post how they were if i remember

[mrodrig2]

Ease into your starts and stay at or a little below the speed limit. If they have salted and plowed you should be fine. They hadn't plowed near me so I had to drive through slush and flake snow, the kind that lightly coats the road and turns into mush on your tires.

[cosmotravis]

my conti road bike tires are pretty good.
har har har.

[TheRupp]

Originally Posted by cosmotravis

my conti road bike tires are pretty good.
har har har.

Well Continental makes pretty good tires, as does Bridgestone. They should just be embarrassed by the ContiProContacts as Bridgestone should be embarrassed by the Turanza's. It's kinda like being really good looking and having that terribly ugly child and not fully wanting to confess it's yours.

[Agent00Alti]

Continental and Bridgestone are both very good companies who both make good products. the OEM tires used on the altima however suck ass. i have experience with the tires in question bcuz my dad has an 07 2.5 S and those tires suck. in an emergency situation where hard braking or quick manuevering may be needed these tires fail miserably. you might be ok for now since u have a lot of tread and u just do cruising but "just for cruising" any tire will do. ive also encountered these tires as they are OE on 02-03 sentra SE-R Spec V's. i bought a set of those wheels for my 2000 altima and they had the factory tires on. (215/45/17 z-rated) they suck. period. hard as rock, unresponsive, loud. they're not alone tho. when i bought my SE-R it had the factory bridgestone potenze S-03 pole positions still on em with a moderate amount of tread left. car only had 15k on the odo. 1 of those pieces of sh!t blew out on me on the highway off ramp. i replaced the 17's w/ BFG G-Force sports. got em for around $100/tire in 215/45/17 which is a great price for that size. excellent tire. the way they outperform the conti's is indescribable. i replaced the bridgestones on my SE-R with Toyo Proxes T1-R's. they are expensive but they are worth every cent that i paid. they cut thru standing water like a hot knife thru butter @ 75 MPH. 1 last thing on this rant. whoever said conti's are OE on BMW's... BMW OE Tires are Michelin's i knew BMW wouldnt put crap on their cars as OE.

Mercedes Benz OE Tires

Audi OE Tires

1 thing i forgot to mention. BF Goodrich tires are manufactured in michelin plants so u get the same quality/performance in the product but pay less for it. my personal advice to the OP: ditch the conti's and get some michelins or try yokohamas if u dont wanna pay the michelin man.